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The '''Integrity Initiative Leaks''' began on 5th November 2018 when a set of documents from [[Integrity Initiative|the group]] were posted online by [['Anonymous']] at [[Cyberguerilla]].  
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The '''Integrity Initiative Leaks''' began on 5th November [[2018]] when a set of documents from [[Integrity Initiative]] were posted online by [['Anonymous']] at [[Cyberguerilla]]. Through March 2019, seven document releases occurred there. [[Swiss Propaganda Research]] termed it "the biggest Secret Service exposure since [[Edward Snowden]]" and noted that it was "almost completely ignored by {{ccm}}".<ref>https://swprs.org/die-integrity-initiative/</ref>
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The source of the leak remains unknown, although a March [[2019]] report by [[Sky News]] stated that unnamed "Whitehall sources said it is highly likely that [[Russia's military intelligence service]] carried out the hack-and-leak of files".<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/highly-likely-moscow-hacked-uk-agency-countering-russian-disinformation-11656539</ref>
  
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==5 November 2018==
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[[image:Integrity Initiative Leak 1.png|left|200px]]
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/1}}
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The [[first Integrity Initiative Leak]] was on 5th November 2018. This exposed the cellular system of having small groups of apparently independent [[academics]], [[journalists]] etc. who could be called upon covertly to echo an opinion. It also revealed that the membership of many of these "[[Integrity Initiative/Cluster|clusters]]" and that this system had been used after their [[Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Spain|Spanish cluster]] reported that [[Pedro Baños]] was likely to become [[Director of the Spanish Department of Homeland Security]].
  
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==5 November 2018==
 
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Leak 1:
 
 
===Response===
 
===Response===
 
On 26 November 2018, the Integrity Initiative admitted that some documents had been hacked, but declined to state whether any particular documents were authentic, leaving the way clear for possible future claims that some were forged.
 
On 26 November 2018, the Integrity Initiative admitted that some documents had been hacked, but declined to state whether any particular documents were authentic, leaving the way clear for possible future claims that some were forged.
  
 
==29 November 2018==
 
==29 November 2018==
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Leak 2:
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[[image:Integrity Initiative Leak 2.png|left|200px]]
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/2}}
 
{{QB|{{t|Early in November we published here a large part of the documents relating to the Integrity Initiative project. https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all/ The [[Integrity Initiative]]] have confirmed their validity, yet they don’t consider the information relevant. https://www.integrityinitiative.net/articles/statement-russian-media-publication-hacked-ii-documents Meanwhile neither the organization not its sponsors have met out demands and given assurances that the network of clusters will only be used to counter Russia’s disinformation policy. We have also received no reaction from the EU leaders and international organizations although people in many countries showed great concern about the matter.}}<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190103135739/https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-2/</ref>}}
 
{{QB|{{t|Early in November we published here a large part of the documents relating to the Integrity Initiative project. https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all/ The [[Integrity Initiative]]] have confirmed their validity, yet they don’t consider the information relevant. https://www.integrityinitiative.net/articles/statement-russian-media-publication-hacked-ii-documents Meanwhile neither the organization not its sponsors have met out demands and given assurances that the network of clusters will only be used to counter Russia’s disinformation policy. We have also received no reaction from the EU leaders and international organizations although people in many countries showed great concern about the matter.}}<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190103135739/https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-2/</ref>}}
  
 
By 22 February 2019, the post was unavailable.  
 
By 22 February 2019, the post was unavailable.  
 
==13 December 2018==
 
==13 December 2018==
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Leak 3:
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/3}}
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===Email addresses===
 
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The ''CND Gen list 2'' contains "22 names with email addresses.<ref>https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/13/cnd-gen-list-2/</ref> Most of these individuals have no other connection with the [[Institute for Statecraft]] or the Integrity Initiative. The presence on this list of [[Pablo Miller]] and [[Howard Body]] suggests that this is a list for email updates or consultations on the [[Salisbury poisonings]] story."
 
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==== Current military / MoD ====
 
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* Colonel [[Angus Taverner]] – director of [[MoD]]’s news media operations policy during the Iraq war, subsequently enrolled for a master’s degree in public relations.
 
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* Lt Col [[Annabelle Janes]] – CO Land Intelligence Fusion Centre
 
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* Lt Col [[Debi Lomax]] – Chief of General Staff’s Commander’s Initiative Group
 
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* Captain [[Joe Walker-Cousins]], reservist in Specialist Group Military Intelligence and employed by [[KBR]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] (see above)
 
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* [[Howard Body]] – Principal Analyst and Assistant Head Science Support, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, [[Porton Down]]. "Analyst" presumably refers to strategic rather than laboratory analysis, as he has no science background and gave a presentation on "stabilisation operations" in 2005.
 
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* [[Ian Cohen]] – has both army and [[HSBC]] corporate emails – name matches HSBC’s Global Asset Management managing director
 
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====[[Journalist]]s====
 
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* [[Helen Boaden]] – former Director of [[BBC]] news
 
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* [[Isabel Oakeshott]] – now writing a book about the state of the army
 
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====[[Chatham House]]====
 
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* [[Duncan Allan]] – former FCO Eastern Research Group.
 
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* [[Mathieu Boulegue]] – Research Fellow, expertise on Russia
 
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==== Risk/security/intelligence consultants====
 
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* [[Paul Harkness]] – formerly Brigadier at Army Headquarters, now sole director of [[Hawk Consultancy]]
 
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* [[Pablo Miller]] – formerly [[Sergei Skripal]]'s MI6 handler, now [[Orbis Business Intelligence]] according to his deleted [[Linkedin]] profile.
 
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* [[Neil Barnett]] – former journalist, now runs a risk consultancy named [[Istok Associates]]
 
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* [[Paddy Nicoll]] – served in [[Black Watch]] till 1996, and was director of [[Rubicon International]] till 2005.
 
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====[[Institute for Statecraft]] trustees====
 
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* [[Harry Hart]] – property investor
 
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* [[Philip Matthews]] – former director of [[Astutus Intelligence]], current director of PM Homeland Security
 
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====Others====
 
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* [[Adam Rutland]] – FCO Communications and Engagement Department.
 
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* [[Zachary Harkenrider]] –  [[London/US Embassy|US Embassy]], Counselor for Political Affairs
 
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* [[Craig Kennedy]] – [[Hudson Institute]], Senior Fellow and past president of the German Marshall Fund
 
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* Professor [[James Gow]] –  [[King's College London]] Department of War Studies
 
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====Unidentified affiliations====
 
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* [[William Bortrick]] – registered domain britishexperience.com in 2004, possible match to editor of Burke’s peerage
 
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* [[Alexander Patterson]] – sole director of [[Talisman ADC]]
 
  
 
==4 January 2019==
 
==4 January 2019==
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Leak 4:
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/4}}
 
{{QB|{{t|We have warned the UK government that it must conduct an honest and transparent investigation into the activity of the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft. Yet, today we can only see some awkward excuses and attempts of the politicians to quieten it all down. The outrageously illicit use of the British taxpayers’ money to organize a smear campaign against [[Jeremy Corbyn]] and entire [[Labour party]] must not remain unpunished!
 
{{QB|{{t|We have warned the UK government that it must conduct an honest and transparent investigation into the activity of the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft. Yet, today we can only see some awkward excuses and attempts of the politicians to quieten it all down. The outrageously illicit use of the British taxpayers’ money to organize a smear campaign against [[Jeremy Corbyn]] and entire [[Labour party]] must not remain unpunished!
  
 
To prevent the conservative ministers from lying to the people from the benches of the [[UK Parliament]] we have decided to publish another part of the documents that will help make the investigation more honest and open.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-4/</ref>}}
 
To prevent the conservative ministers from lying to the people from the benches of the [[UK Parliament]] we have decided to publish another part of the documents that will help make the investigation more honest and open.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-4/</ref>}}
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===Response===
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The Integrity Initiative claimed on [[Twitter]] that some of the documents leaked in batch #4 were not theirs and had been misrepresented as part of the organisation.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/01/the-moa-week-in-review-open-thread-2019-04.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef022ad3d3485f200b</ref>
  
 
== 24 January 2019==
 
== 24 January 2019==
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Leak 5:
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{{QB|{{t|As of this publication, access to the Integrity Initiative website has been denied and only confirmed followers can view its twitter account. We’ve been long waiting for that very move from our opponents since, as is known, nothing attracts more attention than an attempt to conceal facts. Yet, well-coordinated efforts of the Anonymous from around the world have enabled you to learn everything about the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft even if their farcical websites are unavailable. Today we will continue publishing the documents and facts which confirm that the UK taxpayers fund a full-scale informational war that is going on across entire Europe.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-5/</ref>}}
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{{FA| Integrity Initiative/Leak/5}}
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{{QB|{{t|Today we will continue publishing the documents and facts which confirm that the UK taxpayers fund a full-scale informational war that is going on across entire Europe.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-5/</ref>}}
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== 8 February 2019==
 
== 8 February 2019==
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Leak 6:
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[[image:Integrity Initiative Leak 6.png|left|200px]]
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/6}}
 
{{QB|{{t|While the UK Government keeps on defying our demands for an honest and unbiased investigation into the [[Institute for Statecraft]] and the [[Integrity Initiative]]’s meddling in domestic affairs of sovereign European states, [[Chris Donnelly]]’s team awkwardly try to justify their illegal activity paid for by the British taxpayers.
 
{{QB|{{t|While the UK Government keeps on defying our demands for an honest and unbiased investigation into the [[Institute for Statecraft]] and the [[Integrity Initiative]]’s meddling in domestic affairs of sovereign European states, [[Chris Donnelly]]’s team awkwardly try to justify their illegal activity paid for by the British taxpayers.
  
 
The Integrity Initiative’s German cluster held a meeting in [[Berlin]] on the 31st of January 2019. A well-known British intelligence officer [[Harold Elletson]] and the cluster’s chief Dr [[Hannes Adomeit]] co-chaired the event. They again made an effort to divert people’s attention from the organisation’s wrongful activity in the European Union. However their pathetic attempt has been shattered to pieces by irrefutable evidence that we have been and will continue to share with you.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-6/</ref>}}
 
The Integrity Initiative’s German cluster held a meeting in [[Berlin]] on the 31st of January 2019. A well-known British intelligence officer [[Harold Elletson]] and the cluster’s chief Dr [[Hannes Adomeit]] co-chaired the event. They again made an effort to divert people’s attention from the organisation’s wrongful activity in the European Union. However their pathetic attempt has been shattered to pieces by irrefutable evidence that we have been and will continue to share with you.}}<ref>https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-6/</ref>}}
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== 25 March 2019==
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[[image:Integrity Initiative Leak 7.png|left|200px]]
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{{FA|Integrity Initiative/Leak/7}}
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[[image:EXPOSE Network proposal.jpg|right|400px]]
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Leak #7 revealed the existence of the [[EXPOSE Network]], which requested £9,750,000 over 3 years. The 3 directors were planned to be [[Chris Donnelly]]  ([[Institute for Statecraft]]), [[Amil Khan]] ([[Aktis]], [[Chatham House]]) and [[Louis Brooke]] ([[Zinc Network]]).<ref name=ii7>[[Integrity Initiative/Leak/7]]</ref>
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==Republication==
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[[Rogue Media Labs]] has republished all the Integrity Initiative Leak documents, also [https://fdik.org/Integrity_Initiative/general/ fdik.org] operated by [[Volker Birk]].
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{{SMWDocs}}
 
{{SMWDocs}}
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 2 January 2024

Event.png Integrity Initiative/Leak(Leak,  third rail topic‎,  mid level deep event) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Integrity Initiative Leaks.jpg
Date5 November 2018 - 29 March 2019
LocationCyberGuerilla
Perpetrators'Anonymous'
Interest ofVolker Birk
Subpage•Integrity Initiative/Leak/1
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/2
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/3
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/4
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/6
•Integrity Initiative/Leak/7
DescriptionA series of 7 leaks, starting on 5 November 2018, of unknown origin and veracity. After some time, the II disputed the authenticity of some of the documents, but was not clear about which.

The Integrity Initiative Leaks began on 5th November 2018 when a set of documents from Integrity Initiative were posted online by 'Anonymous' at Cyberguerilla. Through March 2019, seven document releases occurred there. Swiss Propaganda Research termed it "the biggest Secret Service exposure since Edward Snowden" and noted that it was "almost completely ignored by commercially-controlled media".[1] The source of the leak remains unknown, although a March 2019 report by Sky News stated that unnamed "Whitehall sources said it is highly likely that Russia's military intelligence service carried out the hack-and-leak of files".[2]

5 November 2018

Integrity Initiative Leak 1.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/1

The first Integrity Initiative Leak was on 5th November 2018. This exposed the cellular system of having small groups of apparently independent academics, journalists etc. who could be called upon covertly to echo an opinion. It also revealed that the membership of many of these "clusters" and that this system had been used after their Spanish cluster reported that Pedro Baños was likely to become Director of the Spanish Department of Homeland Security.

Response

On 26 November 2018, the Integrity Initiative admitted that some documents had been hacked, but declined to state whether any particular documents were authentic, leaving the way clear for possible future claims that some were forged.

29 November 2018

Integrity Initiative Leak 2.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/2

Early in November we published here a large part of the documents relating to the Integrity Initiative project. https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all/ The Integrity Initiative] have confirmed their validity, yet they don’t consider the information relevant. https://www.integrityinitiative.net/articles/statement-russian-media-publication-hacked-ii-documents Meanwhile neither the organization not its sponsors have met out demands and given assurances that the network of clusters will only be used to counter Russia’s disinformation policy. We have also received no reaction from the EU leaders and international organizations although people in many countries showed great concern about the matter.[3]

By 22 February 2019, the post was unavailable.

13 December 2018

Integrity Initiative Leak 3.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/3

4 January 2019

Integrity Initiative Leak 4.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/4

We have warned the UK government that it must conduct an honest and transparent investigation into the activity of the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft. Yet, today we can only see some awkward excuses and attempts of the politicians to quieten it all down. The outrageously illicit use of the British taxpayers’ money to organize a smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn and entire Labour party must not remain unpunished! To prevent the conservative ministers from lying to the people from the benches of the UK Parliament we have decided to publish another part of the documents that will help make the investigation more honest and open.[4]

Response

The Integrity Initiative claimed on Twitter that some of the documents leaked in batch #4 were not theirs and had been misrepresented as part of the organisation.[5]

24 January 2019

Integrity Initiative Leak 5.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/5


Today we will continue publishing the documents and facts which confirm that the UK taxpayers fund a full-scale informational war that is going on across entire Europe.[6]

8 February 2019

Integrity Initiative Leak 6.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/6

While the UK Government keeps on defying our demands for an honest and unbiased investigation into the Institute for Statecraft and the Integrity Initiative’s meddling in domestic affairs of sovereign European states, Chris Donnelly’s team awkwardly try to justify their illegal activity paid for by the British taxpayers. The Integrity Initiative’s German cluster held a meeting in Berlin on the 31st of January 2019. A well-known British intelligence officer Harold Elletson and the cluster’s chief Dr Hannes Adomeit co-chaired the event. They again made an effort to divert people’s attention from the organisation’s wrongful activity in the European Union. However their pathetic attempt has been shattered to pieces by irrefutable evidence that we have been and will continue to share with you.[7]

25 March 2019

Integrity Initiative Leak 7.png
Full article: Integrity Initiative/Leak/7
EXPOSE Network proposal.jpg

Leak #7 revealed the existence of the EXPOSE Network, which requested £9,750,000 over 3 years. The 3 directors were planned to be Chris Donnelly (Institute for Statecraft), Amil Khan (Aktis, Chatham House) and Louis Brooke (Zinc Network).[8]

Republication

Rogue Media Labs has republished all the Integrity Initiative Leak documents, also fdik.org operated by Volker Birk.


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
Integrity Initiative/Leak/1The first of many leaks which exposed covertly organised groups of Russophobic academics, journalists, government officers and deep state operatives who strategised about how to alert to people to a purported Russian "threat".
Integrity Initiative/Leak/2The second Integrity Initiative Leak, 24 days after Integrity Initiative Leak 1.
Integrity Initiative/Leak/3The 3rd tranche of documents released as part of the Integrity Initiative Leak, on 13 December 2018.
Integrity Initiative/Leak/4The fourth Integrity Initiative Leak, from early 2019.
Integrity Initiative/Leak/5Released on the 24 January 2019, the fifth Integrity Initiative Leak.
Integrity Initiative/Leak/6The 6th Integrity Initiative Leak, posted on 8 February 2019.
Integrity Initiative/Leak/7The final tranche of Integrity Initiative documents, released in March 2020, which gave an impression of the scale of the multi-million pound operation

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteDate
Institute for Statecraft/Secrecy“Was there a ‘D Notice’ issued by the British government forbidding mainstream media outlets from reporting on the embarrassing leak of this clandestine propaganda operation?”
Integrity Initiative/Leak/1“The Institute for Statecraft [Integrity Initiative’s parent organisation], an independent charity, was hacked several weeks ago and numerous documents were published and amplified by Kremlin news channels. The Russian state media campaign’s objective is clear. This is yet another example of Russian disinformation intended to confuse audiences and discredit an organisation which is working independently to tackle the threat of disinformation.”November 12 JL

 

A document sourced from Integrity Initiative/Leak

TitleTypeSubject(s)Publication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Notes from colleagues in the Baltic States who are monitoring Russia carefullyWikispooks PageSkripal Affair
Russia/Propaganda		18 March 2018Integrity InitiativeA document from the Integrity Initiative Leak which asserts that "A criminal investigation [into the Skripal affair] alone will not throw these essential clues up, and is unlikely to yield sufficient judicial evidence We need to be looking at, and explaining, this attack from a political and military-intelligence perspective. That means educating our audience to understand how Russia sees this world as being at war."
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References

  1. ↑ https://swprs.org/die-integrity-initiative/
  2. ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/highly-likely-moscow-hacked-uk-agency-countering-russian-disinformation-11656539
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20190103135739/https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-2/
  4. ↑ https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-4/
  5. ↑ https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/01/the-moa-week-in-review-open-thread-2019-04.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef022ad3d3485f200b
  6. ↑ https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-5/
  7. ↑ https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-6/
  8. ↑ Integrity Initiative/Leak/7
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