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− | '''Amil Khan''' is a security cleared | + | '''Amil Khan''' is a security cleared [[Chatham House]] fellow who was proposed to be one of the 3 directors of the [[EXPOSE Network]] (together with [[Chris Donnelly]] ([[Institute for Statecraft]]) and [[Louis Brooke]] ([[Zinc Network]]).<ref name=ii7>[[Integrity Initiative/Leak/7]]</ref> He has been frequently employed by UK {{ccm}}. |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
− | Khan has worked in media and explaining about "[[violent extremism]]", increasingly also the [[ | + | Amil Khan has worked in media and explaining about "[[violent extremism]]", increasingly also the UK [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] and [[UK Ministry of Defence]]. "In early 2013, Amil was appointed as an advisor to the Syrian political opposition, supporting them during conflict and negotiations."<ref>https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/amil-khan</ref> |
In 2017 he became a "Behavioural Communications Expert" for the now defunct [[Aktis Strategy]]. | In 2017 he became a "Behavioural Communications Expert" for the now defunct [[Aktis Strategy]]. | ||
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+ | He was extensively involved in the Syrian dirty war, during which he provided PR guidance to jihadist groups.<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/</ref> | ||
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+ | Khan founded [[Valent Projects]] “to help good causes navigate the new information landscape.”<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/24/leaked-files-syria-psyops-astroturfing-breadtube-covid/</ref> | ||
==Exposure== | ==Exposure== | ||
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|text=Political and communications advisor. Experienced at providing strategic advice to political movements and established leadership at senior levels. [[Chatham House]] fellow. Former award-winning documentary maker and [[Reuters]] Middle East correspondent. Regular contributor to UK and international news media. | |text=Political and communications advisor. Experienced at providing strategic advice to political movements and established leadership at senior levels. [[Chatham House]] fellow. Former award-winning documentary maker and [[Reuters]] Middle East correspondent. Regular contributor to UK and international news media. | ||
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+ | In June 2022, the [[US]] blog, [[Grayzone]], published what it claims are leaked emails showing British journalist and ex-left [[Paul Mason]] discussing plans to involve the state to silence anti-war, anti-[[NATO]] media outlets. The leaks show exchanges of emails between Mason and Amil Khan, the head of intelligence contractor [[Valent Projects]], which discuss financially and legally targeting [[Grayzone]]. The exchange then appears to show Khan suggesting a “brain storm session” at his agency’s office, and inviting state agents to join them, but that his friends in the state suggested another course of action:{{QB|“[S]poke to a friend at [[National Security Council]] comms directorate... He says govt wouldn't want to send someone to a meeting as it could jeopardise outcomes later. But he says a plan of action could include a bunch of us who have been targeted putting evidence together for OFCOM and/or DCMS as part of a formal complaint, which would then kick off an investigation into GZ's funding and activities - at which point govt can get properly involved."<ref>''[https://www.marxist.com/paul-mason-from-class-collaboration-to-renegacy.htm "Britain: Paul Mason – from class collaborator to outright renegade"]''</ref>}} | ||
+ | The [[Grayzone]] has previously revealed Khan’s extensive involvement in the Syrian dirty war, during which he provided public relations guidance to jihadist groups, trained anti-government activists in communication strategies, and secretly oversaw supposed citizen journalist collectives backed by foreign governments. His goal was to flood international media with pro-opposition propaganda, destabilise the government of [[Bashar al-Assad]], and ready the ground for Western [[regime change]].{{QB|This ethically dubious work was conducted for a variety of intelligence-adjacent British Foreign Office contractors, such as [https://www.ark.international/ ARK,] a firm founded by probable [[MI6]] operative [[Alistair Harris]], and [http://www.incostrat.com/ InCoStrat,] which has been plausibly accused of producing propaganda for the blood-stained UK and Saudi-backed insurgents. | ||
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+ | After leaving the [[Middle East]], Khan reinvented himself as an expert in countering “disinformation”, and has since charged a number of blue chip clients a premium for his dubious services. As this outlet reported, the same techniques of manipulation and information warfare that Khan honed in [[Syria]] were turned against Western citizens when he oversaw a British quasi-state funded astroturf ''[[YouTube]]'' project designed to counter public skepticism of [[Covid]]-related restrictions.<ref>''[https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/ "Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed"]''</ref>}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Durham University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founder of | Valent Projects | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Aktis Strategy, Chatham House, EXPOSE Network, Foreign Policy Centre, Valent Projects | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interests | “Violent extremism” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Security cleared Chatham House fellow who was proposed to be one of the 3 directors of the EXPOSE Network (together with Chris Donnelly of the Institute for Statecraft and Louis Brooke of the Zinc Network
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Amil Khan is a security cleared Chatham House fellow who was proposed to be one of the 3 directors of the EXPOSE Network (together with Chris Donnelly (Institute for Statecraft) and Louis Brooke (Zinc Network).[1] He has been frequently employed by UK commercially-controlled media.
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Career
Amil Khan has worked in media and explaining about "violent extremism", increasingly also the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and UK Ministry of Defence. "In early 2013, Amil was appointed as an advisor to the Syrian political opposition, supporting them during conflict and negotiations."[2]
In 2017 he became a "Behavioural Communications Expert" for the now defunct Aktis Strategy.
He was extensively involved in the Syrian dirty war, during which he provided PR guidance to jihadist groups.[3]
Khan founded Valent Projects “to help good causes navigate the new information landscape.”[4]
Exposure
His CV is described on the proposal to head the EXPOSE Network (exposed by Integrity Initiative Leak 7) as
“Political and communications advisor. Experienced at providing strategic advice to political movements and established leadership at senior levels. Chatham House fellow. Former award-winning documentary maker and Reuters Middle East correspondent. Regular contributor to UK and international news media.”
Amil Khan [1]
Grayzone
In June 2022, the US blog, Grayzone, published what it claims are leaked emails showing British journalist and ex-left Paul Mason discussing plans to involve the state to silence anti-war, anti-NATO media outlets. The leaks show exchanges of emails between Mason and Amil Khan, the head of intelligence contractor Valent Projects, which discuss financially and legally targeting Grayzone. The exchange then appears to show Khan suggesting a “brain storm session” at his agency’s office, and inviting state agents to join them, but that his friends in the state suggested another course of action:
“[S]poke to a friend at National Security Council comms directorate... He says govt wouldn't want to send someone to a meeting as it could jeopardise outcomes later. But he says a plan of action could include a bunch of us who have been targeted putting evidence together for OFCOM and/or DCMS as part of a formal complaint, which would then kick off an investigation into GZ's funding and activities - at which point govt can get properly involved."[5]
The Grayzone has previously revealed Khan’s extensive involvement in the Syrian dirty war, during which he provided public relations guidance to jihadist groups, trained anti-government activists in communication strategies, and secretly oversaw supposed citizen journalist collectives backed by foreign governments. His goal was to flood international media with pro-opposition propaganda, destabilise the government of Bashar al-Assad, and ready the ground for Western regime change.
This ethically dubious work was conducted for a variety of intelligence-adjacent British Foreign Office contractors, such as ARK, a firm founded by probable MI6 operative Alistair Harris, and InCoStrat, which has been plausibly accused of producing propaganda for the blood-stained UK and Saudi-backed insurgents. After leaving the Middle East, Khan reinvented himself as an expert in countering “disinformation”, and has since charged a number of blue chip clients a premium for his dubious services. As this outlet reported, the same techniques of manipulation and information warfare that Khan honed in Syria were turned against Western citizens when he oversaw a British quasi-state funded astroturf YouTube project designed to counter public skepticism of Covid-related restrictions.[6]
References
- ↑ a b Integrity Initiative/Leak/7
- ↑ https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/amil-khan
- ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/
- ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/24/leaked-files-syria-psyops-astroturfing-breadtube-covid/
- ↑ "Britain: Paul Mason – from class collaborator to outright renegade"
- ↑ "Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed"