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+ | |muckrack=https://muckrack.com/kit-klarenberg | ||
|image=Kit Klarenberg.jpg | |image=Kit Klarenberg.jpg | ||
− | |interests=Institute for Statecraft, Integrity Initiative, Skripal Affair, 9/11 hijackers, Alec Station | + | |interests=Institute for Statecraft, Integrity Initiative, Skripal Affair, 9/11 hijackers, Alec Station, Serena Shim Award |
− | |nationality= | + | |nationality=UK |
+ | |residence=Belgrade, Serbia | ||
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− | + | |constitutes=Investigative journalist | |
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|description=UK investigative journalist who publishes at ''[[Off Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Grayzone]]''. | |description=UK investigative journalist who publishes at ''[[Off Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Grayzone]]''. | ||
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− | + | '''Kit Klarenberg''' is an [[investigative journalist]] and [[activist]]. In May 2023 he was detained for [[UK police]] under "[[counter-terrorism]]" legislation and interrogated about his work for ''[[The Grayzone]]''. | |
− | '''Kit Klarenberg''' is an [[investigative journalist]] and [[activist]]. In May 2023 he was detained for [[UK police]] under "[[counter-terrorism]]" legislation and interrogated about | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
+ | Klarenberg has written for [[Sputnik News]] <ref>https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201904171074227109-skripal-ducks-children-nyt-usa-britain/ | ||
+ | </ref><ref>https://sputniknews.com/military/201907041076147867-open-information-partnership-integrity-initiative/</ref> and is webmaster for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Faith Occupy Faith website.] <ref>http://www.occupyfaith.org.uk/</ref> | ||
On 18 April 2023, in an article entitled "Bombshell filing: [[9/11 hijackers]] were [[CIA]] recruits", Kit Klarenberg reported that at least two of the [[9/11 hijackers]] – [[Nawaf al-Hazmi]] and [[Khalid al-Mihdhar]] – had been recruited either knowingly or unknowingly into a joint [[CIA]]-[[Saudi intelligence]] operation ([[Alec Station]]) which may have gone awry.<ref>''[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/ "Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits"]''</ref> | On 18 April 2023, in an article entitled "Bombshell filing: [[9/11 hijackers]] were [[CIA]] recruits", Kit Klarenberg reported that at least two of the [[9/11 hijackers]] – [[Nawaf al-Hazmi]] and [[Khalid al-Mihdhar]] – had been recruited either knowingly or unknowingly into a joint [[CIA]]-[[Saudi intelligence]] operation ([[Alec Station]]) which may have gone awry.<ref>''[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/ "Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits"]''</ref> | ||
− | Klarenberg | + | ===2023 Arrest=== |
− | </ref><ref>https:// | + | Klarenberg was arrested in Britain on the 17th of May 2023 by “six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers” and questioned about his journalism. The conduct of the police clearly points to intimidation as the underlying reason for the arrest.<ref>https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/05/31/authoritarianism-keeps-surging-in-western-free-democracies/</ref> In the ensuing discussion he was told that: “Your work might be interesting to the public, but it’s not in the public interest.”<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/30/journalist-kit-klarenberg-british-police-interrogated-grayzone/</ref> |
− | + | ===NUJ flip-flop=== | |
+ | On 3 June 2023, [[Max Blumenthal]] tweeted<ref>The statement of concern [https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-expresses-concern-over-detention-of-journalist-kit-klarenberg.html had been removed] by June 4, 2023. [https://archive.vn/20230603130714/https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-expresses-concern-over-detention-of-journalist-kit-klarenberg.html Archived]</ref>:{{SMWQ | ||
+ | |authors=Max Blumenthal | ||
+ | |date=3 June 2023 | ||
+ | |subjects=Kit Klarenberg, National Union of Journalists, yellow journalism | ||
+ | |text=Under obvious pressure from the British [[UK/deep state|natsec state]] and its media lackeys, the UK’s [[National Union of Journalists]] has deleted its [https://archive.vn/20230603130714/https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-expresses-concern-over-detention-of-journalist-kit-klarenberg.html statement of concern about @KitKlarenberg’s detention] by counter-terror police. | ||
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+ | Kit was interrogated almost exclusively about his factual reporting. | ||
+ | |source_URL=https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1665030427277402113 | ||
+ | |source_name=twitter | ||
+ | |source_title=NUJ has deleted its statement of concern about Kit Klarenberg's detention by [[counter-terror]] police}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} |
Latest revision as of 13:31, 15 September 2023
Kit Klarenberg (Investigative journalist) | |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Nationality | UK |
Member of | The Grayzone |
Interests | • Institute for Statecraft • Integrity Initiative • Skripal Affair • 9/11 hijackers • Alec Station • Serena Shim Award |
UK investigative journalist who publishes at Off Guardian and The Grayzone. |
Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist and activist. In May 2023 he was detained for UK police under "counter-terrorism" legislation and interrogated about his work for The Grayzone.
Contents
Activities
Klarenberg has written for Sputnik News [1][2] and is webmaster for the Occupy Faith website. [3]
On 18 April 2023, in an article entitled "Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits", Kit Klarenberg reported that at least two of the 9/11 hijackers – Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar – had been recruited either knowingly or unknowingly into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation (Alec Station) which may have gone awry.[4]
2023 Arrest
Klarenberg was arrested in Britain on the 17th of May 2023 by “six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers” and questioned about his journalism. The conduct of the police clearly points to intimidation as the underlying reason for the arrest.[5] In the ensuing discussion he was told that: “Your work might be interesting to the public, but it’s not in the public interest.”[6]
NUJ flip-flop
On 3 June 2023, Max Blumenthal tweeted[7]:
“Under obvious pressure from the British natsec state and its media lackeys, the UK’s National Union of Journalists has deleted its statement of concern about @KitKlarenberg’s detention by counter-terror police. Kit was interrogated almost exclusively about his factual reporting.”
Max Blumenthal (3 June 2023) NUJ has deleted its statement of concern about Kit Klarenberg's detention by counter-terror police [8]
Documents by Kit Klarenberg
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights | Article | 27 August 2024 | Robert Stevens | Now, in a move that would have been agreed to by PM Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Labour has pioneered the use of an amendment to the Terrorism Act passed by the Tories to once again attempt to silence and criminalise a journalist and political activist. The same course is being pursued by governments throughout the world. |
References
- ↑ https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201904171074227109-skripal-ducks-children-nyt-usa-britain/
- ↑ https://sputniknews.com/military/201907041076147867-open-information-partnership-integrity-initiative/
- ↑ http://www.occupyfaith.org.uk/
- ↑ "Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits"
- ↑ https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/05/31/authoritarianism-keeps-surging-in-western-free-democracies/
- ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/30/journalist-kit-klarenberg-british-police-interrogated-grayzone/
- ↑ The statement of concern had been removed by June 4, 2023. Archived
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1665030427277402113 twitter