{"id":112051,"date":"2018-12-26T09:16:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T13:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112051"},"modified":"2018-12-27T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T00:03:13","slug":"britains-institute-for-statecraft-finally-exposed-top-secret-integrity-initiative-blown-wide-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112051","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s &#8220;Institute for Statecraft&#8221; Finally Exposed, Top Secret &#8216;Integrity Initiative&#8217; Blown Wide Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73349\" style=\"width: 671px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-26-at-5.48.06-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73349\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-26-at-5.48.06-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>This screenshot is a perfect example of institutionalized British dishonesty, deception and disinformation as a sophisticated and dangerous art form.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2018\/12\/britains-institute-for-statecraft-finally-exposed-top-secret-integrity-initiative-blown-wide-open\/\">The Millennium Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like so much of what goes on in the United Kingdom, producing naked propaganda is one of their many dubious specialties.\u00a0 Generating volumes of war propaganda has been a particular focus of the British government for centuries so they have become quite skilled at it.<\/p>\n<p>Their current campaign of misinfo, disinfo and false info is directed at the Russian Federation.\u00a0 In this regard, the Brits spare no truth or fact from being completely distorted or maligned, twisted or misrepresented.\u00a0 Toward that end, there is a highly classified London-based network of spooks, journalists, politicians and military men that has perfected the art of outright lying like no other nation on Earth.\u00a0 And Moscow is their main target.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=22223\">Why the Anglo-American Axis is so determined to wage war against Russia<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It&#8217;s entirely true because of the extraordinary size and reach of the British East India Company (officially incorporated in 1600), the English felt a great need to protect their growing corporate empire of international commerce and trade.\u00a0 In so doing, they established the most sophisticated spying and surveillance network in the world at that time.\u00a0 Of course, the Romans had done the same over centuries before, but the Brits took it to a whole new level.\u00a0 The key product of their global information-gathering network is that they could then weave plausible plots and conspiracies in a web of propaganda to be used against their competitors&#8230; and perceived enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Because Russia has always been their biggest perceived enemy, and especially because it&#8217;s an extremely large country with lots of land and natural resources to steal, the Russians have been the object of the most war propaganda in history.\u00a0 The Brits are so obsessed with stealing Russian land and wealth that they initiated what is known as <a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/?s=great+game\"><strong><em>The Great Game<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, which is really the <strong>Great Never-ending War<\/strong>&#8212;economic and financial, political and military, social and religious.\u00a0 Truly, the Brits just can&#8217;t keep their hands off the Russian Motherland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2018\/07\/the-nyc-and-london-banker-who-financed-the-bolshevik-revolution\/\">The NYC and London Banker who financed the Bolshevik Revolution<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Bolshevik Revolution was actually a foreign-directed insurrection plot that was hatched in London.\u00a0 Widely acclaimed British economist\u00a0John Maynard Keynes was a leading academic pushing for a Russian Revolution as demanded by his Illuminati masters. See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2018\/09\/john-maynard-keynes-how-the-wests-keynesian-economic-model-was-built-by-a-socialist-fabian-pedophile-who-supported-the-bolshevik-revolution\/\">JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES: How the West\u2019s Keynesian Economic Model Was Built by a Socialist Fabian Pedophile Who Supported the Bolshevik Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In point of fact, what the whole world is witnessing today is an immense and ongoing war propaganda campaign by the UK against Russia.\u00a0 The British perpetrators have been extremely successful at enlisting the support of the American mainstream media to carry out this blatant psyop.\u00a0 Many other nations throughout the European Union, as well as Australia and New Zealand, also chime in when ordered to by the banksters (i.e. the <a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2017\/04\/stoneghost-exposed-five-eyes-of-the-deep-state\/\">5 EYES<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The banksters always call the shots regarding these highfalutin campaigns of British prevarication and equivocation as they have from time immemorial.\u00a0 When the banksters decide that it&#8217;s time to wage war, there&#8217;s practically no stopping it&#8230;unless\u00a0<em>We the People<\/em> simply fail to show up on their manufactured battlefields.<\/p>\n<p>With this significant historical understanding, it&#8217;s quite easy to comprehend the massive and monolithic war-making machine that the British government has become over the centuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2018\/12\/britains-institute-for-statecraft-finally-exposed-top-secret-integrity-initiative-blown-wide-open\/\">The Millennium Report<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 26, 2018<\/p>\n<p>N.B. The excellent expos\u00e9 posted below fleshes out the skeleton of this multi-decade scheme to transform the United Kingdom into the spying and propaganda capital of the world.\u00a0 Of course, they are greatly aided in this covert activity by the United States, Israel and, as always, their <a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/?s=jesuits\">Jesuit masters of propaganda in the Vatican<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_A91B1ADE6C04-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73348\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_A91B1ADE6C04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK\u2019s Scandalous Information War<\/h1>\n<h4>The Grayzone entered the carefully concealed offices of a covert, British government-backed propaganda mill that is at the center of an international scandal the mainstream media refuses to touch.<\/h4>\n<h4>By Mohamed Elmaazi and Max Blumenthal<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberguerrilla.org\/blog\/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-3\/\">hacked<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberguerrilla.org\/blog\/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-2\/\">documents<\/a>\u00a0have revealed an international network of politicians, journalists, academics, researchers and military officers, all engaged in highly deceptive covert propaganda campaigns funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), NATO, Facebook and hardline national security institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This \u201cnetwork of networks\u201d, as one document refers to them, centers around an ironically named outfit called the Integrity Initiative. And it is all overseen by a previously unknown England-based think tank registered in Scotland, the Institute for Statecraft, which has operated under a veil of secrecy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The whole operation appears to be run by, and in conjunction with, members of British military intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to David Miller, professor of political sociology in the school of policy studies at the University of Bristol and the director of the Organization for Propaganda Studies, the Integrity Initiative \u201cappears to be a military directed push.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe most senior government people are professional propagandists and spooks,\u201d Miller explained. \u201cThe \u2018charity\u2019 lead on this [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwhoswho.com\/public\/views\/entry.html?id=don-0615\">Chris Donnelly<\/a>] was also appointed as a colonel in military intelligence at the beginning of the project \u2014 a truly amazing fact that suggests this is a military intelligence cut out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A minister for the UK FCO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/publications\/written-questions-answers-statements\/written-question\/Commons\/2018-11-27\/196177\/\"><span class=\"s2\">has officially confirmed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that it has been funding the Integrity Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to conducting diplomacy, the FCO oversees both the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) the UK equivalent to the National Security Agency, and the Secret Intelligence Services (SIS) commonly known as MI6.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1409\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1409\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?resize=581%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?w=527&amp;ssl=1 527w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?resize=150%2C132&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"1409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-26-47-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?fit=527%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"527,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FCO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?fit=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.26.47-AM.png?fit=527%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOURCE: National Intelligence Machinery, UK government briefing November 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The think tank that oversees the Integrity Initiative, the Institute for Statecraft, has also received funding from the British Army and Ministry of Defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is pretty major. UK govt admits that not only the Foreign Office but also the Army and the Ministry of Defence have funded the Institute for Statecraft, the body behind anti-Corbyn propaganda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hl87oulr5t\">https:\/\/t.co\/hl87oulr5t<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uaROch5ivG\">pic.twitter.com\/uaROch5ivG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Curtis (@markcurtis30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markcurtis30\/status\/1073499027768045568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The entire extremely shady enterprise, as Miller explained, is an elaborate front for the British military-intelligence apparatus. Its covert coordination with friendly politicians and mainstream journalists recalls the Cold War-era intrigue known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N7zWVh4WDuw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Operation Mockingbird<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That scandal involved the unmasking of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cmore than 400 American journalists who\u2026in the past twenty-five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency,\u201d as Carl Bernstein revealed in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carlbernstein.com\/magazine_cia_and_media.php\">1977\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0report<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The exposing of the Integrity Initiative has just scratched the surface of what appears to be a much more sophisticated, insidious, and extremely online version of Operation Mockingbird. With new internal documents appearing each week through a hacker\u2019s organization called Anonymous Europe, the revelations are yielding one of the most potentially explosive national security scandals in recent times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But even as members of Britain\u2019s parliament thunder with demands for official accountability, the UK and US mainstream media still strangely refuses to touch the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smearing left-wing political figures in NATO member states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The Integrity Initiative claims that it is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201ccounter[ing] Russian disinformation and malign influence,\u201d and indeed, the main players behind it<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0appear intent on hyping the Russian threat to justify ramped up military budgets and a long-term war footing.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1423\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1423\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?resize=692%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?w=692&amp;ssl=1 692w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?resize=150%2C133&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"488\" data-attachment-id=\"1423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-3-38-43-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?fit=692%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"692,614\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"II Russia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?fit=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.38.43-AM.png?fit=692%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: An Institute for Statecraft memo emphasizes the need for \u201cramping up\u201d anti-Russian messaging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">But the Integrity Initiative has also trained its fire on perceived subversives inside NATO member states, including the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1411\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1411\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?resize=413%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?w=338&amp;ssl=1 338w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?resize=111%2C150&amp;ssl=1 111w\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"557\" data-attachment-id=\"1411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-39-08-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?fit=338%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"338,456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Far Left\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?fit=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.39.08-AM.png?fit=338%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An article attacking left-wing activists that was listed in the \u201cRecent Posts\u201d section of the Integrity Initiative website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Integrity Initiative waged a successful covert campaign to destroy the appointment of\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Ba\u00f1os to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Director of Spain\u2019s National Security Department<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">on the bogus grounds that he was \u201cpro-Kremlin,\u201d thus interfering in the affairs of a fellow EU and NATO member. It carried out the hit job through a hand-picked \u201ccluster\u201d of Spanish politicians and operatives to flood social media and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2018\/06\/08\/inenglish\/1528443762_082284.html\">sympathetic outlets<\/a>\u00a0with messages demonizing\u00a0Ba\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1412\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1412\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?resize=700%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"1412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-41-44-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?fit=700%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,407\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Banos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.41.44-AM.png?fit=700%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: an Integrity Initiative document detailing how the group\u2019s clusters destroyed a Spanish national security appointee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Integrity Initiative appears to have employed the same tactics to smear\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">left-wing journalists and political figures across the West, including the leader of the UK\u2019s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This UK government-funded, bogus McCarthyite &quot;monitoring group&quot; the Integrity Initiative repeatedly smeared Jeremy Corbyn, while it claims to &quot;defend democracy against disinformation.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>These are effectively state-sponsored attacks on Corbyn and the left.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a5V00Myw6r\">https:\/\/t.co\/a5V00Myw6r<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUP3C9SJ1I\">pic.twitter.com\/sUP3C9SJ1I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminNorton\/status\/1067462460238647297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Member of Parliament\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Chris Williamson \u2013 a close ally of Corbyn \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerbyChrisW\/status\/1072508801025232896\"><span class=\"s2\">is now openly and indignantly calling for<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201ca public inquiry into the Integrity Initiative and similar information war efforts being funded by our government.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It is not necessarily illegal for the FCO to direct propaganda towards its own citizenry, according to Miller of the Organization for Propaganda Studies. However, he said that \u201cit is not legal for ministers to effectively direct a charity. Thus, if the MoD through military intelligence are effectively running a charity, that would be contrary to law.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>An abandoned mill in Scotland covers for an active office in London\u2019s \u201cTemple\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To conceal its potentially illegal activities, the Institute for Statecraft has employed a web of deceptions. Not only did they hide their government funding, the outfit listed a fake location as its address.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Elmaazi, a co-author of this piece, discovered the elaborately hidden location of the Institute for Statecraft inside a posh warren of barristers\u2019 offices in London. Elmaazi\u2019s swift ejection from the premises confirmed the lengths that this shadowy organization continues to go to to avoid public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The Institute for Statecraft, is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscr.org.uk\/about-charities\/search-the-register\/charity-details?number=SC040870#results\"><span class=\"s2\">registered charity in Scotland<\/span><\/a>, whose registered office is listed as being an old mill in Fife Scotland involved in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaKobs\/status\/1072998237274038273\">\u201cmanufacture of wood and other products.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0David Scott of UK Column news, visited the registered office in Fife\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcolumn.org\/article\/integrity-initiative-look-deep-state\"><span class=\"s2\">only to find a<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201can empty, semi-derelict, partly demolished, building.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1414\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?resize=560%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"293\" data-attachment-id=\"1414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-46-27-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?fit=560%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,298\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gateside\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?fit=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.46.27-AM.png?fit=560%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The partially demolished address at Gateside Mills. Photo: David Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the address in Fife, Scotland appears to be a derelict building, the London address listed in the hacked documents is fully operational, so far as Elmaazi could tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He located the offices belonging to The Institute for Statecraft at the Embankment at Two Temple Place in London. It shares offices in the basement of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7DiEySJAfbo\">\u201cspectacular neo-gothic mansion\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which is owned or leased by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bulldogtrust.org\/two-temple-place\/\"><span class=\"s2\">The Bulldog Trust,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0an organization dedicated to \u201cpromoting culture and philanthropy\u201d. This area, known as \u201cthe Temple,\u201d is filled with barristers\u2019 chambers and used to serve as the precinct for the Knights of Templar.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1416\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?resize=845%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?w=1690&amp;ssl=1 1690w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"1416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/img_372dc3d6876a-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Temple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_372DC3D6876A-1.jpeg?fit=845%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Christmas themed projection lights up the walls of 2 Temple Place. Photo: Mohamed Elmaazi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elmaazi found the offices on December 6,\u00a0having nearly given up and becoming convinced that he would discover nothing more than was found at the derelict house in Fife. When he arrived at the location, preparations were underway for some sort of Christmas-themed event to be held in the main building on the ground floor. But upon discovering the signs pointing downstairs to the basement, Elmaazi found himself staring at a door with a sign that read, \u201cThe Institute for Statecraft \/ The Fore.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1417\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1417\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?resize=845%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?w=1690&amp;ssl=1 1690w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"1417\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/img_3a3939d8fc89-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Temple 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3A3939D8FC89-1.jpeg?fit=845%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mohamed Elmaazi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>No comment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elmaazi rang the Institute for Statecraft\u2019s doorbell and was eventually let in by a well-dressed elderly gentleman in a beige overcoat. The man claimed that he worked neither at The Institute nor at The Fore but at \u201canother organization.\u201d He then called out for \u201cCharles.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Having walked in, Elmaazi could see a few smaller offices to the side, with a larger planned office with tables and computers around the corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A man whom<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0Elmaazi\u00a0<\/span>presumed was \u201cCharles\u201d came around the corner and called out, \u201cYes?\u201d He seemed somewhat confused by the journalist\u2019s presence, understandably so as he was there without an appointment. When \u201cCharles\u201d confirmed that he worked with the Institute for Statecraft, Elmaazi identified himself as a journalist and asked if he would be willing to be interviewed. The request was met with a curt refusal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCharles\u201d then guided Elmaazi sternly with his hand back to the entrance. When the journalist repeated his request, he was met with stone silence. And that was that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A \u201cCharles Hart\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statecraft.org.uk\/governance\"><span class=\"s2\">is listed as the<\/span><\/a>\u00a0chairman of the Institute for Statecraft, but no photo is available to confirm that Hart was the same \u201cCharles\u201d that Elmaazi met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The neocon connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two buildings away from the Institute for Statecraft, separated only by the home of British American Tobacco, lies the offices of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). This think tank is key organ of the Western foreign policy establishment, pushing military interventionism and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arjan_Uilenreef\/status\/773450095018778624\">promoting<\/a>\u00a0the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition-in-exile.<\/p>\n<p>Among the funders of IISS is the Smith Richardson Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>This foundation also happens to be a supporter of the Integrity Initiative, providing it with\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">\u00a345,000 (about $56,600 USD) for covert propaganda activities in Europe and the US.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1420 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?resize=641%2C84&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?w=565&amp;ssl=1 565w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?resize=300%2C39&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?resize=150%2C20&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"72\" data-attachment-id=\"1420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-55-48-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?fit=565%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"565,74\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"smith rich\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?fit=300%2C39&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.48-AM.png?fit=565%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090815070008\/https:\/www.srf.org\/mission\/history.php\"><span class=\"s2\">Smith Richardson Foundation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was founded by billionaire heir to the Vicks fortune, H. Smith Richardson, in 1935. In 1973, the founder\u2019s son,\u00a0Randolph Richardson \u2013 a free market fundamentalist and long-time patron of neoconservative ideologue Irving Kristol \u2013 inherited the organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kristol\u2019s son, William Kristol, is a co-founder of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/powerbase.info\/index.php\/Project_for_the_New_American_Century\"><span class=\"s2\">Project for a New American Century<\/span><\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/stockbauer1.html\"><span class=\"s2\">openly called for<\/span><\/a>\u00a0the US to assert itself as the single global hegemon following the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recipients of funding from the Smith Richardson Foundation include a who\u2019s who of neoconservative and militaristic right-wing institutions. The foundation has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181208020310\/https:\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/home\/2016\/6\/9\/the-smith-richardson-foundations-neoconservative-legacy.html\">bankrolled<\/a>\u00a0neoconservative outfits like\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">the American Enterprise Institute (to the tune of nearly $10 million since 1998), the Hudson Institute, the Institute for the Study of War, Freedom House, the Hoover Institution, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, along with Democratic Party-aligned think tanks like the Center for New American Security and the\u00a0Center for American Progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo say the [Smith Richardson] foundation was involved at every level in the lobbying for and crafting of the so-called global war on terror after 9\/11 would be an understatement,\u201d wrote Kelley Vlahos in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/neoconning-the-trump-white-house\/\">a profile<\/a>\u00a0of Nadia Schadlow, a former\u00a0Trump administration deputy national security advisor who previously worked as the senior program director for Smith Richardson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1419 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?resize=539%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?resize=300%2C68&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?resize=150%2C34&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"122\" data-attachment-id=\"1419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-4-55-59-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?fit=490%2C111&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,111\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"funders\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?fit=300%2C68&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-4.55.59-AM.png?fit=490%2C111&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smith Richardson complements a roster of international funders backing the Integrity Initiative\u2019s parent organization:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">HQ NATO Public Diplomacy<b>, \u00a312,000<\/b>\u00a0for each inaugural workshop =\u00a0<b>\u00a3168,000<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Partner institutions\u00a0<b>\u00a35,000<\/b>\u00a0for each inaugural workshop\u00a0<b>= \u00a370,000<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">NATO HQ for educational video films \u2013 free provision of camera team<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Lithuanian MOD to provide free all costs for their stratcom team for a monthly trip to support a new hub\/cluster creation and to educate cluster leaders and key people in Vilnius in infowar techniques\u00a0<b>= \u00a320,000<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">US State Dept, for research and dissemination activities (excluding any activity in USA)\u00a0<b>= \u00a3250,000<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Smith Richardson Foundation,\u00a0<b>\u00a345,000<\/b>\u00a0for cluster activities in Europe and USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Facebook,\u00a0<b>\u00a3100,000\u00a0<\/b>for research and education activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">German business community,\u00a0<b>\u00a325,000<\/b>\u00a0for research and dissemination in EU countries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>A covert asset in the Bernie campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elmaazi, the co-author of this piece, was not the only reporter to gain momentary access to the Institute for Statecraft\u2019s hidden location at 2 Temple Place. On December 11, five days after Elmaazi\u2019s visit, Kit Klarenberg of Sputnik Radio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/analysis\/201812131070655802-integrity-initiative-intelligence-disinformation\/\">entered<\/a>\u00a0the covert propaganda mill\u2019s neo-gothic offices. As soon as he identified himself as a journalist, he was angrily ejected by an Institute for Statecraft staffer named Simon Bracey-Lane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to\u00a0leave right now!\u201d Bracey-Lane barked at Klarenberg. \u201cYou haven\u2019t arranged to\u00a0see us! Go! Right now! Please leave immediately! Leave!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bracey-Lane is a 20-something British citizen with no publicly acknowledged experience in intelligence work. But as Klarenberg noted, there are some unusual details in the young staffer\u2019s bio.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Bracey-Lane appeared out of nowhere to work in Iowa as a field organizer for the Bernie Sanders campaign for president.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1421\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1421\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?resize=845%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?w=1203&amp;ssl=1 1203w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"357\" data-attachment-id=\"1421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-3-17-53-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?fit=1203%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1203,780\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bracey Lane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?fit=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.17.53-AM.png?fit=845%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Bracey-Lane being interviewed in Bernie Sanders\u2019 Iowa field office on January 27, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI spent a year working, saving all my money, just thought I was gonna go on a two month road trip from Seattle to New York and I thought, you know what? I\u2019m gonna stay and work for the Bernie Sanders campaign,\u201d Bracey-Lane\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6JTabVROXKE\">told a reporter for AFP<\/a>\u00a0on January 27, 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said that after he decided to work for Bernie, he first went to England to \u201cget a visa and get everything legal,\u201d then came back to join the campaign in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>Bracey-Lane also claimed to AFP, \u201cI\u2019m not sure there\u2019s a place for me in British politics\u2026 I\u2019ve never been struck by an urge to work in my own political system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a February 1, 2016\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jimwaterson\/jez-we-can-feel-the-bern\">profile<\/a>\u00a0of Bracey-Lane by Buzzfeed\u2019s Jim Waterson said the Brit-for-Bernie \u201c<span class=\"s1\">was inspired to rejoin the Labour party in September [2015] when Corbyn was elected leader. But by that point, he was already in the US on holiday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is clearly odd for Bracey-Lane to tell one reporter that he had never had any interest in British politics, while claiming to another that he had been eager to support Corbyn before he joined the Bernie campaign. What\u2019s more, as Klarenberg reported, Bracey-Lane went on to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.electoralcommission.org.uk\/Registrations\/TP6498\">establish<\/a>\u00a0a get-out-the-vote effort for various progressive politicians and parties in Britain\u2019s 2017 general election, gaining inside access to a wide array of campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The contradiction in Bracey-Lane\u2019s narrative raises serious questions about his real role on the Bernie campaign, as does his suddenly transition from progressive politics to a staff position at a military-backed propaganda farm that waged a covert information war on Corbyn and other left-leaning politicians across the West.<\/p>\n<p>An Institute for Statecraft document on \u201croles and relevant experience\u201d of the outfit\u2019s \u201cexpert team\u201d notes that Bracey-Lane conducted a \u201cspecial study of Russian interference in the US electoral process.\u201d The document does not make clear when that study was conducted, however, it is listed directly next to its author\u2019s history of work with the Bernie campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1422 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?resize=795%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?w=673&amp;ssl=1 673w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?resize=150%2C51&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"186\" data-attachment-id=\"1422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/screen-shot-2018-12-17-at-3-39-51-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?fit=673%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"673,227\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bracey Lane II\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?fit=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/grayzoneproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-17-at-3.39.51-AM.png?fit=673%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAt Thanksgiving, I was asked, why are you meddling?\u201d Bracey-Lane remarked to Reuters, referring to his work for Bernie Sanders. \u201cWhich is an interesting way to phrase it, but I was happy to answer: it needs meddling with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those comments take on an entirely different meaning now that the former Bernie field worker has been outed as part of a British military-intelligence influence operation.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming days, the Grayzone will take a closer look at the Integrity Initiative\u2019s activity inside the US, and whether it is interfering in American politics as it has done in other NATO member states.<\/p>\n<h4>Mohamed Elmaazi obtained his LLB from SOAS and Masters in International and Comparative law from the American University in Cairo. He worked in human rights law for a number of years before shifting to journalism. He occasionally reports for The Real News Network and currently contributes to Open Democracy, The Canary, and the Grayzone. You can follow him on Twitter @MElmaazi<\/h4>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-authorname\"><a class=\"vcard author\" href=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/author\/max-blumenthal\/\"><span class=\"fn\">Max Blumenthal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div>\n<p>Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of books including best-selling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Republican-Gomorrah-Inside-Movement-Shattered\/dp\/1568584172\">Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Goliath-Life-Loathing-Greater-Israel\/dp\/1568586345\">Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/51-Day-War-Ruin-Resistance\/dp\/156858511X\">The Fifty One Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza<\/a>, and The Management of Savagery, which will be published later this year by Verso. He has also produced numerous print articles for an array of publications, many video reports and several documentaries including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/145816483\">Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie<\/a>\u00a0and the forthcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/killinggaza.com\/\">Killing Gaza<\/a>. Blumenthal founded the Grayzone Project in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America\u2019s state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/\">https:\/\/grayzoneproject.com\/2018\/12\/17\/inside-the-temple-of-covert-propaganda-the-integrity-initiative-and-the-uks-scandalous-information-war\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}