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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 11:29 AM Apr 2021

WILD: mercenary spies pretended to be @FoxNews reporters. Targeted lawyers. There is audio. @Face


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John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
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Apr 6, 2021
WILD: mercenary spies pretended to be @FoxNews reporters. Targeted lawyers.

There is audio.

@Facebook did the right thing & publicly called out the shadowy company (Bluehawk CI.) behind it.

Scoop: @arawnsley

Israeli Snoop-for-Hire Posed as a Fox News Journalist for a Spy Operation
thedailybeast.com

https://t.co/8hdhzqs71V

John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
2/ Mercenary spooks like Bluehawk CI are a scourge.

They do the bidding of the rich & powerful and rarely face consequences for injecting distrust into civil society.

Good to see platforms sending a strong signal that this kind of impersonation will be called out.



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WILD: mercenary spies pretended to be @FoxNews reporters. Targeted lawyers. There is audio. @Face (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
What's the difference between Fux and people who "do the bidding of the rich & powerful...?" lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #1

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. What's the difference between Fux and people who "do the bidding of the rich & powerful...?"
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 11:35 AM
Apr 2021

I don't see the big deal here. Bad guys pretending to be other bad guys...

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