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Matt Kennard

Matt Kennard
@kennardmatt

Aug 13, 2024

What happened to the Guardian? A question I hear a lot. Answer: the British authorities shut it down as a critical outlet after the WikiLeaks and Snowden revelations. Me and @Mark Curtis investigated how it happened. A cautionary tale declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-sec

The Guardian, Britain’s leading liberal newspaper with a global reputation for independent and critical journalism, has been successfully targeted by security agencies.

declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-sec…

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country's leading liberal newspaper

Matt Kennard

Matt Kennard

@kennardmatt

co-founder/investigations @DeclassifiedUK. author of Irregular Army & Silent Coup. new book The Racket out now.

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