Leaked letters by Wikileaks now show that former first lady Lucy kibaki and retired police commissioner Major General Hussein Ali had ordered the killing of prominent politicians, including Martha Karua and Gitobu Imanyara.

According to the written by a policeman (Wilfred Njenga) who claims to be a member of the defunct Kwekwe Squad, among the prominent people who were monitored for possible assassination were Paul Muite, Ferdinand Waititu, GG Kariuki, Bonny Khalwale, Gitobu Imanyara, Martha Karua and businesswoman Mary Wambui.

According to the author, by the time the 200/08 post-election violence calmed down, the killer squad alone had killed at least 1,869 Mungiki members and 631 suspected robbers. He alone had killed 40 people, and for that they were paid an allowance of Ksh25,000 allowance on a wekly basis.

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He claims that President Mwai Kibaki was not aware of the killings, and they were masterminded by powerful people in the government. They would rehearse the assasinations by killing prominent businessmen, though some of the target were not killed.

Tafadhali madam utauwawa just go away into exile because we know it will not take long for Maj Gen Ali to issue kull order. Mr Muthaura, Mr Michuki, Maj Gen Ali and Lucy Kibaki are the ones issues orders to track prominent personalities, read the letter addressed to Martha Karua in part.

The unit to carry out the assassinations was to be paid Ksh 150, 000 each, the letter says.

At least a dozen police officers who conducted the killings died or disappeared, according to the letter, and the latest to die was former head of Special crimes prevention unit Richard Katola who died in 2015.

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The then interior Minister late George Saitoti was kept in the dark but was used to issue statements, and died in a suspicious plane crash in 2012. It is suspected that he was assassinated.

Prof George Saitoti and his PS Kimemia are kept in darkness but used to issue statements and reports at Parliament and in Public Barazas in support of police without knowing they are being used, adds the letter.

In order to guard any information from reaching the targets, the letter reveals that National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers were deployed at Post Offices to screen all letters addressed to MPs and prominent people.

We are told First Lady Lucy Kibaki called Mr Muthaura (Francis) and Maj Gen Ali and ask them to eliminate Muite, the letter adds.

Here is the leaked letter:-

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NewsPoliticsA new Sky documentary that investigates some of the most mind-boggling conspiracy theories of recent years has been shining a new light on some of the most baffling fake news stories to come out of the US

Friday, 12th June 2020, 1:23 pm

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News aired earlier this month, and surveys the effects of disinformation campaigns on social media and the impacts of well known conspiracy theories.

One of those theories is that of Pizzagate, and the film follows the growth of the story on forums like Reddit and 4chan, how it was fomented by the alt-right and Alex Jones, and then translated into a real-life dangerous situation.

Heres everything you need to know:

Pizzagate was a widely discredited news story which linked Hilary Clintons presidential campaign with a fictional human trafficking ring.

Its so-called because the alleged headquarters of the operation was the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C, which according to the conspiracy was also a meeting ground for Satanic ritual abuse.

It all began in March 2016, when the personal email account of John Podesta, Clinton's campaign manager, was hacked.

WikiLeaks published the emails later that year; conspiracy theorists claimed the emails contained coded messages that alluded to human trafficking and a child sex ring.

The emails contained multiple references to pizza and pizza restaurants, but there is no evidence that they are code or refer to anything else.

Had the claims been true, it would have implicated a number of high-ranking Democratic Party officials.

How was the story debunked?

The story has been widely debunked by a number of fact checking a news organisations from across the political spectrum even Fox News has said the story is completely false.

Theorists claimed that similarities between Comet Ping Pongs logo contained symbols linked to Satanism and paedophilia; the New York Times noted these similarities could be found in the logos of completely unrelated companies, if you looked hard enough.

Claims of a secret underground network beneath Comet Ping Pong were disproven by the fact the establishment has no basement, and evidence that John Podesta played a part in the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann were simply sketches of a suspect taken from the descriptions of two eyewitnesses.

No alleged victims have come forward and no physical evidence has been found.

Despite the theory having zero evidence to support it, that didnt stop those who opposed Hilary Clinton believing the story wholesale.

That included gunman Edgar Maddison Welch, who travelled down from South Carolina to confront the owners of Comet Ping Pong.

He entered the pizza restaurant in Washington D.C. packed with families on a Sunday afternoon and fired an automatic rifle.

Thankfully, no one was injured in the disturbance; Mr Welch told police he had driven from South Carolina to investigate the restaurant after reading online reports.

Why is Comet Ping Pong back in the news?

Though its been four years since the height of the Pizzagate story, the owners still have to deal with death threats and abuse.

As employees continue to search for a new rhythm [during the coronavirus pandemic], say the Washington Post, they still field calls from Pizzagate obsessors.

A few weeks ago, someone jammed the phone line for an entire day, frustrating customers who struggled to place orders. [Comet] has received almost 70 Pizzagate messages in recent weeks.

There also seems to be a renewed interest in the false story in the wake of news that US prosecutors want a face-to-face interview with Prince Andrew over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The story has been trending on Twitter again, despite remaining completely untrue, with theorists linking Epsteins private jet the Lolita Express and his private Epstein Island with the restaurant.

There is no evidence to suggest any of it is true.

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The Justice Department said Friday that it plans to release by June 19 previously redacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Muellers April 2019 report that relate to longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. The deadline falls 11 days before Stone, the longtime dirty trickster who was convicted last year of making false statements to Congress, is set to begin a prison sentence that President Donald Trump has indicated he will erase via pardon.

The timing matters. The portions of Muellers report related to Stone will likely indicate that the Trump campaign believed it was collaborating through Stone with WikiLeaks on the release of Democratic emails stolen by Russia. This information emerged during Stones November trial, but inclusion in the public version of the Mueller report would enshrine it in our most official record of Russian meddling in 2016.

The Trump campaign considered Stone an access point to WikiLeaks, former Trump campaign boss Steve Bannon testified during Stones trial. Without redactions, the report will presumably show that Trump personally communicated with Stone about WikiLeaks plans to release hacked emails and also ordered aides to communicate with Stone about WikiLeaks. Rick Gates, a former top campaign official, testified at the trial that he personally overheard Trump speaking to Stone by phone. After the call, Trump indicated that more information would be coming out, Gates claimed.

Trump told Mueller in written answers that he did not recall discussing WikiLeaks with [Stone], nor do I recall being aware of Mr. Stone having discussed WikiLeaks with individuals associated with my campaign. Given Trumps extensive attention to WikiLeaks releases of hacked emails, its hard to imagine the president forgot having talked to Stone about WikiLeaks. He seems to have lied to Mueller about this.

The release of Muellers findings related to Stone, then, will highlight just how corrupt a pardon of Stone would be. He was convicted of falsely telling the House Intelligence Committee that he did not communicate with the Trump campaign about WikiLeaks, among other false statements. Those communications regarding WikiLeaks occurred at the same time Russian intelligence was using the organization to release material stolen from Democrats in a bid to help Trump win the election.

Stone lied, federal prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky said during the trial, because the truth looked bad. The truth looked bad for the Trump campaign and the truth looked bad for Donald Trump. In pardoning Stone, Trump would not merely be protecting a personal associate; he would be covering up his own conduct in 2016, including his efforts to benefit politically from Russias interference in the election.

Trump benefited from the timing of Stones arrest, which came in January 2019, toward the end of Muellers probe. This meant that Stones trial came after the April 2019 release of the Mueller report. As a result, information Mueller uncovered about Stone and WikiLeaks was redacted in the report due to potential harm to ongoing matter. By the time Stones trial happened, Trump and Attorney General William Barr had enjoyed substantial success in falsely spinning the report as having exonerated Trump. Stones trial contained major revelations about Trump campaign efforts to coordinate with WikiLeaks. But this news came amid media intense focus on impeachment hearings related to Trumps improper efforts to pressure Ukraine. By then most Americans had made up their minds on TrumpRussia and moved on.

The Justice Department agreed to release information related to Stone only after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Buzzfeed reporter Jason Leopold and the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. The suit noted that Stones conviction removed the cause DOJ had cited for redacting the Stone material in Muellers report. This release will highlight the extent to which Stones crimes helped to cover up Trumps conduct. That is unlikely to stop Trump from pardoning Stone. It might even encourage the president to move faster. But it ought to make clear that in pardoning Stone, Trump would be protecting not just his old political consigliere but himself.

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The HSE has secured High Court orders preventing an IT worker from distributing highly confidential and sensitive information about hospital patients. It is alleged that Neill Bradley had distributed confidential information he obtained from the HSE's computer servers during the course of his now former employment with a third party contracted by the HSE to perform certain IT services.

The information includes patient's personal data and medical databases allegedly sent by Mr Bradley to Wikileaks the non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks provided by anonymous source founded by Australian internet activist Julian Assange.

The orders were granted last week by Mr Justice Tony O'Connor, whosaid he was satisfied that Mr Bradley had gained access to private and sensitive data through his former employment, which he threatened to facilitate the dissemination of patients details and private records.

The judge noted that the defendant in one post on social media had referred to information he obtained, which Mr Bradley knew should be kept secure, as being "stolen. "

The HSE launched proceedings against Mr Bradley following a probe it commenced after becoming aware of a potentially serious data breach from posts on social media of screenshots of the HSE's internal servers.

The HSE claims the posts appeared on three twitter accounts it says were set up and controlled by Mr Bradley.

Through those accounts Mr Bradley allegedly sent messages to a senior official at the HSE, as well as posting to the social media accounts of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ministers Simon Harris and Pascal Donohoe, media figures and Dr Tony Holohan.

In his communications, Mr Bradley made allegations of a cover-up and a scam by the HSE and said he would make public data from over a dozen Irish hospitals, it is claimed.

It is also claimed that he used various hashtags on his posts including #covid19 #lockdown ireland #notmytaoiseach #MAGA and #mediascum.

The HSE said during previous employment as a systems administration Mr Bradley was given access to its servers and patient databases to carry out tasks his previous employer was contracted to do.

That firm's role was to maintaining and servicing a 'smart' automated system used to dispense, record and manage medication given to patients at various hospitals called Omnicell.

The system is used in many hospitals throughout the state.

Since becoming aware of the situation the HSE, in co-operation with Mr Bradley's previous employer, who terminated his employment after learning of the HSE's concerns, have taken steps to secure the servers and prevent the information from being published.

These steps include having posts on thepastebin.comsite and links to the confidential material removed.

The HSE also sought and obtained court orders, including in junctions to prevent him from attempting to post more links to confidential information.

The injunction is to remain in place pending the outcome of any full hearing of the matter.

The application for the injunctions was initially heard in camera, meaning that the proceedings were in private. The Judge subsequently lifted the in camera ruling allowing the media to report on the case.

In its action the HSE, represented by Eoin McCullough SC, Joe Jeffers Bl instructed by Philip Lee solicitors sought the orders against Mr Bradley with an address at Carrigeen Hill, Conna, Co Cork. Mr Bradley had been informed of the application against him.

However he did not attend, nor was he represented during, the court hearings.

Mr Justice O'Connor in making the orders said Mr Bradley would be given the chance to advance a defence to the HSE's claims at a full hearing of the action.

The injunction restrains Mr Bradley and any person to whom he has communicated or may communicate the confidential information from disseminating publishing, communicating by any means, or using any of said information through specific twitter handles and email addresses attributed to him. The order also restrains the defendant, and anyone who received the confidential information from him, from destroying or deleting the information.

He must also deliver up all documents, records and devices containing the confidential information to the HSE's solicitors for forensic analysis.

The court further restrained Mr Bradley from leaving Ireland until he has complied with the order to deliver up the confidential information, and hand over his passport to An Garda Sochana, who will retain it until further order.

The HSE's solicitors were given permission to notify the Department of Foreign affairs, An Garda Sochana, authorities at all points of exit from the State about the court's orders.

Mr Justice O Connor said that Mr Bradley had said in another tweet that he had sold his house and was moving about Europe in a camper van to "ply my skills elsewhere."

The judge also noted the HSE's lawyers undertaking to give the Data Protection Commissioner, the Minister for Health and the Attorney General copies of the order and the documents put before the court during the application if requested by those parties.

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Few things are more terrifying than facing persecution from your countrys government. Here in Britain, although we may complain about our governments performance, thankfully no one fears physical or economic retribution for expressing views contrary to those in power at the time. British nationals do not have to seek political asylum in other countries.

But for millions around the world, freedom of speech, association, religion, and politics is a far-off dream. However, even modern countries can take actions that can trigger a person to seek political asylum.

One of the most famous cases is that of Australian-born Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. In 2012, Ecuador granted the editor asylum in its London embassy, two months after he sought refuge there to avoid extradition to Sweden to answer sexual assault charges. Mr. Assange argued that his human rights would be violated of he entered Sweden, as the allegations were false and designed ultimately to get him extradited to the United States.

He was quoted in the BBC in 2012:

"It was not Britain or my home country, Australia, that stood up to protect me from persecution, but a courageous, independent Latin American nation.

"While today is a historic victory, our struggles have just begun. The unprecedented US investigation against Wikileaks must be stopped.

"While today much of the focus will be on the decision of the Ecuadorean government, it is just as important that we remember Bradley Manning has been detained without trial for over 800 days.

Bradley Manning (now Chelsea Manning) is a former US soldier accused of leaking government material to Wikileaks.

The right to political asylum in international law

The right to seek political asylum is an ancient one. It was recognised by those who inhabited the classical Greek and Roman world, and by medieval people who would seek sanctuary in a church. Many famous people in history sought asylum in other nations, from Kings (Edward IV, Charles II), to philosophers (Descartes, Voltaire, and Hobbes).

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, supported by the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees declares

"Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution".

Understanding the difference between an asylum seeker and refugee

The term asylum seeker and refugee are often used interchangeably; however, legally, they are distinct. If you have reached a country and have applied for political asylum there, you are an asylum seeker. If your application is granted, you become a refugee.

How to seek asylum in the UK

You must make an asylum claim from within the UK. You cannot claim asylum from another country. Therefore, as soon as you reach Britain, whether that be by plane, train, or ship, you need to go to the UK Border Agency in Croydon (in south London) and claim asylum. Failure to do so may result in you not being able to access accommodation and benefits whilst your claim is being considered. You should also immediately contact an immigration solicitor who is experienced in asylum claims to help you with your application.

Asylum can be claimed under the following international treaties:

The UK is also a signatory to the European Union Asylum Qualification Directive. This Directive is designed to provide consistency across the European Union (EU) regarding who qualifies for humanitarian protection and the level of public funds an asylum seeker is entitled to. When the UK leaves the EU on 31 December 2020, this Directive is set to become retained law. However, Britain will not be obliged to take on any developments to this and other EU Directives relating to asylum seekers.

When you apply for asylum, you will be assigned a caseworker who will investigate your asylum claim and make all the decisions relating to it. You will be asked to attend a Screening Interview, where UK Border Agency officials will check if you have made any previous asylum claims and provide you with a reference number.

After the Screening Interview, you may be taken to either the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre or Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre and held in detention until a decision on your application is made. You will not normally be detained if:

You will need to attend an Asylum Interview with your caseworker. This is where you have the chance to tell your story about why you fled your home country, your journey to the UK, and why you need political asylum. You can bring your legal representative to this interview.

Applications are decided within six months; however, this can take longer if there are complications. Having legal representation from the outset can help shorten the length of time it takes to get a decision.

If you are refused asylum, you can appeal.

See also How to apply for Asylum and become a Refugee in the UK

Final words

Claiming asylum is not easy, and Britains Conservative government has been notoriously tough on allowing asylum claims to succeed. It is therefore crucial that you get the best legal advice from the outset. Having an experienced immigration lawyer on your side dramatically increases your chances of a successful political asylum application.

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Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, DC (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News aired earlier this month, and surveys the effects of disinformation campaigns on social media and the impacts of well known conspiracy theories.

One of those theories is that of Pizzagate, and the film follows the growth of the story on forums like Reddit and 4chan, how it was fomented by the alt-right and Alex Jones, and then translated into a real-life dangerous situation.

Heres everything you need to know:

Pizzagate was a widely discredited news story which linked Hilary Clintons presidential campaign with a fictional human trafficking ring.

Its so-called because the alleged headquarters of the operation was the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C, which according to the conspiracy was also a meeting ground for Satanic ritual abuse.

It all began in March 2016, when the personal email account of John Podesta, Clinton's campaign manager, was hacked.

WikiLeaks published the emails later that year; conspiracy theorists claimed the emails contained coded messages that alluded to human trafficking and a child sex ring.

The emails contained multiple references to pizza and pizza restaurants, but there is no evidence that they are code or refer to anything else.

Had the claims been true, it would have implicated a number of high-ranking Democratic Party officials.

How was the story debunked?

The story has been widely debunked by a number of fact checking a news organisations from across the political spectrum even Fox News has said the story is completely false.

Theorists claimed that similarities between Comet Ping Pongs logo contained symbols linked to Satanism and paedophilia; the New York Times noted these similarities could be found in the logos of completely unrelated companies, if you looked hard enough.

Claims of a secret underground network beneath Comet Ping Pong were disproven by the fact the establishment has no basement, and evidence that John Podesta played a part in the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann were simply sketches of a suspect taken from the descriptions of two eyewitnesses.

No alleged victims have come forward and no physical evidence has been found.

Despite the theory having zero evidence to support it, that didnt stop those who opposed Hilary Clinton believing the story wholesale.

That included gunman Edgar Maddison Welch, who travelled down from South Carolina to confront the owners of Comet Ping Pong.

He entered the pizza restaurant in Washington D.C. packed with families on a Sunday afternoon and fired an automatic rifle.

Thankfully, no one was injured in the disturbance; Mr Welch told police he had driven from South Carolina to investigate the restaurant after reading online reports.

Why is Comet Ping Pong back in the news?

Though its been four years since the height of the Pizzagate story, the owners still have to deal with death threats and abuse.

As employees continue to search for a new rhythm [during the coronavirus pandemic], say the Washington Post, they still field calls from Pizzagate obsessors.

A few weeks ago, someone jammed the phone line for an entire day, frustrating customers who struggled to place orders. [Comet] has received almost 70 Pizzagate messages in recent weeks.

There also seems to be a renewed interest in the false story in the wake of news that US prosecutors want a face-to-face interview with Prince Andrew over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The story has been trending on Twitter again, despite remaining completely untrue, with theorists linking Epsteins private jet the Lolita Express and his private Epstein Island with the restaurant.

There is no evidence to suggest any of it is true.

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What is Pizzagate? The fake news scandal involving Hilary Clinton and Wikileaks explained - and why its trending amid Epstein inquiry - Edinburgh News

By Giregon Olupot

When a mob presented Jesus with a woman who had been caught in adultery, He understood that this was meant to trap Him. Jesus instructed whoever among the mob who had not sinned to throw the first stone at the woman. The mob disappeared one-by-one until Jesus was left alone with the woman. This is the wisdom that US President Donald Trump failed to invoke to escape one of the traps to murder him politically.

From the inception of the American Dream, Prof Godfrey Hodgson argues in his book, The Myth of American Exceptionalism ,that it was all about establishment of an empire away from Europe; not the false promise of liberation from the King, the Emperor, the Church and the Pope.

One of the rare individuals to storm the Oval House by surprise in the history of American Revolution was John Frederick Kennedy. The gruesome manner in which monarchists assassinated him is as resentful, cruel and ugly as the recent killing of Floyd. Then came Trump with his German roots (President Barak Obama was linked to the Monarchy through his mothers blood).

There are many ugly top secrets that have leaked to the public about the dirty, ugly and nasty dealings in this monarchy since 2008 that the world would never have known without these intruder presidents. It was in 2008 that Nelson Mandelas name was struck off Americas list of the worlds most wanted terrorists! Through WiKiLeaks, Australias Jullian Assange exposed spy networks and dangerous technologies, including GMOs brutally imposed on sovereign states to poison the food chain.

If there is any development that has emboldened efforts of the monarchists, Democrat or Republican to purge this intruder Trump from the White House, it is the handling of secrets about global pandemics that have been one of the empires most secretive operations for more than a century.

As insiders were gearing to cash-in on Covid-19 vaccines, Trump was prescribing solutions, including hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). This HCQ has been in use for more than 65 years and was found very effective against Covid-19. Suddenly, the drug has been outlawed in some states in the US for flimsy excuses and has been withdrawn from the market to shape the narrative towards Bill Gates GMO vaccines!

Trump, out of his ignorance about the workings of the Empire also threatened to hold China liable for the deaths and economic damage caused by Covid-19. He did not know that if China manipulated Covid-19 in Wuhan Laboratory of Viral and Infectious Diseases, it was not only with the full knowledge of insiders in Washington, but that laboratories in the US collaborated with Wuhan Lab and significantly funded laboratory engineering of Covid-19! The only way to stop any further embarrassments from Trump remains to topple him from the White House.

Giregon Olupot,Makerere University

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The HSE has secured High Court orders preventing an IT worker from distributing highly confidential and sensitive information about hospital patients. It is alleged that Neill Bradley had distributed confidential information he obtained from the HSE's computer servers during the course of his now former employment with a third party contracted by the HSE to perform certain IT services.

The information includes patient's personal data and medical databases allegedly sent by Mr Bradley to Wikileaks the non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks provided by anonymous source founded by Australian internet activist Julian Assange.

The orders were granted last week by Mr Justice Tony O'Connor, whosaid he was satisfied that Mr Bradley had gained access to private and sensitive data through his former employment, which he threatened to facilitate the dissemination of patients details and private records.

The judge noted that the defendant in one post on social media had referred to information he obtained, which Mr Bradley knew should be kept secure, as being "stolen. "

The HSE launched proceedings against Mr Bradley following a probe it commenced after becoming aware of a potentially serious data breach from posts on social media of screenshots of the HSE's internal servers.

The HSE claims the posts appeared on three twitter accounts it says were set up and controlled by Mr Bradley.

Through those accounts Mr Bradley allegedly sent messages to a senior official at the HSE, as well as posting to the social media accounts of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ministers Simon Harris and Pascal Donohoe, media figures and Dr Tony Holohan.

In his communications, Mr Bradley made allegations of a cover-up and a scam by the HSE and said he would make public data from over a dozen Irish hospitals, it is claimed.

It is also claimed that he used various hashtags on his posts including #covid19 #lockdown ireland #notmytaoiseach #MAGA and #mediascum.

The HSE said during previous employment as a systems administration Mr Bradley was given access to its servers and patient databases to carry out tasks his previous employer was contracted to do.

That firm's role was to maintaining and servicing a 'smart' automated system used to dispense, record and manage medication given to patients at various hospitals called Omnicell.

The system is used in many hospitals throughout the state.

Since becoming aware of the situation the HSE, in co-operation with Mr Bradley's previous employer, who terminated his employment after learning of the HSE's concerns, have taken steps to secure the servers and prevent the information from being published.

These steps include having posts on thepastebin.comsite and links to the confidential material removed.

The HSE also sought and obtained court orders, including in junctions to prevent him from attempting to post more links to confidential information.

The injunction is to remain in place pending the outcome of any full hearing of the matter.

The application for the injunctions was initially heard in camera, meaning that the proceedings were in private. The Judge subsequently lifted the in camera ruling allowing the media to report on the case.

In its action the HSE, represented by Eoin McCullough SC, Joe Jeffers Bl instructed by Philip Lee solicitors sought the orders against Mr Bradley with an address at Carrigeen Hill, Conna, Co Cork. Mr Bradley had been informed of the application against him.

However he did not attend, nor was he represented during, the court hearings.

Mr Justice O'Connor in making the orders said Mr Bradley would be given the chance to advance a defence to the HSE's claims at a full hearing of the action.

The injunction restrains Mr Bradley and any person to whom he has communicated or may communicate the confidential information from disseminating publishing, communicating by any means, or using any of said information through specific twitter handles and email addresses attributed to him. The order also restrains the defendant, and anyone who received the confidential information from him, from destroying or deleting the information.

He must also deliver up all documents, records and devices containing the confidential information to the HSE's solicitors for forensic analysis.

The court further restrained Mr Bradley from leaving Ireland until he has complied with the order to deliver up the confidential information, and hand over his passport to An Garda Sochana, who will retain it until further order.

The HSE's solicitors were given permission to notify the Department of Foreign affairs, An Garda Sochana, authorities at all points of exit from the State about the court's orders.

Mr Justice O Connor said that Mr Bradley had said in another tweet that he had sold his house and was moving about Europe in a camper van to "ply my skills elsewhere."

The judge also noted the HSE's lawyers undertaking to give the Data Protection Commissioner, the Minister for Health and the Attorney General copies of the order and the documents put before the court during the application if requested by those parties.

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What is most remarkable here is that none of this is particularly surprising. Russian interference in the 2016 election has been closely studied over the past four years, and Americas vulnerabilities have only worsened in that time. As my colleague Franklin Foer wrote recently, Russias interference in 2016 might be remembered as the experimental prelude that foreshadowed the attack of 2020. That OAN is now a player in such interference suggests an escalation that the Biden campaign has been bracing for.

Indeed, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaulwho has recalled being secretly recorded himself, among other forms of harassment, when he was posted in Moscowtold me, "Theres never been a moment like this in American history.

Read Putin is well on his way to stealing the next election

That includes 2016. McFaul said what hes seeing now reminds him of tactics the Kremlin has used against its domestic political opponents. Its not to convince you of a different point of view. Its to convince you that there is no truth, he said. When it feels like nobodys telling the truth and there is no truth, the reaction to that is despondency and demobilization.

Its hard not to feel some dj vu here. In 2016, Russian intelligence agents hacked the emails of Democratic National Committee staffers and Hillary Clintons campaign chairman, John Podesta, and delivered them to WikiLeaks, as a way to get them into the American media. Some outlets learned a lesson from that episode, and have treated new Biden recordings out of Ukraine with care. Others have not. Andriy Derkach, who released the Biden tapes that have already come out, is a former member of a pro-Russian political party who graduated from a KGB-run academy in Moscow. OAN lends his efforts a veneer, however thin, of journalistic legitimacy.

The person now claiming to have more tapes is OANs Chanel Rion, the on-air personality who went with Rudy Giuliani, the presidents personal lawyer, on his December trip to Ukraine in part to find information on Biden to help Trump. Rion, who has become famous for her conspiracy-inflected questions at White House briefings, emailed the Biden campaign May 29 claiming that she was working on an in-depth report about recordings that appear to be of Biden speaking with Petro Poroshenko, then the president of Ukraine. We have over five hours of these recordings (beyond what has been posted online by Nabu Leaks), she wrote, referencing a Ukrainian website suspected of Russian links.

Derkach, a politician known as the Ukrainian Putin, has been a proponent of the conspiracy theory that Ukraine was really behind the interference in the 2016 election instead of Russia. And he has previously been eager to provide damaging material about Biden for Trumps sake. Derkach released a batch of recordings three weeks ago, claiming that they had been made by Poroshenko and given to him by investigative journalists. (Poroshenko has said the audio is fabricated.) Most mainstream-media outlets have decided that the recordings that have emerged so far offer little new insight into Bidens actions in Ukraine, as The Washington Posts Carol Morello wrote after the recordings were first released.

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The HSE has secured High Court orders preventing an IT worker from distributing highly confidential and sensitive information about hospital patients.

It is alleged that Neill Bradley from Cork had distributed confidential information he obtained from the HSE computer servers during the course of his now-former employment with a third party contracted by the HSE to perform certain IT services.

The information includes patients' personal data and medical databases allegedly sent by Mr Bradley to Wikileaks, the non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks provided by anonymous sources.

The orders were granted by Mr Justice Tony O'Connor, whosaid he was satisfied Mr Bradley had gained access to private and sensitive data through his former employment.

The judge noted the defendant in one post on social media had referred to information he obtained, which Mr Bradley knew should be kept secure.

The HSE launched proceedings against Mr Bradley following a probe it commenced after becoming aware of a potentially serious data breach from posts on social media of screenshots of the HSE's internal servers.

The HSE claims the posts appeared on three Twitter accounts it says were set up and controlled by Mr Bradley.

Through those accounts, Mr Bradley allegedly sent messages to a senior official at the HSE, as well as posting to the social media accounts of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ministers Simon Harris and Pascal Donohoe, media figures and Dr Tony Holohan.

In his communications, Mr Bradley made allegations of a cover-up and a scam by the HSE and said he would make public data from over a dozen Irish hospitals, it is claimed.

It is also claimed he used various hashtags on his posts including #covid19 #lockdown Ireland #notmytaoiseach #MAGA and #mediascum.

The HSE said during previous employment as a systems administrator Mr Bradley was given access to its servers and patient databases to carry out tasks his previous employer was contracted to do.

That firm's role was to maintain and service a 'smart' automated system used to dispense, record and manage medication given to patients at various hospitals called Omnicell.

The system is used in many hospitals throughout the state.

Since becoming aware of the situation the HSE, in co-operation with Mr Bradley's previous employer, who terminated his employment after learning of the HSE's concerns, have taken steps to secure the servers and prevent the information from being published.

These steps include having posts on thepastebin.comsite and links to the confidential material removed.

The HSE also sought and obtained court orders, including injunctions to prevent him from attempting to post more links to confidential information.

The injunction is to remain in place pending the outcome of any full hearing of the matter.

The application for the injunctions was initially heard in-camera, meaning that the proceedings were in private.

The Judge subsequently lifted the in-camera ruling allowing the media to report on the case.

In its action, the HSE, represented by Eoin McCullough SC, Joe Jeffers Bl instructed by Philip Lee solicitors sought the orders against Mr Bradley with an address at Carrigeen Hill, Conna, Co Cork.

Counsel said Mr Bradley had been informed of the application against him.

However he did not attend, nor was he represented during, the court hearings.

Mr Justice O'Connor in making the orders said Mr Bradley would be given the chance to advance a defence to the HSE's claims at a full hearing of the action.

The injunction restrains Mr Bradley and any person to whom he has communicated or may communicate the confidential information from disseminating publishing, communicating by any means, or using any of said information through specific twitter handles and email addresses attributed to him.

The order also restrains the defendant, and anyone who received the confidential information from him, from destroying or deleting the information.

He must also deliver up all documents, records and devices containing the confidential information to the HSE's solicitors for forensic analysis.

The court further restrained Mr Bradley from leaving Ireland until he has complied with the order to deliver up the confidential information, and hand over his passport to An Garda Sochana, who will retain it until further order.

The HSE solicitors were given permission to notify the Department of Foreign affairs, An Garda Sochana, authorities at all points of exit from the State about the court's orders.

Mr Justice O Connor said that Mr Bradley had said in another tweet that he had sold his house and was moving about Europe in a camper van to "ply my skills elsewhere."

The judge also noted the HSE lawyers undertaking to give the Data Protection Commissioner, the Minister for Health and the Attorney General copies of the order and the documents put before the court during the application if requested by those parties.

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