Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall. An official said they would have ‘no hesitation in inviting SCL to tender for further contracts’. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA
The Guardian: Cambridge Analytica predecessor had access to secret MoD information
SCL was praised by MoD for training it provided to a psychological operations warfare group, documents reveal
SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s predecessor, had access to secret UK information and was singled out for praise by the UK Ministry of Defence for the training it provided to a psychological operations warfare group, according to documents newly released by MPs.
An endorsement from an official at the 15 UK Psychological Operations Group dated January 2012 concluded that they would “have no hesitation in inviting SCL to tender for further contracts of this nature”.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 29, 2018
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South Korean military receives U.S.-made stealth fighter jet -- UPI
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