‘Entrepreneurial justice’ operations related to the Syrian conflict: role of The Commission for International Justice and Accountability and other businesses controlled by William Wiley

Paul McKeigue Summary Introduction Wiley’s biography Inconsistencies and misrepresentation Tsamota Limited and spinout companies Origins of CIJA: partnership between Tsamota and ARK Alistair Harris’s biography Other key personnel associated with CIJA CIJA’s working environment Netherlands location (2012) Belgian location (2013-2015) Lisbon location (2016) CIJA’s funding Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (2012-2019) Investigation by the European Read more about ‘Entrepreneurial justice’ operations related to the Syrian conflict: role of The Commission for International Justice and Accountability and other businesses controlled by William Wiley[…]

Email from BBC regarding their Intrigue series titled ‘Mayday’ and Working Group Response from Piers Robinson

In preparation for a BBC radio series, BBC journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou contacted me on 12 October requesting a response to the following allegations: ************* I would like to let you know some of the things which we are currently considering including in the series that concern the Working Group and its ideas in case you Read more about Email from BBC regarding their Intrigue series titled ‘Mayday’ and Working Group Response from Piers Robinson[…]

Email correspondence with Chloe Hadjimatheou, Senior Reporter BBC Current Affairs, 24 July to 17 August 2020

Paul McKeigue Summary Introduction Email correspondence On 24/07/2020 17:58, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote From: Paul McKeigue, Sent 24 July 2020 18:41 On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 20:03, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote: From Paul McKeigue Sent Fri, 24 Jul, 21:50 On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 19:28, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote: From: Paul McKeigue Sent 30 July 2020 Read more about Email correspondence with Chloe Hadjimatheou, Senior Reporter BBC Current Affairs, 24 July to 17 August 2020[…]

The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?

Paul McKeigue 16 September 2020 1 Summary 2 Introduction 3 Mirzayanov’s story from 1991 to 1995 3.1 Relevance of binary formulations 4 The official Russian position 4.1 Lazarchuk’s story: the unofficial Russian explanation? 5 Uglev’s story: corroboration or rebuttal? 6 Fake corroboration: the 2003 Amazon book review 7 US studies of the phosphylated amidine compounds identified as Novichoks 8 Mirzayanov’s role as a Tatar separatist Read more about The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?[…]

Public Talks and Other Presentations

Dr Piers Robinson, ‘War Propaganda Today – the outsourcing of propaganda and consequences for open debate and democratic accountability’, presented at Mediensystem und Öffentliche Sphäre in Der Krise workshop, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. June 2023. Dr Piers Robinson, ‘International Organisations and Realpolitik: the case of the OPCW and alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria’, Research Seminar Series, Read more about Public Talks and Other Presentations[…]

James Le Mesurier: a reconstruction of his business activities and covert role

James Le Mesurier: a reconstruction of his business activities and covert role Paul McKeigue, Jake Mason, Piers Robinson, David Miller Comments on this note may be posted here. 16 December 2019 1 Summary 2 Biography 3 Establishment of the White Helmets 4 Companies controlled by James Le Mesurier and his associates 4.1 Mayday Rescue FZ-LLC Read more about James Le Mesurier: a reconstruction of his business activities and covert role[…]

Working Group Response to Smears

25 June 2019 Since its inception, a handful of individuals and organisations have sought to discredit the Working Group including Sir Alan Duncan (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Fernando Arias (Director General of the OPCW). We would like to take this opportunity to make clear the following:- 1) the Working Read more about Working Group Response to Smears[…]