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By Lili Bayer | Politico
https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-israeli-intelligence-firm-targeted-ngos-during-hungarys-election-campaign-george-soros/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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The Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube was involved in a campaign to discredit NGOs ahead of Hungarys April election, according to a former Black Cube employee and a person with knowledge of the companys inner workings.
Between December 2017 and March 2018, Hungarian NGOs and individuals connected to American-Hungarian businessman George Soros were contacted by agents using false identities who secretly recorded them. The recordings, which began appearing in the Jerusalem Postand Hungarian government-controlled daily paper Magyar Idők three weeks before Hungarys election, were used by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to attack independent civil society organizations during the last days of the campaign. Orbáns right-wing Fidesz party went on to win in a landslide.
Black Cube is a Tel Aviv-based firm that has been implicated in scandals in the United States and Europe. The Hungarian campaign would represent the first time Black Cubes work has been allegedly used in the run-up to an election.
It is Black Cubes policy to never discuss its clients with any third party, and to never confirm or deny any speculation made with regard to the companys work, a spokesperson for Black Cube told POLITICO. It is important to note that Black Cube always operates in full compliance of the law in every jurisdiction in which it conducts its work, following legal advice from the worlds leading law firms.
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MicaelS
(8,747 posts)In your title. Otherwise it gives the impression, it is a Mossad doing it.