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Britain has had an extremely close relationship with the US politically and militarily since the Second World War. Starting in the WW2 period, Britain collaborated in joint biowarfare research programmes with the USA which continued for decades, sometimes with Canadian and Australian involvement.
That close relationship is just as close today. Elena
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This article below from the UK daily The Mirror shows how our Ministry of Defence spied on its own soldiers using detective agencies, after they claimed compensation for battle-related illnesses/injuries.
So I guess it's no surprise to find them spying on organisations who want transparency in Lyme Borreliosis, a highly sensitive biowarfare issue for the military.
Ministry of Defence spied on 350 injured troops in decade-long surveillance operation • Jun 01, 2014 06:00 • By Nick Dorman After a surge in claims, MoD bosses had suspected some were false or exaggerated - some soldiers received injuries on duty in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia
In sights: The MoD it has 'a duty to the taxpayer' Defence chiefs have been SPYING on injured soldiers over fears they were ¬milking compensation payouts – and even hired private detectives, reports the Sunday People.
The troops have been targeted in a decade-long surveillance operation , which is still going on, after a surge in claims....
A Freedom of Information request obtained by the Sunday People reveals nearly 350 military personnel and civil servants have been spied on since 2003. Ministry of Defence officials said surveillance was ¬carried out only on people who were suing the ¬department for civil claims.... ... The document revealed 16 surveillance operations during 2013 and at least one a month this year, despite defence budget cuts of more than £500million ¬announced last year. The FoI papers also show the MoD hired private investigators to spy on troops whose injuries included gunshot wounds, ¬hearing loss and whiplash. Some received injuries on duty in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia....
The MoD said in the FoI ¬release that surveillance might be used “where there is ¬reasonable suspicion about ¬veracity of a claim or ¬medical evidence ¬suggests the disability is ¬incon¬sistent with the injury”. Soaring compensation has been blamed on the no win, no fee lawyers advertising in military magazines such as Soldier.
But one lawyer hit back: “The MoD will never advise any injured serviceman to consider suing and in many cases they have every right to do so.”
Last year, Lance Corporal Adam Douglas claimed he was feeling suicidal after the Department for Work and Pensions accused him of ¬faking his injuries...... In November 2013, three ¬female recruits won £100,000 each for injuries sustained ¬marching in step with men. They suffered damage to the pelvis but had to wait more than five years for payouts when they were accused of exaggerating. ..."
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