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Tom Burgis
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Investigations correspondent for The Guardian. Bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland and The Looting Machine. The truth will out, it just sometimes takes a while.

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Tom Burgis @tomburgis.bsky.social · Aug 10
This is a story about spies. Though they are highly trained, they don’t work for an intelligence agency. They work for paying clients.

One target was James Coussey. He'd been a criminal prosecutor. Why were they after him? My new @theguardian.com investigation (1/8)
James Coussey surveillance picture
tomburgis.bsky.social
*EXCLUSIVE* The Guardian investigations team's Boris Files have revealed the former prime minister’s money-making ventures from Caracas to Saudi Arabia. Today we ask a new question: Why did Boris Johnson take the man who gave him £1m to Ukraine? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The £1m man: Why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?
Exclusive: Leaked files offer a glimpse of the ex-prime minister’s relationship with Christopher Harborne
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Watch witkoff www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Reposted by Tom Burgis
direthoughts.com
Really excellent summary of some of the top stories from the Boris Files, put together by @tomburgis.bsky.social with me and @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What Boris did next: files reveal troubling secrets of the ex-PM’s pursuit of profit
In his international dash for cash, Johnson appears to have repeatedly broken ethics rules as he tried to trade on relationships made in No 10
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
tomburgis.bsky.social
This is a story about spies. Though they are highly trained, they don’t work for an intelligence agency. They work for paying clients.

One target was James Coussey. He'd been a criminal prosecutor. Why were they after him? My new @theguardian.com investigation (1/8)
James Coussey surveillance picture
August 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Reposted by Tom Burgis
danneidle.bsky.social
Just announced: the UK's most famous libel firm, Carter-Ruck, is being prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for recklessly enabling a $4bn fraud

It's astonishing how reckless Carter-Ruck was - likely causing $$$ more to be lost to fraudsters

The full story:
August 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
tomburgis.bsky.social
Two activists started exposing what was going on inside Scottish salmon farms. Soon they were being followed by spies for hire.

My new investigation into the surveillance industry. @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Revealed: spies for hire used ‘Big Brother’ tactics on salmon farm activists
Guardian investigation sheds light on private intelligence industry that runs covert surveillance operations
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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basildegres.bsky.social
Trump’s a kleptocrat: How power became corruption - lessons on state capturing, when "institutions serve the few instead of shielding the many".

Interview of @tomburgis.bsky.social on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social
'Trump’s a kleptocrat’: How power became corruption | Tom Burgis
YouTube video by Times Radio
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June 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Trump's ambassador to Israel seems to be making Hiroshima (and Saigon?) references in private texts to the president.
ashtonpittman.bsky.social Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Jun 17
Trump just shared this alarming text from Israeli Ambassador Mike Huckabee, effusively praising him while telling him that no president has been in his position "since Truman in 1945" (when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan) & that he "will hear a voice from heaven" telling him what to do.
text screenshot: Mike Huckabee > Mr President, God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century-maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else. You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice. | am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts. No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you. I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else's. You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave. I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU! It is my honor to serve you! Mike Huckabee
June 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
tomburgis.bsky.social
Exposing wrongdoing has always taken bravery. As threats to journalism increase, so does the need to protect sources. Secure Messaging is an important new tool that makes it easier to share confidential information with journalists at the Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources
Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
tomburgis.bsky.social
There’s a huge risk here that’s been ignored. It’s the resource curse. Economies dominated by oil and mining tend to be massively corrupt - because those industries concentrate power in the hands of those who control access to the resources. The fate Ukraine has been fighting to escape.
kyivindependent.com The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Apr 30
⚡️BREAKING: Ukraine, US sign minerals deal.

Ukraine and the United States on April 30 signed a long-awaited minerals agreement that establishes a joint investment fund for reconstruction in Ukraine.
BREAKING: Ukraine, US sign minerals deal
Ukraine and the United States on April 30 signed a long-awaited minerals agreement that establishes a joint investment fund for reconstruction in Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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graphika.com
Hong Kong exiles in the UK are being targeted online as part of a larger coordinated effort to attack China's opponents.
Graphika analysts reviewed social media posts for a new investigation by @theguardian.com's @tomburgis.bsky.social and @maevemcclenaghan.bsky.social: graphika.com/posts/graphi...
Graphika In The News: The Guardian examines Chinese targeting of Hong Kong exiles
A new report from The Guardian citing Graphika found that Hong Kong exiles in the United Kingdom are being targeted online as part of a larger coordinated effort to attack China's opponents.
graphika.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The Viktoriia project launches today- our first story. Our deep dive into Russian detention centres, with @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and @forbidden-stories.bsky.social consortium to follow tomorrow.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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In the U.K. @tomburgis.bsky.social & Maeve McClenaghan revealed how an online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Revealed: online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK
Social media incitement following last summer’s riots appears to be new tactic against Hong Kong exiles
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
tomburgis.bsky.social
What's it like to be hunted? Our latest investigation reveals the worldwide reach of China's authoritarian rulers. #ChinaTargets @icij.org @hopenothate.org.uk

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Revealed: online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK
Social media incitement following last summer’s riots appears to be new tactic against Hong Kong exiles
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
tomburgis.bsky.social
SCOOP: Researchers from China are to be allowed access to half a million UK GP records despite western intelligence agencies’ fears about the authoritarian regime amassing health data. My latest @theguardian.com investigation.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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petergeoghegan.bsky.social
🔴 Trump, Vance etc love to talk about free speech - but the Republicans are overseeing a massive Slapps campaign to silence their opponents

I spoke to @davidenrich.bsky.social about his vital new book Murder the Truth

New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/murdering-...
Murdering the truth: Inside Trump’s war on journalism
New York Times reporter David Enrich on how American oligarchs, billionaires and MAGA politicians are using the law to silence their opponents
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM