The Spy Cables: Decoded – Episode one
In the first of two programmes, we assess the impact of Al Jazeera’s release of hundreds of classified documents.
The Spy Cables captured headlines the world over – and was described as massive and unprecedented in newspapers as far afield as China as South America.
Evidence that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu misled the United Nations lead news in a number of countries.
Keep reading
list of 4 itemsIndia targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware: Amnesty
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How Israel’s protests are dividing mainstream media
The CIA’s desire to talk to Hamas; snooping on the head of Greenpeace; a plot to kill the head of the African Union; all grabbed global attention.
In the first of two programmes, we assess the impact of Al Jazeera’s release of hundreds of classified documents – ranging from confidential to top secret – the widest-ranging leak of intelligence papers ever.
Presenter: David Foster
Guests:
David Maynier , in Cape Town – Member of South African Parliament and opposition Deputy Minister of State Security.
Justice Malala , in Johannesburg – political analyst
Ferial Haffajee , on set – the editor of the South African weekly newspaper, The City Press