[spectre] Antw: Re: on Hungary

[heath bunting]

at the height of the war on terror i was detained and questioned by uk 
security services every time i entered or exited the uk - generally lasting 
around 4 hours

on one occasion at gatwich airport i was accused of planting a fake bomb

their evidence was my mobile telephone and its charger

i was arrested and placed on bail for 18 months, but never charged, but 
had my home searched and had to report to a police station several hundred 
miles away regularly

the questioning continued every time i exited or entered the uk

i eventually managed to force the police to drop the case



about a decade later i was approached by uk security service to join

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Brigade_%28United_Kingdom%29

they explained to me that they were creating a military division to fight 
foreign artists, as they considered them most effective creators of 
resistance strategies


i am currently in negotiation with a private military contractor that both 
funds artists that promote the official NATO narrative and also 
assassinates artists that 'create effective counter narratives'

they have been active in NATO war zones, but are now targeting uk 
domestic population with the creation of the National Security 
Communications Unit

this has been slightly disrupted by the cambridge analytica/ facebook 
scandal




On Sun, 15 Apr 2018, contact wrote:

> Heath,
> 
> As another UK resident, I'm wondering if you could elidate the examples of your experiences with the UK security
> services, Particularly the fake bomb in the airport setup and their comments regarding artists?
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> 
> _____________________
> Chris Oakleywww.chrisoakley.com
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: heath bunting <heathbunting at irational.org>
> Date: 14/04/2018 21:27 (GMT+00:00)
> To: Alexander Schikowski <alexschiko at web.de>
> Cc: spec <spectre at mikrolisten.de>
> Subject: Re: [spectre] Antw: Re:  on Hungary
> 
> alexander
> 
> > We Easterners imagine, at least we like to believe, that in the western societies, lets stick to the formerly
> > mentioned ones: Germany and UK -  freedom of speech, (nearly) independent media (from right wing to left wing media
> > which can be purchased in the whole country), (nearly) independent jurisdiction, (nearly) independent educationally
> > system (including art academies), (nearly) independent science funding system (including the funding of art),
> > independent, does exist, is accepted, appreciated and lived by a majority of citizens.
> 
> as an artist in the west [uk], i am denied free travel [banned from USA];
> denied state benefits [unemployment money]; denied full access to the
> internet [my computers are regularly destroyed]; denied justice [i have
> been framed by uk security services as planting a fake bomb in an
> airport]; i have had multiple pieces of my artwork permanently destroyed
> by uk security services; i have been arrested dozens of times by the uk
> police for my artwork; and told by uk security services that they now
> consider artists their global primary adversary.
> 
> why do you think uk artists enjoy visiting central and eastern european
> countries ? i was in Croatia the other week - it was like a paradise for
> me - the uk is the most survielled country in the world.
> 
> hope all is well
> 
> heath
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