“This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator [‘SlimVirgin’ aka Linda Mack] who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has absolutely no relation to the wild stories that this article promulgates. Slashdot, you have been trolled.”
Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007)
“I cannot confirm that the traffic you cite came from agency computers.”
CIA Spokesperson (15/08/2007)
“The strange thing about this story is that this was proven to be true. And there was no denying it. Then later on, a few people started to deny it and claim that it was merely a rumor. Wikipedia has no excuse to hide this.”
Anonymous [Wikipedia user Blissyu2]
“Participants in the discussion were able to prove from the records of Wikipedia that certain administrators, contrary to their own rules, had completely removed editing evidence. Jimmy Wales had to admit that yes, this is sometimes done.”
Computerra Magazine
Someone going by the name “Philip Cross” has not had one single day off from editing Wikipedia in almost five years. According to former UK ambassador Craig Murray, “Philip Cross” has edited every single day from 29 August 2013 to 14 May 2018. Including five Christmas Days. That’s 1,721 consecutive days of editing. 133,612 edits to Wikipedia have been made in the name of “Philip Cross” over 14 years!
I trust that Craig Murray, George Galloway and others will identify the person or, as it is more likely, the organization that hides beyond that name. In this post, I will just offer them a few words of advice. Indeed, I played a key role in a similar story 10 years ago.
In July 2007, I concluded that a person — using the ‘SlimVirgin’ pseudonym — was editing sensitive information on Wikipedia. ‘SlimVirgin’ real name was Linda Mack, a person who had been strongly suspected of being an agent or an informant of a Western Intelligence Agency.
Two weeks later, I provided incontrovertible evidence that several Intel Agencies, including the CIA, had indeed edited ‘Intelligence related’ information on Wikipedia.
In an interview with George Galloway (Watch video at the end of this post), journalist Neil Clark explains that ‘SlimVirgin’ is back and teaming up with ‘Philip Cross’. That is subtle or what? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →
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