Undercover Global
Undercover Global S.L. (UC Global) was an international security firm, based in Spain, founded by David Morales, which was found to have betrayed its client, Ecuador, when it entered into a secret contract with the US Central Intelligence Agency to monitor Julian Assange, while he sought sanctuary in the Ecuadorian embassy, in London.[1][2]
UC Global's secret activities, on behalf of the CIA, triggered an inquiry into the firm by Spanish law enforcement officials.[3] At the inquiry Spanish officials learned that UC Global installed extra listening devices, not known to their clients, changed out the official video surviellance cameras to ones that also recorded audio, and planned to direct the livestream of the official cameras to the CIA.[4] They hacked the cell phones and other personal electronics of Assange's visitors. They even planned to covertly steal the soiled disposable diapers of a child brought in on visits with Assange, that they suspected he had fathered, while he was at the embassy.
References
- ↑ Ben Quinn (2020-09-30). "US intelligence sources discussed poisoning Julian Assange, court told: Extradition hearing told spying operation at Ecuador embassy included plot to take baby’s nappy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101171650/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/30/us-intelligence-sources-discussed-poisoning-julian-assange-court-told. Retrieved 2021-11-15. "The witness was tasked in December 2017 with installing new cameras at the embassy that would, unlike the previous cameras, also record audio. They said Morales later instructed that the cameras should have a livestreaming capability 'so that our friends in the US' would be able to access the embassy in real time."
- ↑ Simon Hattenstone (2021-10-16). "Stella Moris on her secret family with Julian Assange: ‘He’s unlike anyone I have ever met’". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/16/stella-moris-julian-assange-secret-family. Retrieved 2021-11-15. "In the end, Assange spent seven years at the embassy. Towards the end, the atmosphere became progressively more hostile, Moris says. They began to suspect that UC Global, the Spanish security company there to protect him and the embassy, was spying on him for the Americans."
- ↑ Jose Maria Irujo (2020-04-15). "Spanish firm that spied on Julian Assange tried to find out if he fathered a child at Ecuadorian embassy: Owner of security company watching diplomatic building ordered a baby diaper stolen in a bid to find DNA". El Pais (Madrid). https://english.elpais.com/international/2020-04-15/spanish-firm-that-spied-on-julian-assange-tried-to-find-out-if-he-fathered-a-child-at-ecuadorian-embassy.html. Retrieved 2021-11-15. "David Morales, a former military official who owns the security firm Undercover Global SL, is under investigation by Spain’s High Court, the Audiencia Nacional, for spying on Assange’s meetings with his lawyers and allegedly handing information to the CIA."
- ↑ Kevin Gosztola (2021-10-26). "A GUIDE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S APPEAL IN THE ASSANGE EXTRADITION CASE". Shadowproof. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108225426/https://shadowproof.com/2021/10/26/a-guide-to-the-u-s-governments-appeal-in-the-assange-extradition-case/. Retrieved 2021-11-15. "The CIA backed an espionage operation against the Ecuador embassy that was conducted by Undercover Global. They collected legally-privileged conversations among attorneys and broke into the personal devices of guests visiting Assange."
