Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows

Targets included grieving family of Rachel Corrie, environmental activists and local campaigners protesting about phone mastsInside the secret world of the corporate spies who infiltrate protestsBritish Airways, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Porsche are among five large companies that have been identified as having paid corporate intelligence firms to monitor political groups that challenged their businesses, leaked documents reveal.The surveillance included the use of infiltrators to spy on campaigners. Continue reading...