@nblr yes, see also my first response to this: https://chaos.social/@stf/113588910157678613
we knew they are a biased soft-power cutout for the us spies, doing selective disclosure.
what is new, is the statement that 1/ they don't investigate countries they get money from and 2/ they get earmarked money for countries of interest. 3/ and they have veto power over key personal.
but i also think, most people have never heard of bellingcat, and most people who might have consumed occrp content, dunno about occrp 8thr