Monsanto sought to monitor and discredit politicians and activists through use of an “ intelligence fusion " ” , a term used by law enforcement agencies for surveillance operations , according to documents seen by The Guardian . The company also investigated Canadian singer Neil Diamond and targeted Carey Gillam , a British journalist who investigated links between Monsanto ’s Roundup weedkiller and cancer . The documents , which mostly date from 2015 to 2017 , were disclosed during an ongoing court battle related to the effects of Roundup . “This is my first book. Within the last year , two juries in the US have ruled that Monsanto was responsible for plaintiffs ’ blood cancers .
Monsanto sought to monitor and discredit politicians and activists through use of an “ intelligence fusion " ” , a term used by law enforcement agencies for surveillance operations , according to documents seen by The Guardian . The company also investigated Canadian singer Neil Diamond and targeted Carey Gillam , a British journalist who investigated links between Monsanto ’s Roundup weedkiller and cancer . The documents , which mostly date from 2015 to 2017 , were disclosed during an ongoing court battle related to the effects of Roundup . Within the last year , two juries in the US have ruled that Monsanto was responsible for plaintiffs ’ blood cancers .