Maybe this is a good place to ask. At 49:51 (https://youtu.be/FLpGH0BpOnk?t=2991) there is a reference to a leaked British government email that discredits Bellingcat, saying they aren't ~"effective anymore because everyone knows they are with us and besides everyone knows they will say anything for money". Does anyone have a link to the actual email, or better sourced reporting about it? I tried searching likely keywords, and didn't find anything to confirm this claim.
The first thing I found is Higgins himself admitting they are funded by NED: