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  • From Oligarchs To Cartels

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 19 18:54:32 2025
    February 07, 2025

    From Oligarchs To Cartels: The U.S. Reshapes Global Law Enforcement

    The decision by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on day 1 of her new
    job to shut down a special unit focusing on seizing Russian oligarchs'
    assets reflects the dramatically shifting priorities in international
    law enforcement under the new administration of Donald Trump

    https://www.rferl.org/a/u-s-attorney-general-pam-bondi-kleptocapture-russian-oligarchs/33306710.html

    Pam Bondi ends FBI effort to combat foreign influence in U.S. politics

    The order also curbs prosecutions of Americans who improperly lobby
    for foreign nations. President Donald Trump says Republicans were
    unfairly targeted in the past.

    Feb. 6, 2025
    By Ken Dilanian

    In a little-noticed directive on her first day in office, Attorney
    General Pam Bondi ordered a halt to a years-old federal law
    enforcement effort to combat secret influence campaigns by China,
    Russia and other adversaries that try to curry favor and sow chaos in
    American politics.

    Buried on the fourth page of one of 14 policy memos Bondi issued
    Wednesday, the order disbands the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force
    and pares back enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act,
    despite years of warnings by U.S. intelligence agencies that foreign
    malign influence operations involving disinformation were a growing
    and dangerous threat.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/bondi-ends-fbi-effort-combat-foreign-influence-us-politics-rcna191012

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Feb 19 21:17:16 2025
    On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:54:32 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    The decision by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on day 1 of her new
    job to shut down a special unit focusing on seizing Russian oligarchs'
    assets reflects the dramatically shifting priorities in international
    law enforcement under the new administration of Donald Trump




    Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand

    Feb 18
    NEWS: The CIA under President Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9
    Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, part of Trump's
    dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern
    border. with

    Feb 18
    The MQ-9s used for the missions are not currently armed. But they can
    be equipped with payloads to carry out precision strikes. The US
    regularly uses them to target suspected terrorists in Syria, Iraq and
    Somalia.

    A 30-page Trump transition planning document titled "025 Agency Action
    Plan," reviewed by CNN, outlined the Trump administration's early
    priorities for the intelligence community to "reprogram
    [counterterrorism] resources" to counter-cartel work.

    "Treat counter-drug cartel work as a form of counter-terrorism and use
    those authorities and unique resources appropriately, including by
    moving resources from other regions if necessary," the document
    directed.

    https://x.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1891830665479369193

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Feb 20 20:24:55 2025
    On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:17:16 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand

    Feb 18
    NEWS: The CIA under President Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9
    Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, part of Trump's
    dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern
    border. with


    I'm surprisingly OK with this drone strategy. Let's take it to the drug pushers. Enough nonsense.

    As for the fealty to Russia, we all saw this coming long ago. Trump is
    and has always been V.Putin's bitch. Not sure what he gets out of the relationship other than a sore bunghole, but he's going to get something.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Thu Feb 20 21:46:47 2025
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:55 -0700, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Trump is

    I have not heard much about Russians loaning $$$ to him.

    Perhaps in his mind, he is between a rock and a hard place in regards
    to Ukraine.

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