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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKash Patel's latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran
https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patels-latest-firings-ousted-agents-with-expertise-in-iranThe firings came as Patel claimed without evidence that the team of FBI agents who investigated Trumps hoarding of top-secret records at his Mar-a-Lago club had engaged in improper investigative steps.
But his gutting of the global espionage unit, known as CI-12, also came days before Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, a series of bombing strikes on Iran that killed the countrys supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A previous bombing strike on Iran ordered by Trump in his first presidency was followed by a series of Iranian operations on U.S. soil to try to assassinate Trump and some of his aides.
CI-12 conducts investigations of illegal media leaks and mishandling of classified documents, but also has veteran agents trained on threats and spy operations with a special focus on the Middle East, including Iran and its proxies, but also Cuba and some terror organizations. It does not investigate threats from China or Russia, which are handled by separate units.
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SamuelTheThird
4 hrs ago
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struggle4progress
(125,932 posts)1. It certainly sounds like Kash is part of an espionage ring
enigmania
(430 posts)2. They really are running the gov. like a business. /s
milestogo
(22,937 posts)3. This endangers TSF and all his people.
mzmolly
(52,757 posts)5. Yeah, it feels like a weird
plot to do just that.
milestogo
(22,937 posts)9. These people are so incredibly stupid that its really
hard to guess what is intentional and what is not.
BigmanPigman
(54,965 posts)4. I see a silver lining here!!!
Carol Leonnig reported, "A previous bombing strike on Iran ordered by Trump in his first presidency was followed by a series of Iranian operations on U.S. soil to try to assassinate Trump and some of his aides".
I was hoping the Mafia would put a contract out on him but Iran has given me hope tRump won't be here for much longer. What a shame...
Ilsa
(64,184 posts)6. Covered on TRMS with Carol Leonnig tonight. Great segment. nt
dalton99a
(93,440 posts)7. Kick
leftstreet
(39,948 posts)8. Trump needs to consider a Food Taster n/t