Independent Investigative Reporter(https://xitter.cf/t.co/SEPRLmMMhG)

Seattle, WA
Joined July 2012
A podcast exploring a drug war industrial complex that is addicted to its own medicine. And why the drug war has produced perpetual oppression and a rising hemispheric fascism empowered by the brutality of the national security state. youtube.com/live/hab97kvoN2E…
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What Is Authentic Journalism? "Journalism pursued authentically walks with the people and remains divorced from the corporate profit motive. And it doesn’t punch down. ...Authenticity is not the easiest path, but it is the only path that leads forward.” thegreatpretense.org/f/what-…
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Another podcast. Tosh Plumlee is an interesting character. He was a CIA black ops pilot turned whistleblower who flew drugs and guns for the government during the Iran/Contra era, among other exploits dating back to the Cuban revolution. youtu.be/hYXHkEScZ-s?is=qyF1…
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“When you’re so anti-immigrant that you don’t really care if they live or die, what do you call that? I call it racism.. Who is watching these guys? Who is holding them to account for their actions? Right now, it’s nobody,” Conroy said. davisvanguard.org/2026/01/mi…
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For when Trump claims China hacked US elections. Trump Taj Mahal’s VP of marketing (1990 to 1993) was allegedly, per Senate hearings, “an associate of the 14K Triad,” a Hong Kong-based criminal group trading in murder, money laundering.. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?…
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J.G. Michael asks questions I rarely get about the drug war. Look for his podcast interview with me in a few weeks. I'll post it here. One question J.G. poses: It seems the drug war, now some 50 years old, isn't really supposed to end. Why is that? parallaxviews.podbean.com
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Nixon declared the "War on Drugs" in the early 1970s. The opium wars date back 200 years. "The British..discovered a great market in southern China for smuggled opium, and American traders soon also turned to opium to supplement their exports to China. history.state.gov/milestones…
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This is a great podcast focused on my book, The Great Pretense. The interviewer, NYTs best-selling author Ralph Pezzulla, knows the turf well. Check it out. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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This bill makes sense. "The U.S. Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. ...The bill ... limits certain large institutional investors from crowding out families in residential markets." — Senate Banking Committee For more on that.... housingwire.com/articles/wal…
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Bill Conroy retweeted
This week at @DropSiteNews we published an investigation revealing that U.S. government agencies will have "representatives" working inside a massive surveillance tower in Ciudad Juárez, which is run by the Chihuahua state government. As part of that story, we identified at least six separate operations in recent years that involved intelligence sharing between Chihuahua state officials and U.S. government agencies. Those operations targeted organized crime leaders or involved immigration enforcement. In this video, the Chihuahua governor Maru Campos confirms our reporting. Full story: dropsitenews.com/p/juarez-ch…
🇲🇽 NEW: Chihuahua Governor Mari Campos confirms Drop Site’s reporting that Chihuahua is pressing ahead with a close collaboration with U.S. agencies despite the recent scandal involving the unauthorized participation of CIA agents in operations on Mexican soil. During an interview with Mexican journalist Joaquín López-Dóriga, Campos struggled to answer questions and suggested U.S. agents would continue participating in security operations in Chihuahua before abruptly backtracking as aides off-camera appeared to signal for her to stop speaking. Campos described a hypothetical operation in which U.S. authorities alert Chihuahua officials that a violent suspect had crossed into the state and request assistance in apprehending the individual for extradition. Asked directly whether agents from the requesting U.S. agency would participate, Campos initially answered yes before attempting to clarify that Mexican authorities would carry out the detention. When López-Dóriga pressed her on whether agencies such as the DEA or FBI could be involved, Campos interrupted the exchange, saying people off-camera were making “a lot of signs” at her and asking for the camera to move so she could see them.
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🚨NEW🚨 U.S. agencies will operate from a massive surveillance tower in Chihuahua, despite recent unauthorized CIA presence in the Mexican state. For years US & Chihuahua authorities have coordinated for years on sensitive cross-border operations, primarily in intelligence sharing, based on two separate agreements approved by the Mexican federal government. We identified at least six separate operations in recent years that involved intelligence sharing between local SSPE officials and U.S. government agencies. In Feb 2025, Chihuahua SSPE authorities facilitated the arrest of Humberto Rivera, alias “El Chato,” a 51-year-old alleged high-ranking drug trafficker running the Juárez plaza for the Sinaloa Cartel. In that operation, officials at the Centinela command center said they used drones equipped with facial-recognition software to surveil El Chato’s movements. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office and the National Guard then tracked his car, pulled him over, and arrested him. Following the operation, the FBI recognized the Mexican intelligence analysts with an award, commending them on the arrest operation. My latest for @DropSiteNews: dropsitenews.com/p/juarez-ch…
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What caused their vehicle to drive off a mountain road into a ravine, and where are the "accident" scene forensics? According to one veteran CIA operator, they exist. But they reveal an uncomfortable truth for both sides of the border. thegreatpretense.org/f/cia-i…
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"Why is CIA working with an unvetted corrupt Mexican police force that historically has strong ties to the Juarez Cartel..? The Juarez Cartel is controlled by a group called La Linea..which is composed in large measure of former and current Mexican cops." thegreatpretense.org/f/mexic…
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