Thread by @BenjaminNorton

Pete Buttigieg's extensive ties to US intelligence are well known. thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/pet…

But when I was investigating his family, I found something eyebrow-raising:

His aunt has been doing "humanitarian" work for years in the heart of India's "Red Corridor."

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Mayor Pete's aunt Marcette Buttigieg has been living for many years in Jharkhand, India -- in the "Red Corridor," where there has been a Maoist uprising for decades.

She is a Maltese missionary and "social worker."

Many foreign NGOs there are linked to counterinsurgency efforts

This Times of India 2002 article identified Mayor Pete's aunt Marcette Buttigieg as a "social worker" in poor villages in the "Red Corridor."

It didn't mention she's a Maltese missionary.

She could be doing important work helping people, but it's strange
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Mal…

Some Maltese Catholic groups have deep links with US intelligence.

The Knights of Malta in particular have worked closely with the CIA

(I'm not implying anything about Marcette Buttigieg individually, just giving context on Malta and the Catholic Church)
motherjones.com/politics/1983/…

This 1986 @CovertActionMag report shows how the CIA used the Knights of Malta in the US "crusade" on communism.

Members included CIA Director Bill Casey, @RFERL head, William Buckley, etc.

They worked with Op. Paperclip and Nazi intelligence chief Gehlen
ia601501.us.archive.org/8/items/nazis-…