Be still, my soul. A "financial Batman."
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"David Cohen, tapped to be deputy director to President-elect Biden’s choice of Bill Burns to run the CIA, used to enjoy being known as President Barack Obama’s 'financial Batman.'"
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@Stephaniefishm4 @MsMariaT
"David Cohen, tapped to be deputy director to President-elect Biden’s choice of Bill Burns to run the CIA, used to enjoy being known as President Barack Obama’s 'financial Batman.'"
https://twitter.com/SpyTalker/status/1350260333072494595
As Ass't Sec of Treasury for Terrorism & Financial Intelligence from 2009 to 2015, Cohen REVELED in plunging DEEP into the subterranean passages of international money laundering, shining a harsh light on militant networks lurking there & discovering & emptying their war chests.
Cohen learned the specialized languages of intern'l bankers & financial regulators. He used those skills TO GO AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST not by locking them up—that’s a job for Justice, FBI, DEA & DHS—but BY DEPRIVING them of funds that are the lifeblood of any organization.
From 2015 to 2017, Cohen was a deputy director of the CIA, where he helped set up the joint operation among the agency, the FBI, and the National Security Agency that examined Russian interference in the 2016 election.
He wasn’t particularly eloquent, but he sure knew the down-and-dirty details. He mastered every arcane nuance of the language of the handlers of blood money...
...how to make [money] disappear in Hong Kong and pop up in Barcelona, how to get spendable currency into the hands of Al Qaeda cells in Africa and ISIS combatant commanders in Syria.
Cohen travelled the world ENLISTING ALLIES in the fight against TERRORIST MONEY LAUNDERING, another asset in running the CIA.
Fun Fact: Cohen had a cameo in a 2019 episode of Games of Thrones, as an unnamed resident of Winterfell.
Fun Fact: Cohen had a cameo in a 2019 episode of Games of Thrones, as an unnamed resident of Winterfell.
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