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Feb 3 5 tweets 2 min read
A year ago I pointed out how many people from STRATCOM in Texas were connected to or involved in the Trump coup attempt. The info-ops outfit squirreled inside the Air Force that I got to know in Afghanistan. Oh look Mike Flynn!
Back in 2010. I was top of the fold as part of a ninja assassin story. I refused to work with Dewey and his clown show. They went on to cook POW Berghdal's goose with fake intel reports via Mike Flynn. Small world. nytimes.com/2010/03/15/wor…
I wrote about Bergdahl for Vice, then Michael Ames and Matt Farwell wrote a whole book on the debacle (in which I was described by JSOC as the best source of ground intel in Afghanistan (blush). Turns out Flynn had a reason to lie. #ReadTheBook washingtonpost.com/outlook/in-afg…
Now here we are a dozen years later and the NYTimes got it wrong. I was right. Fuckery abounded. Sadly you don't make money being the smartest guy in the room. But never forget that we have ex military psyopers trying to overthrow the government. Right now.reuters.com/investigates/s…
Most people expect military coups to be simplistic like Seven Days in May. No, regime change is multiple strands of exploitation managed for effect over time. Constantly exploiting weaknesses until a decisive moment occurs. Sentiment analysis is important.

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Feb 3
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