The FBI....making federal auctions interesting. forfeiture.gov/pdf/FBI/Offici… 
If you thought eBay was crazy....
It's an interesting story about a hard proof of corruption in Turkey and and the effect of the Sedat Peker tapes organized by the UAE via Dahlan. His yacht was seized in Beirut. Now UAE is besties with Erdogan. Coincidence? I think not. bianet.org/english/politi…
The flash to bang is long enough that most people won't get the connection between 2021 Peker Mania as payback for Turkey head slamming the Nahyan's ambitions in Libya in spring of 2020. Now things seem very reversed. All well engineered.
"The Dissident" was direct hit on MBz ally MBS. Lot of publicity aided by a tape leaked by Turkish intelligence. Got a lot of play and then quietly vanished after the Saudi king wrote a private letter to Erdogan about forgiving the sins of the sons. screendaily.com/features/how-i…
Son in law is more accurate. Bayraktar dramatically shifted the balance of power in crappy proxy and direct wars. Israel likes to thing they own the cheap lethal drone space was pissed. And jealous. #AbrahamDroneAccords israeldefense.co.il/en/node/38481
Erdogan and his cheap lethal drones scared the shit out of the UAE. So much that the tech transfer between Israel and money transfer from UAE is critical to their survival. Or at least it was. thebulletin.org/2021/04/the-ab…
Back in January 2021 the UAE promised to pay $23 billion to buy 50 F-35s and 18 Reaper drones. "in a side deal when it agreed to normalize relations with Israel last August." Yet another Trump quid pro quo. reuters.com/article/usa-em…
By December 21,2021 the engagement was off. The UAE was caught in a cheap motel with China and dating 80 French Rafaeles. The romance was over. Oh look Wagner. asiatimes.com/2021/12/justic…
Today the UAE is shopping around Russia, South Korea, Israel and buying just enough from America to be friendly. But they are putting those dollars into their own systems via their verticalized "EDGE" military industrial system. A great idea on paper. aljazeera.com/features/2022/…
EDGE is a hodge podgy of real and notional ideas run by the son of a senior cop, partnering with whoever will share technology and secretly bridged to a shadowy world of hackers, mercenaries and proxies. breakingdefense.com/2021/11/uae-co…
Towards the bottom of the EDGE food chain is Lahaab Light Ammunition, Erik Prince's former ammo factory in Italy run by a guy who forgot to tell the workers to take off their Blackwater sweatpants for the photo shoot. Oops.
https://twitter.com/RYP__/status/1441171541899702277
At the top of the EDGE food chain is the former head of DarkMatter, Tahnoon's Hacker Haven in the round building. Now called....CyberPoint, Reflex Response, Beacon Red, Digital 14 or whatever brand works or doesn't. nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/…
"a group of diverse companies bound by a single mission to advance technology to the benefit of the UAEs’ state of security and safety" Does it matter if the UAE has U.S. tech and works with everyone from Uganda to China to Turkey to Russia? defensenews.com/outlook/2021/1…
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