“… In 2012, Mr. #Bladel was promoted to section chief of the counterespionage section at FBI [HQ], where he led the FBI’s national counterespionage program, including the FBI’s investigative efforts regarding high profile media leaks, insider threat…”
“In 2008, Mr. #Bladel was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office’s counterespionage and counterproliferation program.”
“… In 2005, Mr. #Bladel was promoted to field supervisor of a Eurasian counterintelligence squad at the Washington Field Office. In this capacity, Mr. Bladel was in charge of a significant recruitment operation that benefited all [U.S.] counterintelligence community partners.”
“… In December 2003, Mr. #Bladel was promoted to unit chief of the Middle Eastern counterintelligence unit. During this time, he developed and provided national leadership on programs concerning various Middle Eastern countries.”
“… In 2002, Mr. #Bladel was promoted to a supervisory special agent in the Eurasian Section at FBI Headquarters, where he handled several major counterintelligence and espionage investigations.”
“… Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Mr. #Bladel was assigned to an investigative response squad, which focused on pending international terrorist threats in the New York City area.”
“He has over 26 years of federal law enforcement experience serving in the U.S. Marshals Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), retiring from the FBI in 2016.”
“As Chief of FBI’s Counterespionage Section, he led the espionage investigations of David Petraeus & Edward Snowden. He also led the production of The Company Man…training film that educated private sector companies on the dangers of economic espionage.“
“Counterespionage, according to #Bladel, is defined as catching spies. Counterproliferation means “keeping weapons and weapon technologies from Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea,” he said. Counterintelligence is all about “neutralizing foreign …””
“… Tax records show that #AVRF’s “direct controlling entity” is America First Legal, the CPI-launched project led by Trump’s former speechwriter Stephen Miller.”
“… Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that led the Arizona audit, disclosed in 2021 that $5.7m of its budget came from several far-right groups invested in the “stop the steal” campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory.”
“… It was later divulged that a further $1m had supported the audit from an account controlled by Cleta Mitchell, a Republican election lawyer who advised Trump as he plotted to subvert the 2020 election.”
“… His successor, the Democratic attorney general Kris #Mayes, released the records, which showed several reports that debunked rampant claims of election problems in Maricopa county.
 #Brnovich #AZAG theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
“Before establishing her bona fides as a spiritual leader on the West Coast, #Williamson spent her twenties somewhat adrift, temping and briefly working as a cabaret singer. Her life in early 1970s New York City, …was a haze of “bad boys and good dope.”
“… ‘She also spent some time living in a commune in a geodesic dome in New Mexico’
“#Williamson said in a 2009 interview that she spent most of her time growing vegetables there, … living on a commune in a geodesic dome in New Mexico.”
“… In June 2019, it was reported that #Soriano was asked to participate voluntarily in a closed-door hearing by the United States Senate on Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election.”
“… However, the Senate's intelligence committee's report eventually concluded that #Soriano introduced Russian businessmen Oleg Deripaska & Dmitri Rybolovlev to Israeli company Psy Group for private projects, and found no connection to the US elections.”
U.S. Representative (R)
Texas's 2nd congressional district
since 2019
U.S. Navy
SEAL Team 3
reaching rank of lieutenant commander
two Bronze Star Medals, Purple Heart, & the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with valor
“His father’s career in the Texas oil and gas industry moved his family all over the world, including Ecuador and Colombia, where he attended high school. As a result, Dan is fluent in Spanish. In 2006, Dan graduated from Tufts University…”