I know this is crazy by the way but Larry Flynt and Arthur Sando were dear friends who loved the work I did on Robert Menendez. I miss them both though we didn’t always agree.
When I was being smeared in the media and was getting divorced Flynt told me to man up and that he had been shot multiple times in the gut and that “life always goes on until it doesn’t”. I think about that often whenever I make difficult decisions.
You might have noticed by now that I have some pretty odd friends and networks but I’ll never forget Larry — who I had dismissed as a pornographer — giving me words of encouragement as my own family let me down. Truly God moves in mysterious ways.
Flynt also had a robust file on Darrell Issa which I also read. “You’re too smart to be right-wing,” he’d tell me. He was right.
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I want to be fully on record that I saw Ben Shapiro receive tasking from Israeli intelligence connects to Netanyahu when I worked next to him at . When I asked him about it he said he always kept close ties. It’s time for Ben to register under FARA. Breitbart.com
I took Ben out to kosher food — it was some weird Chinese restaurant — and he told me he imagined a world in which there were no more Palestinians. I was threatened if I spoke out about Ben’s behavior and ties that I would be fired.
Ben has a long history of ties to foreign intelligence so I kept my mouth shut. I was also afraid.
Silicon Valley firms fail a lot of security reviews, both on the background check and capital due diligence. Uncle Sam is increasingly paying attention.
I actually moved to Northern Virginia to help on this work and I’ve met with all types of three letter agencies since I wrote this piece. charlesjohnson.substack.com/p/dear-pentago…
Some companies are being turned by US intelligence but most will run out of business due to VC arrogance or “big dog” plays. Sad stuff!
I'm not leading it but I do support it. It's time for you to be exposed and for the Likud network you represent to be shut down by federal law enforcement and the intelligence community.
I'm proud to support my country just as you should be to support yours. I do understand that it's getting hard now that Bibi is being toppled but you'll manage. You can always go back to Romania or wherever it is that you're from, Costin Alamariu.
You will notice that being accused of being a government informant is treated as a major crime whereas being an actual foreign agent -- which you are Costin -- is laughed off.