in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
Jan 15 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
The suitcases full of cash moving through Minneapolis St. Paul Airport fit the profile of a Hawala money broker settling balances in cash. What is Hawala? 🧵👇
Hawala is a network of money brokers that function like an unregulated Western Union of the Middle East and North Africa. Brokers keep large amounts of cash and communicate outside of the regulated banking system. When you wish to send money to someone in, say, Somalia, where there is little to no presence of banking institutions, a Hawaladar broker may be your only option.
Jul 27, 2025 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
On July 26th, HRC approved the Russiagate hoax. The groundwork had already been laid.
Also, on July 26th, Alexander Downer requested an in-person meeting with FBI to describe his meeting with George Papadopolous.
July 28th, Brennan (CIA) briefs Obama about Clinton's plan.
July 28th, Michael Gaeta (FBI) sends the Steele Dossier to ASAC NY.
July 29, Michael Sussman (Perkins Coie) meets with Marc Elias (HRC General Counsel) and Glenn Simpson (Fusion GPS) with the billing description "meeting regarding confidential project."
July 30th, Bruce and Nellie Ohr (DOJ) meet with Christopher Steele.
July 31st, Crossfire Hurricane (FBI) is officially opened.
August 1st, Peter Strzok and Joseph Pientka travel to meet Alexander Downer in London
And the rest, as they say, is history.
What else was going on at this time? The DNC convention. From July 26th to July 28th, Jennifer Palmieri and Jake Sullivan took a golf cart around the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, pitching the Russian collusion story to reporters. As she says herself in this op ed from 2017 web.archive.org/web/2017032418…
Interestingly enough, she claims then that "We did not know, as FBI Director James B. Comey told Congress this past week, the bureau had already opened an investigation into Russian interference — and into possible links between Trump’s associates and the Russian government". Which is curious, considering that the purpoted opening of the investigation happened simultaneously, not before.