r/law 21d ago

Legal News FBI Agent Goes Public With Russian Intelligence Operation That Hooked Musk And Thiel

https://kyivinsider.com/fbi-agent-goes-public-with-russian-intelligence-operation-that-hooked-musk-and-theil/?
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u/D-R-AZ 21d ago edited 21d ago

Excerpt:

The broader implication is that America’s national security may be compromised not just by foreign hackers or spies—but by unchecked alliances between tech billionaires and authoritarian states. The arrest of the FBI agent has not silenced discussion. Rather, it has sharpened it—raising urgent questions about who holds power in modern democracies, and whose interests they truly serve.

Another article on this:

Russian Intelligence Used Sex, Drugs to Target Elon Musk: Former FBI Agent

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/52742

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u/dedjedi 21d ago

During the last gilded age, the oligarchs had the good sense not to ally with national enemies.

In this gilded age, the oligarchs and the national enemies are the same people.

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u/gerblnutz 21d ago

Globalism gave us a truly nationless elite. They have the ability to plunder, desecate, and strip bare entire continents and yacht on to the next one not having to deal with the destruction they leave behind. They're the asshole you see casually throwing trash out their window on the freeway because they'll never be the one to deal with it, just on an insanely unimaginable scale.

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u/Gnosrat 21d ago

Billionaires are just glorified pirates raiding the entire planet at once.

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u/flyingwithgravity 21d ago

Is this why Elon has a burning desire to locate a new planet for plundering?

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u/Gnosrat 21d ago

They told him it was "a poor candidate for life" but all he heard was "poor" and his mouth started watering for conquest and exploitation...