Maybe this is part of the shadow money. CIA has been working with business people since the beginning of Cold War and I wouldn't be surprised that they have deep roots in the financial world -- after all both Intelligence and Finance need globalization.

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paradoxyl 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The cover of national security has allowed a certain type of organized crime to proliferate to the point it's breaking society.

	▲	thrownthatway 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Son: dad, I’m thinking of getting in to organised crime Dad: Public or private sector?

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moralestapia an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think it's connected to this specific event, but there's a lot of lore about the CIA moving gold in/out of Afghanistan, Iraq and others during war time.

	▲	hnthrowaway0315 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I used to read a lot about Michele Sindona who was supposed to be connected to the Mafia and the intelligence community. His currency trading firm was one of the first to trade the Eurodollar contracts back in the 60s, IIRC. I think intelligence and finance really go hand in hand. It makes so much sense -- you see, the intelligence community really hates the congress or whatever to snoop around its operations before approving the budget -- wouldn't it a lot easier to just earn your own $$? And with all the information the intelligence agencies control, it is almost trivial to make quick money in finance. Last but not the least, wouldn't banker be the perfect cover for spies? They wear nice suites, too.

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themafia an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They want globalization to make their jobs easier. In no sense do they "need" it. Whether we want a world where the desires of intelligence and finance are blindly prioritized is an open question. For my part the answer is obviously no.

	▲	hnthrowaway0315 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think most ordinary people would say No, but most of us do not have a say in any important things. They put up the facade of voting while all the important stuffs are decided within the circles. I think it really makes sense to consider ourselves to be just intelligent cattle -- they still tolerate us because they need us to turn natural resources into machinery, weapon, insights and other stuffs they need, but once AI and robots keep up, they can probably get rid of 90% of us.

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hmmokidk 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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	▲	hnthrowaway0315 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The shadow world has its own rules and morals.

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JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s almost certainly grift. If it were official, the arrest would have been scrubbed.

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electroglyph an hour ago | parent [-]

sometimes i wonder if the left hand knows what the right is doing. it looks like we arrested our own spy in this case: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/american-journalist...

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JumpCrisscross an hour ago | parent [-]

The CIA director requested the FBI intervene. This is almost certainly not a fuckup.

	▲	mmooss an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That's their post hoc, uncorroborated claim. It's easy to imagine many other possibilities; it could just be face saving. It could be Rush is taking the fall. etc.