A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias (2025)

EdwardDiego 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The involvement of Police and military personnel is not unexpected, but still rather horrifying.

	▲	ljf 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This - I hate to be the person that always posts the same thing, but read about Operation Gladio ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio ) to see how NATO encouraged and enabled far right groups (with support of police, secret services and the army) to operate clandestine militias across Europe. If that is what they did in Europe, I wonder what they were supporting in America?
	▲	kakacik an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A doctor too. Given only single one mentioned but still

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ChrisArchitect 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

(2025)

Some discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42594766

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roenxi 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This article could do with an serious edit; it seems to be an odd mix of actual information, imagined colour and emotion to the point where it is a little difficult to follow and hard to work out the credibility of any individual assertion. I get the strong impression here that Williams is a bit paranoid and spent a lot of time fearing for his skin in the company of people who thought we was a good mate and would probably just kick him out of the club if they figured out he was conspiring against them. I thought this passage summed the vibe up best:

> They spotted the dog at the same time. The bug was attached to a charging device. The animal was running around with it like it was a tennis ball. As Kinch went to retrieve it, Williams felt panic grip his chest. Could anyone talk their way out of this? He’d learned enough about Kinch to be terrified of his rage. Looking around, Williams eyed his host’s handgun on the kitchen counter.

> If he even starts to examine it, I’ll grab the gun, [Williams] thought. Then I’ll shoot him and flee into the woods.

> Kinch took the bug from the dog’s mouth. Then he handed it right to Williams and started to apologize.

	▲	simonw 7 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is a style of reporting called "narrative journalism": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_journalism It's not to everyone's taste (I often find it frustrating, like how confident is the reporter that the characters felt the way they are describing at various points in the story), but it has a long history, especially in US media. I have a suspicion that it's less common in the UK and Europe.
	▲	nikolqy 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It’s propublica, what did you expect. The Atlantic and New Yorker do a much better job, and their biases don’t seems to affect their overall factual discussion.
	▲	qup 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Good lesson: carry your weapon on your person.
	▲	madaxe_again 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The lede isn’t just buried, it is submerged in a swamp under a pile of human interest rocks. The article mentions several relatively minor/local public figures, including a prosecutor, apparently caught on mic saying they’ve influenced policy in favour of the group. Political lobbying is one thing, but an undeclared interest, another entirely. As best I can tell this was published, talked about for a few days, and sank under its own mass. Their most read piece of 25, apparently, and it went precisely nowhere.

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qrios 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

2025

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pythonRon an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

"His voice had the high-pitched rasp of a lifelong smoker" That is one of the dumbest, most prejudicial things I've ever heard about smoking. Where do these ideas come from?

	▲	lostlogin an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Long term smokers voices change. Is that a controversial claim?