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#KashPatel gutted #FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before #US strikes, sources say
Just days before the US launched a major military operation in #Iran, Patel fired a dozen agents & staff members from a #counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring #threats from Iran, acc/to 2 sources….
They were ousted for a simple reason: Each was involved in the investigation of #Trump’s alleged retention of #ClassifiedDocuments.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
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Typical
#KashPatel gutted #FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before #US strikes, sources say
Just days before the US launched a major military operation in #Iran, Patel fired a dozen agents & staff members from a #counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring #threats from Iran, acc/to 2 sources….
They were ousted for a simple reason: Each was involved in the investigation of #Trump’s alleged retention of #ClassifiedDocuments.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
As a result, #KashPatel hamstrung the Washington, DC-based #FBI #counterintelligence unit, known as CI-12, which handles cases ranging from mishandling of classified documents to tracking foreign #spies operating on #US soil.
The dismissals have added to concern inside the #DOJ & FBI that counterterrorism & #intelligence investigations in the wake of the #military operation in #Iran could be hampered by a mass exodus of #NationalSecurity experts, acc/to multiple sources.
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As a result, #KashPatel hamstrung the Washington, DC-based #FBI #counterintelligence unit, known as CI-12, which handles cases ranging from mishandling of classified documents to tracking foreign #spies operating on #US soil.
The dismissals have added to concern inside the #DOJ & FBI that counterterrorism & #intelligence investigations in the wake of the #military operation in #Iran could be hampered by a mass exodus of #NationalSecurity experts, acc/to multiple sources.
And like the CI-12 unit, several senior
officials were ousted or reassigned because of their involvement in #Trump related investigations, sources say. The removals have cost the #DOJ & #FBI decades of combined experience in identifying the types of #threats that sources say could appear in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.#law #idiocracy #US #Iran #war #Trump #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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And like the CI-12 unit, several senior
officials were ousted or reassigned because of their involvement in #Trump related investigations, sources say. The removals have cost the #DOJ & #FBI decades of combined experience in identifying the types of #threats that sources say could appear in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.#law #idiocracy #US #Iran #war #Trump #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
@Nonilex So basically, we’re in big trouble back here in the “homeland”, without adequate “homeland security” of the right kind.
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And like the CI-12 unit, several senior
officials were ousted or reassigned because of their involvement in #Trump related investigations, sources say. The removals have cost the #DOJ & #FBI decades of combined experience in identifying the types of #threats that sources say could appear in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.#law #idiocracy #US #Iran #war #Trump #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
@Nonilex Ah well, if some Iranian agents try something on US soil, I guess he'll have to declare a national state of emergency, suspend elections, that kind of thing. /s
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And like the CI-12 unit, several senior
officials were ousted or reassigned because of their involvement in #Trump related investigations, sources say. The removals have cost the #DOJ & #FBI decades of combined experience in identifying the types of #threats that sources say could appear in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.#law #idiocracy #US #Iran #war #Trump #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
In Trump’s first term, CI-12 was instrumental in tracking potential #threats from the #Iran regime in retaliation for the 2020 drone strike that “killed” [assassinated] Gen. Qasem #Soleimani, then-leader of Iran’s #IRGC Quds Force.
Iran-backed actors have since been charged with plots to #assassinate US officials that Iran has blamed for Soleimani’s death, including #Trump, fmr Secy of State #MikePompeo & fmr #NationalSecurity adviser #JohnBolton.
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Typical
#KashPatel gutted #FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before #US strikes, sources say
Just days before the US launched a major military operation in #Iran, Patel fired a dozen agents & staff members from a #counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring #threats from Iran, acc/to 2 sources….
They were ousted for a simple reason: Each was involved in the investigation of #Trump’s alleged retention of #ClassifiedDocuments.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
@Nonilex Don't underestimate the greed motivation: Middle East concerns contributed heavily to the current US administration's campaign, crypto financing included. Having limited oversight in these transactions frees up armament profits, oil destabilization leading to higher profits, and serves complicit #TechBros as well.
Grift at global scales.
