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Yes, I am a diplomat. Yes, I'm annoyed. No, I'm not Keri Russell.
Absolutely.

News media in general are not great at accurate reporting of complex events in war zones thousands of miles away.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
All we really know right now is that the CIA has stated he was affiliated with a "partner force". The CIA had lots of different kinds of relationships with lots of different partners in Afghanistan.
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The source in that article for the claim that he was in 03 is AfghanEvac, who are almost certainly relying on NYTimes reporting that's based on a single anonymous and very sketchy source. He could well have been in 03 (which was *not* an "elite counterterrorism unit"), but this isn't reliable info.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Lots of people are making all sorts of assumptions about Lakanwal based on a tiny amount of information. Can we try not to do that?

It's plausible that the CIA trained him, but there's nowhere near enough information to even begin guessing if that's what happened.

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The Trump Administration’s smear of immigrants and asylum seekers because of one sick man’s horrific acts - a man who was trained by the CIA, it is worth noting, to fight an American war - is disgusting.

We are so much better than this racist regime.
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I want to say "case in point", but I have no idea which rich people this might make happy. Maybe I just lack her genius for seeing it.

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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
You say that now, but just wait until the French and Swiss go ballistic over the inclusion of Sudanese cheese pastries.

(Actually a hand pie, despite the name, and genuinely delicious.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
You realize this will literally start wars over what is and is not considered a hand pastry/pie, right?
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The further you get into the blob, the harder it is to find decency or irony. They're never completely gone, they just get scarce.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Question: does this mean whether the 2 count indictment was presented to the GJ is still relevant? If there never was an actual indictment at all, would 3288 still apply?
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Or rather, its lack thereof.
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I'm curious whether it has anything to do with this:
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.

Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM