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(DIR) Post #AzF0M5jeFgyhKl5Ycy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:05:34Z
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#Trump Admin Authorizes Covert #CIA Action in #VenezuelaThe development comes as the #US #military is drawing up options for Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.#law #Congress #war #WarPowers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AzF0e8eM9cdRaODdEe by Thorium@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-15T18:08:44Z
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@Nonilex For sure this will get him a peace prize 🙄
(DIR) Post #AzF0eEiTbDUoOuC0US by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:08:51Z
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The authorization is the latest step in the #Trump admin’s intensifying pressure campaign against #Venezuela. For weeks, the #US #military has been targeting boats off the Venezuelan coast it claims are transporting drugs, killing 27 people. US officials have been clear, privately, that the end goal is to drive #Maduro from #power.The new authority would allow the #CIA to carry out #lethal operations in #Venezuela & conduct a range of operations in the #Caribbean.#law #war #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AzF0p6pBHVL16sVsW0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:10:48Z
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The agency would be able to take covert action against #Maduro or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation. It is not known whether the #CIA is planning any operations in #Venezuela or if the authorities are meant as a contingency.But the development comes as the #US #military is planning its own possible escalation, drawing up options for #Trump to consider, including strikes inside Venezuela.#law #Congress #war #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AzF0zZD0bVQc2Qe3cW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:12:42Z
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The scale of the #military buildup in the region is substantial: There are currently 10,000 #US troops there, most of them at bases in #PuertoRico, but also a contingent of #Marines on amphibious assault ships. In all, the #Navy has 8 surface #warships & a #submarine in the #Caribbean.The new authorities, known in #intelligence jargon as a presidential finding, were described by multiple US ofcls who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the highly #classified document.#Trump #law
(DIR) Post #AzF1PKvuItFhI8vxp2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:17:21Z
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#Trump ordered an end to #diplomatic talks w/ the #Maduro govt this month as he grew frustrated w/ #Venezuela’s leader’s failure to accede to #US demands to give up #power & continued insistence that they had no part in #DrugTrafficking.The #CIA has long had authority to work w/govts in Latin America on #security & #intelligence. That has allowed the agency to work w/Mexican ofcls to target drug cartels. But those authorizations do not allow the agency to carry out direct #lethal ops.#law
(DIR) Post #AzF1eZDxS4bDxUdi1A by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T18:20:07Z
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The #Trump admin’s strategy on #Venezuela, developed by Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, with help from #CIA dir #JohnRatcliffe, aims to oust #Maduro from #power.Ratcliffe has said little about what his agency is doing in Venezuela. But he has promised that the CIA under his leadership would become more aggressive. During his confirmation hearing, Ratcliffe said he would make the CIA less averse to risk & more willing to conduct covert action when ordered by the president….#law #war #WarPowers
(DIR) Post #AzF3wElIT6yLcImqrw by vaughnsc@techhub.social
2025-10-15T18:45:41Z
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@Nonilex While in traffic yesterday afternoon, I saw a Navy P-8 Poseidon (Maritime Patrol) land at San Juan Int’l (SJU/TJSJ). That being a rare occurrence, I remarked to the person beside me: “that can only mean that they’re ramping up further”
(DIR) Post #AzF4Pjz1T1iAqWH8gy by lakelady@mstdn.social
2025-10-15T18:50:59Z
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@Nonilex not very covert now is it?
(DIR) Post #AzFD2u4wfJQN5GENSi by Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot
2025-10-15T20:27:43Z
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@Nonilex easy way for trump to stop drugs, drug test all his advisors and all those techbros and bankers etc.... shoot all the failures. Bottom drops out of the cocaine market....
(DIR) Post #AzFMZHKSejhK3006uu by yianiris@kafeneio.social
2025-10-15T22:14:19Z
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The US wants ALL governments to be under its control, if not the first step is covert action to topple them, and if that fails there is war for the most childish excuses they can devise.What does that say about the rest of the governments? Those the US is not trying to replace or getting bombed?@Nonilex #venezuela #iran #nkorea #prnk #india #syria #mali #afghanistan #yemen #belarus #transnistria #serbia @tromo
(DIR) Post #AzGpJgp3CE0WJEBgoK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:11:15Z
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The #US #military’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment appears to have flown in #Caribbean waters <90 miles off the coast of #Venezuela in recent days, acc/to a WaPo visual analysis. #Trump authorized #CIA covert action inside the country.
The helicopters were engaged in *training exercises*, acc/to a US official, that could serve as prep for expanded #conflict against alleged drug traffickers, including missions inside Venezuela.#law #war #WarPowers https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/16/special-operations-helicopters-venezuela/
(DIR) Post #AzGpcxIm9NEqvBHHua by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:14:47Z
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The #US #military has struck at least 5 boats allegedly carrying illegal narcotics in #InternationalWaters, killing at least 27 people, acc/to US ofcls, the last one occurring Tues. #Trump said Wednesday he had authorized the #CIA to conduct missions inside #Venezuela.The admin declared it is in “armed conflict” with drug traffickers, though lawmakers & legal experts have said the strikes are unlawful killings of people who are suspected criminals & not battlefield combatants.#law #murder
(DIR) Post #AzGpswZicUctIhpJPE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:17:40Z
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Visuals that circulated on social media in early October appeared to show MH-6 Little Bird attack helicopters & MH-60 Black Hawks over open water near oil & gas platforms. A visual analysis of the platforms & visible terrain indicates the helicopters were flying off #Trinidad’s northeast coast, bringing them within 90 miles of several points along #Venezuela’s coastline.#Trump #law #murder #war #WarPowers
(DIR) Post #AzGpvSie52SXZZCdyi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:18:08Z
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The aircraft are likely operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with #CSIS. The unit flies missions for commandos like Navy SEALs, Green Berets & Delta Force, & has gained renown for undertaking complex & dangerous operations such as the raid to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.#Trump #Venezuela #law #murder #war #WarPowers
(DIR) Post #AzGq4TP8tw0UIxNSgi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:19:43Z
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The inclusion of Little Birds — small attack aircraft designed to insert operators onto the ground & provide close air support — suggests preparations for potential missions that could see #US #BootsOnTheGround, Cancian said.
The Black Hawks could be used in support, he added, carrying additional troops, combat search-&-rescue or other capabilities.#Trump #Venezuela #law #murder #war #WarPowers
(DIR) Post #AzGqS3wLEHG2HI9cPY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:24:01Z
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…The MV Ocean Trader, a commercial vessel reconfigured into a stealthy floating Special Ops base, appears to have recently operated in the #Caribbean & may have some relationship to the aircraft, per experts.
The ship can carry ~200 personnel, ~150 of whom are dedicated to special missions, said Bradley Martin, a snr policy researcher at Rand Corporation & fmr #Navy surface #warfare captain. It can hold multiple aircraft…including the numerous helicopters shown in the video.#Trump #Venezuela
(DIR) Post #AzGqu1CZ0Ix5tS4XnU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:29:03Z
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Sept 25 satellite images showed a ship matching the length & visual composition of the MV Ocean Trader docked at St. Croix…. On Oct 6, satellite images…show the same ship operating in the #Caribbean ~40 miles east of #Trinidad — a few dozen miles from where the helicopters were filmed.About ⅒ of all deployed #US naval power is in the region, a “seismic” reordering of assets, analysts said, including a submarine, a fleet of destroyers & F-35 fighters mobilized in Puerto Rico.#Trump #Venezuela
(DIR) Post #AzGrA3fJbyZIATAXc8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:31:50Z
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…A #bipartisan measure to block the #Trump admin’s lethal strikes on alleged #Venezuela drug traffickers fell short in the #Senate last week, a #failure of lawmakers to assert their constitutional role in deciding if & how the #US enters a #war.
#Military ofcls in multiple classified briefings have not definitively identified the victims or explained why the military is using deadly force rather than the long-standing protocol of interdicting vessels at sea, Democratic lawmakers have said.#law
(DIR) Post #AzGtfBRivsXlBWmUk4 by Yoshi@toot.community
2025-10-16T15:59:58Z
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@Nonilex Every gqp criminal who voted to block this should be charged as a war criminal when the united states of MAGA is destroyed.
(DIR) Post #AzHLBvOILP0Li10vcP by dshan@mastodon.au
2025-10-16T21:08:25Z
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@Nonilex The ✌️ president strikes again.