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Wow! This is a lot to take in. Two thoughts: very likely that Pierce was a victim turned predator. Is likely that the FBI itself set the fire in Guo’s apartment to CYA? Remotely firebombing seems a little too James Bondish even for the Chinese government. One thing is for certain: this will not end well. I wonder if Trump has gone full schizo or still the same old grifter? Hopefully the latter… peace brother!

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i don't think the FBI set Guo's apartment on fire. personally i strongly suspect guo is *not* an agent of the PRC and was very much the wanted man he presented himself to be and he saw bannon as his anti-PRC missile, though it's impossible to rule anything out.

p.s. most reporters i've spoken to who covered guo before he was incarcerated said that scary stuff starts happening in your life when you start talking about miles guo too much.

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Amazing piece, so much fuckery going on in the crypto space it’s hard to keep up with.

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A complex and fascinating read. I suspect that one or two of the gentleman you have identified are working for foreign intelligence services. It just has that "feel".

This is quite troubling as Trump embraces the 'Crypto Bros'.

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guo is confirmed to be previously connected to the MSS (though as i said in the other comment above I personally don't really doubt his claim that he is now hunted by the MSS). the new yorker piece on him is very good: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/how-a-tycoon-linked-to-chinese-intelligence-became-a-darling-of-trump-republicans

and i would bet an incredibly large amount of money that pierce is an agent of Israeli intelligence though there's never been any smoking gun.

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Don't sleep on Friedlander. He reeks of Eau Du Spook.

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there's something there for sure, but it's all part of the Brock PIerce / Netanyahu operation.

read The Jersusalem Post profile of Pierce I discuss in the piece. You'll see that most of Pierce's staff are haredim despite the fact that he's an openly gay man with a history of connections to pedophilia related crimes. if you know much about the haredim you know that this fact pattern is queerer than a three dollar bill.

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