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  • Boise_Idaho [null/void, any]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from April 21st to April 27th, 2025 - JD Vance vs Pope Francis, No Items, Final DestinationEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Super long article about how US intelligence is completely embedded within private security that corps like ebay, Microsoft, and sport franchises use to protect CEOs from getting Luigied:
    https://www.valueaddedresource.net/cia-to-silicon-valley-ebay-cyberstalking-scandal/

    Juicier bits:

    Recently released documents expose new details about the eBay cyberstalking scandal, Senior Security Director Jim Baugh’s alleged CIA past and how the revolving door between Big Tech and the US national security apparatus threatens free speech and press freedom.

    At her criminal sentencing, Security contractor Veronica Zea called the culture at eBay under Baugh cult-like, toxic and abusive, weaving a stomach-churning story about how a carefully selected group of mostly young female analysts (nicknamed “Jim’s Angels”) were systematically broken down through coercive control techniques, sexual harassment and assault, sleep deprivation, and routine exposure to graphically violent content.

    While Zea’s letter to the court contains the most shocking revelations about the toxic culture at eBay, Baugh’s sentencing letter gained even wider attention due to explosive claims that he had previously served in the National Clandestine Services - the undercover arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.

    Baugh’s letter to the judge was surprisingly candid about his government intelligence background - including claims that he worked for the CIA after a stint at Microsoft and that he assisted the CIA and FBI with intelligence gathering activities on a voluntary, unpaid basis after returning to the private sector as an independent security consultant on high-profile protection details including guarding then-Vice President Joe Biden at the 2016 Oscars.

    The letter also revealed Baugh’s supposed CIA and FBI code names as well as claims that during his private sector career, he assisted with recruitment of foreign agents and electronic surveillance of foreign leaders; reported observations from international travel and business meetings; and recruited colleagues (including a CEO) to assist the government by allowing the use of their private sector resources.

    Other documents from the criminal sentencing which have not been sealed show that Baugh contends he was hired by eBay specifically for his prior government experience which demonstrated an “ability to solve difficult problems through unconventional means” and that this practice is not uncommon in corporate America, citing a New York Times article about a former CIA officer who was employed by Uber as one example.

    During the time between Microsoft and bgC3 in which Baugh claims to have been working for CIA Clandestine Services, his resume shows he was a Strategic Planner at defense contractor Northrop Grumman, lending plausibility to the idea that he may have at least been contracted to the CIA during this time, if not directly employed by the agency.

  • Boise_Idaho [null/void, any]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from April 14th to April 20th, 2025 - The Lamentations of a Levy-Loving LeaderEnglish
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    17 days ago

    They oppose fascism until they realize they can get a sweet gig as a concentration camp guard. That’s when they will eagerly hop on board as a fascist collaborator. People on Hexbear like to imagine libs impotently protesting as they get lined up to be shot and thrown into a shallow ditch, but what’s far more likely to happen is libs lining up to become the concentration camp guards doing the shooting.

    A lot of libs only embrace liberalism because that’s the status quo and if the status quo changes to fascism, they will happily embrace fascism. Liberalism also cultivates individualism within people, which leads to selfish and cowardly people. You appeal to their selfishness by offering rewards if they support the fascist order and you appeal to their cowardice by threatening them with state repression if they oppose the fascist order.