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The full criminal complaint is quite the read: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1440946/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/14
by mariojv 5y ago
The full criminal complaint is quite the read: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1440946/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1440946/downl...
I'm still reading, but it looks like the key point in gaining Toebbe's trust to do a physical dead drop was the FBI dropping some physical signal in a nation's embassy or other location associated with them:
>During the weekend of May 29-30, 2021, the FBI conducted an operation in the Washington, D.C. area that involved placing a signal at a location associated with COUNTRY 1 in an attempted effort to gain bona fides with “ALICE.”
This makes me wonder if, as some are speculating, COUNTRY 1 is some US ally. Maybe the US had some cooperation in the investigation. It also makes me wonder who they haven't caught, if anyone. Nuclear proliferation is a scary idea....
- Johnny555 5y agoThis makes me wonder if, as some are speculating, COUNTRY 1 is some US ally. Maybe the US had some cooperation in the investigation. It also makes me wonder who they haven't caught, if anyone. Nuclear proliferation is a scary idea.... I don't think it even has to be an ally to get cooperation, I'm sure even Russia or China would be happy to cooperate on apprehending an amateur spy. They have their own spies to worry about.
- ianhawes 5y agoMatt Blaze explains why he thinks COUNTRY 1 is France[0]. Specifically, Russia and China are not likely to turn over the agent. We know from the correspondence that the suspects mentioned a poor translation, so you can surmise that it is not an English speaking country. We know that COUNTRY 1 has an Embassy in the US and a legal attache, so that rules out Iran or North Korea. [0] https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/1447367518012776454 https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/1447367518012776454