the sale of missing uranium and missile technology from the old Soviet Union to Iran during the Iran nuclear deal. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!raND!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F861531f6-d7ec-473d-a15b-6cbb2b0cf2a0_1268x878.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Tied to the legacy of the Iran-Contra affair, this operation is presented as another example of the Rothschild network keeping a geopolitical “teeter-totter” going so they can continually sell metals and upgrades to adversarial nations over decades. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NGFy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf930fe5-dccf-4222-884b-14f857a4f627_1000x751.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The “Rothchild School Play” and Dead Witnesses The term “Rothchild school play” is used to describe a systemic pattern of coverups. Whenever investigators get too close to uncovering these massive financial operations—such as Jeffrey Epstein’s Ponzi schemes tied to Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, or the operations of Robert Maxwell and Seth Rich—the key figures suddenly die, or buildings collapse to hide the evidence. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SsG-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c0d81e5-0216-4407-a6c5-417d5daa424d_1290x803.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Modern Media Distraction (”Kayfabe”) Finally, the modern political influencer feuds are actively manufactured to prevent the public from looking into these historical metals trading scandals. The highly publicized feud between commentators Candace Owens and Erica Kirk is described as “kayfabe,” a staged, professional wrestling-style distraction designed to farm engagement and money from ordinary people. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-8ac!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F995f55a1-9fdd-4a5b-a469-08174fc575f9_2292x1472.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The new Next Rothschild News Models come from the money that created the elite Rothschild salons of Europe.

Candace Owens is directly anchored to this exact Rothschild metals empire because her father-in-law is Michael Farmer. By generating artificial outrage and weaponizing attacks against her opponents, Owens allegedly whips her base into a frenzy, protecting her own family’s wealth and successfully distracting the public from massive institutional coverups. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S7Bg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1caa172c-16bc-4f52-bccf-ef793605f01f_1056x714.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Metals, Money, and Memory A Reporter’s Walk Through the Rothschild Commodities Empire Part 1 – Following the Rothschild Copper

I didn’t start with theories. I started with copper. Copper is the quiet metal of civilization—the wiring in the walls, the rails beneath the trains, the arteries of modern infrastructure. If you want to understand power, you don’t start with speeches or elections. You start with metals. When I began tracing the history of global commodities trading, one family name kept appearing in the archives: Rothschild. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JvLN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe51da5e6-ad50-424f-b54d-4f53f533e622_1054x694.png

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ine<line Their banks financed railroads, mines, and smelting operations across Europe during the 19th century. And copper—more than gold—was the bloodstream of the Industrial Revolution. As historians of finance point out, the Rothschild banking network helped finance mining operations from Spain to Central Europe while building the bond markets that made large-scale industrial expansion possible. (Financial Times – History of the Rothschild banking empire: https://www.ft.com/content/af7f8f36-47f5-11e2-93e3-00144feab49a) <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xqjk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e37b307-0010-4e27-b6b5-43c31606bb29_1054x694.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The deeper I looked, the clearer the pattern became. The family’s real innovation wasn’t simply wealth. It was logistics. Five brothers spread across Europe—London, Paris, Vienna, Naples, and Frankfurt—created a communications and financing network faster than governments. That network allowed them to move capital wherever industrial demand appeared. Railroads needed steel. Steel needed coal and copper. Mines needed financing. And suddenly a private banking network was sitting at the intersection of metals, transportation, and sovereign debt. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y5Mw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4caa9184-7c35-4731-91e3-106e1de872aa_1054x694.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line According to economic historians, the Rothschild banking houses became some of the largest financiers of European government bonds and infrastructure projects during the 1800s, effectively acting as a transnational financial system before such systems formally existed. (BBC – Rothschild banking dynasty overview: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-12372230) Part 2 – The Rothschild Metal Backbone of Industrial Europe

In the archives you begin to see the scale of it. Mines in Spain. Quicksilver. Copper. Railroads across the continent. By the late nineteenth century, metals were the strategic resource of empires. The Rothschild bank in London financed companies tied to mining and metallurgy, including interests connected to the famous Rio Tinto copper mines in Spain. That mine alone became one of the largest copper operations in the world. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d97I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd81ea9c0-a29b-4738-a4e5-d045feeba789_1054x694.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line For industrializing nations, copper meant telegraph wires, power lines, and modern machinery. When historians write about the industrial revolution, they often emphasize steam engines and factories, but the underlying story is metals finance. Without capital to develop mines, the industrial age would have stalled before it started. (The Economist – Rio Tinto history and European mining finance: https://www.economist.com/business/2013/10/05/from-copper-to-commodities) <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mXwU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef513cf1-333a-4a35-bff3-f5697dd35fe8_1054x694.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The Rothschilds weren’t alone in this world, but they were central. By the late 1800s their London house had become one of the most influential merchant banks in Europe. Merchant banking in those days meant something different than today’s investment banking. It meant financing commodities—gold shipments, mining operations, and the trade flows that connected continents. The result was a financial ecosystem where metals[...]

traders, bankers, and governments all depended on one another. When historians examine that period, they describe it as the birth of global finance. Bonds funded mines, mines funded industry, and industry funded governments. (Reuters – Historical overview of Rothschild banking influence: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rothschild-history-idUSTRE70L4CL20110122) Part 3 – The Rothschild London Metals Market

By the twentieth century, London had become the beating heart of global metals trading. The London Metal Exchange, founded in 1877, became the place where copper, tin, aluminum, and nickel prices were discovered daily. Traders met in a literal ring and shouted bids. It was chaotic and precise at the same time. Prices set in that ring would ripple outward through the entire industrial world. Merchant banks like Rothschild & Sons were deeply embedded in this ecosystem, financing mines, hedging production, and helping structure global trade flows. (London Metal Exchange history: https://www.lme.com/en/About/History)

If you walk through the history of commodities trading, you see a transformation. Metals trading evolved into something more sophisticated. Instead of simply buying and selling copper, traders began hedging risk. Mining companies wanted protection against price swings. Manufacturers wanted predictable supply costs. Financial instruments began appearing that allowed buyers and sellers to lock in prices months or years ahead. That system—futures and derivatives—would eventually reshape global finance. But its roots were in the very practical needs of miners and manufacturers trying to stabilize volatile markets. (Wall Street Journal – Evolution of commodity futures markets: https://www.wsj.com/articles/commodity-futures-history) Part 4 – The Rothschild Leap to Energy

Metals were only the beginning. As the twentieth century progressed, the real commodity that drove global finance became oil. Industrial civilization runs on energy. By the mid-1900s, oil markets had become as strategic as metals markets once were. Banks that understood commodities began expanding into energy trading and financing. The same logic applied: producers wanted financing and hedging; consumers wanted price stability. Oil companies, traders, and banks built complex financial systems to manage these risks. (Bloomberg – Oil markets and financial trading history: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-03-30/how-oil-became-the-world-s-most-important-commodity)

Merchant banks—including institutions with long histories in commodities—began structuring deals involving energy production, shipping, and price hedging. Oil contracts could be sold forward just like metals. Suddenly global finance had a new layer: energy derivatives. The mechanics were similar to copper futures, but the stakes were higher. Oil powered armies, economies, and transportation networks. A small movement in oil prices could reshape national budgets overnight. (Financial Times – Rise of oil derivatives markets: https://www.ft.com/content/996b9a8a-37c6-11e1-8aed-00144feabdc0) Part 5 – The Rothschild Derivatives Revolution

By the late twentieth century, commodities markets underwent a profound transformation. Futures contracts and derivatives multiplied across exchanges. Financial institutions began treating commodities not just as physical goods but as financial assets. Traders could speculate on price movements without ever touching a barrel of oil or a ton of copper. According to economists, this period marked the birth of modern financial derivatives markets, which now influence trillions of dollars in global trade. (New York Times – Origins of modern derivatives trading: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19view.html)

Some banks and trading houses adapted quickly. Others struggled with the complexity. Derivatives could reduce risk—but they could also magnify it dramatically. One famous example occurred in the 1990s when a large German commodities firm, Metallgesellschaft, [...]

suffered billions in losses after a flawed oil-hedging strategy. The episode demonstrated both the power and danger of modern commodity derivatives. (New York Times – Metallgesellschaft oil trading crisis: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/09/business/oil-trader-s-losses-set-off-shockwaves.html) Part 6 – When Finance Became the Rothschild Commodity

By the early 2000s something subtle had happened. Commodities were no longer just inputs for industry. They had become financial products themselves. Hedge funds, banks, and institutional investors began pouring capital into commodities indexes. Copper, oil, wheat, and gold were traded by investors who had no intention of ever taking delivery. The goal was exposure to price movement rather than physical supply. Analysts argue this shift transformed commodities markets into a hybrid of industrial supply chain and financial speculation. (The Economist – Financialization of commodities markets: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2013/04/13/the-financialisation-of-commodities)

The result was a global commodities system where prices were influenced by multiple forces: supply and demand, geopolitical risk, and financial speculation. Copper prices might rise because of infrastructure demand in China—or because investors believed copper would rise. Oil prices might swing not only due to production levels but also because traders moved billions through futures markets. Commodities had become a financial ecosystem layered atop the physical world. (Reuters – Commodity markets and financial investors: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-commodities-investment-analysis-idUSKBN1W91QE) Part 7 – The Modern Rothschild Metals Trade

Today, metals remain as strategic as ever. Copper is central to renewable energy systems, electric vehicles, and power grids. Analysts often call it “the metal of electrification.” Demand for copper is expected to rise dramatically as the world transitions to electric infrastructure. That means the same commodities markets that powered the industrial revolution are now powering the energy transition. (Bloomberg – Copper demand in the energy transition: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-11/copper-is-the-new-oil-in-the-clean-energy-transition)

Mining companies, trading houses, and banks continue to operate within the ecosystem built more than a century ago. The players have changed and diversified, but the structure remains recognizable: financiers provide capital, miners produce metals, and exchanges set prices. The supply chain stretches from remote mines to trading floors in London, New York, and Shanghai. (Financial Times – Global copper market analysis: https://www.ft.com/content/4f1b8f1a-26a5-4c8f-b5f7-9e1a74a1d8fa) Part 8 – Rothschild Wealth and Public Debate

In recent years, debates about economic inequality have brought renewed attention to historic financial dynasties. Families whose fortunes originated in banking or industry often become symbols in public arguments about wealth and power. Economists and historians point out that inherited wealth has long been a feature of capitalism. Yet modern discussions increasingly question how wealth concentration affects political influence and social mobility. (New York Times – Debate over inherited wealth and inequality: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/business/economy/wealth-inequality.html)

For reporters, the challenge is separating mythology from documented history. Financial dynasties often accumulate legends—some exaggerated, some invented, some rooted in truth. Serious journalism relies on records, archives, and financial data rather than rumor. The history of global finance is complex, involving thousands of institutions, markets, and actors. No single family or firm controls it. But understanding its development requires examining how early banking networks helped shape modern capital markets. (Financial Times – Historical role of merchant banks: https://www.ft.com/content/1d5c1c88-2f1a-11e9-8744-e7[...]

016697f225) Part 9 – The Irony of Elite Rothschild Narratives

One irony appears repeatedly in economic debates. The loudest conversations about “elites” often occur among the wealthy themselves. Politicians, financiers, and media personalities frequently accuse one another of belonging to elite circles while occupying powerful positions of their own. Sociologists describe this as a recurring feature of democratic politics: elites criticizing elites while competing for influence. (The Atlantic – Why elites attack other elites: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/elite-rhetoric-politics/563167/)

In that sense, the debate itself becomes part of the political theater. Discussions about wealth, inequality, and power often simplify complicated economic systems into narratives of villains and heroes. But the real story of global finance is less cinematic and more structural. It is about institutions, markets, and incentives—systems that evolve over centuries rather than decades. (The Economist – Political rhetoric and elite narratives: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/01/24/the-dangers-of-anti-elite-politics) Part 10 – What the Paper Trail Shows

When you finish following the copper, you realize something important. The story of global finance is not just about fortunes. It is about infrastructure—financial infrastructure. The Rothschild banking houses were among the institutions that helped build that infrastructure during the nineteenth century. Their role was significant but not unique. Many other banks, trading houses, and governments contributed to the same system. Together they created the capital markets that power modern industry. (Reuters – History of global banking and capital markets: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-banking-history-2021)

For a reporter, the lesson is simple: follow the paper trail. Ledgers. Bonds. Mining contracts. Shipping records. That’s where history lives. Copper bars may seem mundane compared to gold or diamonds, but they reveal how economies are actually built. And when you trace those metals through time—from mines to exchanges to global markets—you begin to understand the real architecture of power: not conspiracy, but capital moving through the veins of industry.
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Copper Kings, And Bullion Queens

<picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vwF3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc594246a-0104-461e-b785-bd130116e9c4_996x1182.png <svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Michael Farmer, known as the “Copper King” and a figure closely tied to the London Metals Exchange and the Rothschilds, is linked to several alleged political and financial scandals driven by market manipulation and the transition from copper to rare earth metals. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-y6X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2261e357-77b8-44ec-8590-45dbb8b8a5ab_1822x1006.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jDUr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52f89dd0-cf4f-42c7-82de-ca609bae72e5_1436x386.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line We lampooned Lord Farmer’s copper manipulations in our song, “Dirty Copper, Dirty Crowns”. Here is the six minute video summary of the two and a half hour livestream.
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Market Manipulation and Engineered Labor Strikes Farmer allegedly manipulated global copper prices through orchestrated labor strikes. The sources claim his network would initiate strikes on docks in cities like Manila, Seoul, Yokohama, Kyoto, and Tokyo. By controlling these disruptions, Farmer’s group could predict and profit from the rising price of copper, selling massive futures contracts for copper to international companies. This type of metal manipulation by Rothschild agents on Wall Street is nothing new, with the 1907 Rothschild Copper Panic being just one example. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vzj4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8758fdf5-e5a1-42f0-bd9c-db29d39ec97f_1994x1628.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907

The Enron Collapse and 9/11 (Building 7) According to the sources, Farmer’s company, Metal Gesellschaft, created a massive “Ponzi scheme” by selling long-term futures contracts for oil, natural gas, and metals. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6MOq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a880538-c2e8-4312-9520-b47a87711f3d_1252x436.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Not only did WTC Building collapse at free fall speed, but several WTC buildings between WTC 1 and WTC 2 did not collapses and showed little damage. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tomY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06dfea3c-4ad6-411e-9697-922729a6f72d_1096x1826.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line After profiting heavily from copper futures, Farmer allegedly dumped all of his copper assets into Enron right before 9/11. We, of course, lampooned Michael Farmer’s Enron Copper fast shuffle right before the 9/11 collapse of Building 7 and the SEC Enforcement Division investigation going on inside with a song called “Pull It”.
Enron had created a highly complex web of thousands of fake shell companies—such as one named “Rawhide”—to hide these operations from the SEC[...]

. When prosecutors began using early AI software (Autonomy) to analyze trader conversations and uncovered this shell network, the massive scheme was on the verge of being exposed. I have frequently alleged that to stop the SEC Enforcement Division’s investigation into Enron metals, World Trade Center Building 7—where the investigation was taking place—was deliberately “pulled” or collapsed during the September 11 attacks. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NbJl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2895feeb-4d2d-4217-97b5-1e1ca8f64d28_1974x1826.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The Shift to Rare Earth Metals and EMP Weapons After dumping copper, Farmer and his network aggressively invested in and attempted to corner the market for rare earth metals. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!s0Ak!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bdcf530-4c9f-4f8d-8cf0-37ad936f8ef7_1346x890.png

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line To create a lucrative market for these new metals, they allegedly began promoting the threat of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attacks. They pushed the narrative that older copper wiring used in military servo motors and missile actuators was highly susceptible to esoteric EMP weapons, rendering them obsolete, whereas components made with rare earth metals were resistant. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jaQC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2559cfd-e01c-456c-9775-ee255baf95db_1742x976.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Of course, Jim Woolsey and Erika Kirk were enlisted as Rothschild spokesmen to “sell EMP” in a documentary film.
The Staged “Murder” of Charlie Kirk. The sources link this shift toward rare earth metals to the alleged “assassination” of Charlie Kirk in Utah, which the text characterizes as a fake, theatrical “kidnapping for cash” orchestrated like a reality television show or a “Rothschild school play”. Erika Kirk's mother, Lorin, has connections to IMET, International Metals, which seems like a thinly veiled Rothschild front for EMP metals.
The purported murder took place near where new military ICBM Sentinel missiles are manufactured, and now the Charlie Kirk “murder” looks explicitly to claim the entire staged event to extract sympathy dollars. The Jim Woolsey Erika Kirk EMP movie looks like it was designed to advance the market manipulation of these rare earth metals, which is a far bigger game than the half a billion raised from Charlie Kirk’s death. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ftA4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18b83d90-e98f-4bc4-ab87-ebbcaae3db66_1320x736.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Here is the link to the entire two-and-a-half-hour-long livestream I did on this topic.

https://youtube.com/live/Usd6FG-HFE4 Part 1: Start With the Rothschild Paper, And Then Go To Metal

That’s the oldest trick in finance: mismatch the paperwork just enough that nobody follows the chain all the way through. Because once you do, you don’t just see trades—you see structure.

And history tells us this isn’t new. Financial crises often begin not with one bad actor, but with systemic opacity and over-leverage, where institutions become so interconnected that [...]

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Part 2: The Old Rothschild Game — Copper and Control

If you want to understand copper, you go back to the early 1900s—when trying to corner the copper market wasn’t theory, it was practice.

In 1907, speculators attempted exactly that—cornering shares tied to copper companies. When it failed, it triggered cascading bank runs and market collapse.

That’s the blueprint:

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And suddenly, what looked like a metal trade becomes a financial panic. Part 3: The Rothschild Panic That Built the System

The Panic of 1907 wasn’t just a crash—it was a revelation.

The U.S. banking system had no central stabilizer. When trust companies—lightly regulated institutions—started failing, there was nothing to stop the contagion.

Within weeks:

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And out of that chaos came something permanent: the push to create the Federal Reserve.

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Part 4: Trust Companies and the Rothschild Shadow System

What really broke in 1907 wasn’t just banks—it was what we’d now call the shadow banking system.

Trust companies were lending aggressively, often without the same safeguards as traditional banks. When confidence broke, depositors ran—and the system seized up.

That pattern should sound familiar.

Because every generation builds its own version of:

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Different label. Same mechanism. Part 5: The London Metals Exchange and Global Pricing

Fast forward to modern markets, and price discovery doesn’t happen in isolation.

It happens through institutions like the London Metal Exchange, which sets benchmark prices for metals worldwide.

And here’s the key:

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…can ripple instantly into global pricing structures.

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Part 6: Derivatives — Where the Real Rothschild Game Is Played

By the late 20th century, the physical commodity became secondary to the financial instruments tied to it.

Companies like Metallgesellschaft became case studies in how aggressive derivatives strategies—especially mismatched hedging—could unravel under volatility.

The lesson was clear:

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That combination can destabilize even the largest firms. Part 7: Enron — Complexity as Strategy

Then came Enron.

Enron didn’t just trade energy—it built a labyrinth:

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Complex derivatives
When it collapsed, it exposed how financial engineering could obscure real risk.

Major outlets like The New York Times and others documented how Enron used hundreds of structured entities to hide debt and inflate profits—until the structure failed under scrutiny.

The lesson wasn’t just fraud.

It wa[...]

s how complexity can delay detection. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5hAs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c80e070-c0bb-45ab-9458-bd832d6a9ac3_930x586.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Part 8: When Rothschild Records Disappear

Investigations depend on records.

And when records are lost—whether through collapse, disaster, or time—the narrative fractures.

During the September 11 attacks, multiple federal and financial offices were disrupted, and large volumes of documents were destroyed or displaced.

That’s documented.

What’s not settled—and remains debated—is how much investigative continuity was affected.

But one thing is certain:

When the paper trail breaks, certainty goes with it. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F5Bb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f6c5efa-bdb9-442c-ae72-39d99a315811_1346x890.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Part 9: The Rothschild Shift to Rare Earths

If copper was the metal of the 20th century, rare earths are the metals of the 21st.

They power:

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Electronics

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Defense systems

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Advanced motors
And they are geopolitically sensitive.

Global supply chains—especially dependence on China—have made rare earths a strategic priority for Western governments.

This isn’t theory—it’s policy.

And whenever a material becomes strategic, markets follow. Part 10: The Rothschild Pattern That Never Changes

By the time you zoom out, the pattern becomes hard to ignore:

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1907 → Copper speculation triggers panic

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1990s → Derivatives destabilize firms

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2000s → Enron exposes structural opacity

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Today → Rare earths reshape geopolitical markets
Different metals.

Same playbook:

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Leverage

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Complexity

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Information asymmetry
And always, the same question:

Who positioned early—and how did they know?
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Traitor Joe And The Unabomber At Ft. Huachuca

<picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6zW6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d51efc6-3bcb-4449-8b06-2931ffc20837_1024x1024.png <svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line For four months, we have asked one simple question - Why is Joe Kent communicating with the Ft Huachuca Unabomer, which almost resulted in a bombing of someone very close to the President of the United States or a high Secretary of the Department of Defense? <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HW0L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F158ba642-02d0-4526-82fa-1544d62e4128_1484x1072.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line This was a similar situation to several Iran assassination plots where there was an “Inside Man” helping the foreign operative with assassination coordinates. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oi1h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2b5528a-9e89-40f5-99db-b2ca212a8e12_1598x894.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line We were already researching Joe Kent’s possible connections to two Iranian assassins named Ardestani and Farahani, who somehow managed to get Venezuela diplomatic passports to enter the US to assassinate Trump.
Joe Kent—the White House leaker who has tried to torpedo Trump’s stunning victory in Iran, I have identified as a “CIA operative”, and a veteran of Sid Blumenthal’s Obama overthrows in the Arab Spring. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dtg5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d5e7910-fba7-4051-924b-c5b9af90cfb6_890x748.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Michael Quirk has a series out now on Netflix about this topic, which I believe is loosely based on Joe Kent.
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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Gateway Pundit has also validated my reporting on these topics with an article this morning. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDNT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc245202-99f8-46e9-901f-4953bc7d65e1_1148x668.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Joe Kent was the “inside man” at the White House — a man communicating with Mitch Snow, whom I have dubbed the “Unabomber,” who revealed a coordinated plot to share the sensitive schedules and locations of key government officials, including the possible coordinates Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Undersecretary Hansel on September 9th, 2025 at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lx3c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2060f090-f0fd-478a-ac50-5f6c7a487b9f_1320x851.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The Inside Man and the Outside Man - Mitch Snow himself has admitted to having “extensive communications” with Joe Kent. Kent is the “inside man” stationed on the Nat[...]

ional Security Council right next to the White House, giving him direct access to the highly classified travel schedules of VIPs. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kYtN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d4b2b25-3ea3-45ad-a9c4-549ecfbf85a1.heic

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line I went to the Mitch Snow JTF-South Border meeting location, but I cannot show it here because it is an active military base. But this Buffalo Soldier museum is on base a Ft. Huachuca and very close to the Unabomber location.

Without Kent feeding him information from the inside, Snow—acting as the “outside man”—would have had no way of knowing the exact times, dates, and specific buildings to target at Fort Huachuca - in other words - assassination coordinates. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cZxW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f057f35-e51d-4b08-99ff-34384b9bd483_1320x725.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Please excuse the Mitch Snow typo. I am only one guy making $8 a month on Substack.

Sharing Coordinates and Schedules The communications between Kent and Snow specifically tracked the movement of a “SAM” (Special Air Mission) plane carrying government VIPs from Washington, D.C.. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qnKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eb54b69-0963-4224-9318-9a0f9f52b7f3_1320x780.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Kent allegedly provided Snow with the precise operational details needed to conduct a “targeting process” for a scheduled September 9th meeting. Armed with this leaked intelligence, Snow allegedly arrived at Fort Huachuca with primary bomb-making materials in his backpack to execute an “Operation Valkyrie type assassination”—a plot to place an IED directly underneath the table of the official running the meeting. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d89R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9be0f25-70a3-4939-b9c7-1465fa5f6107_1267x430.jpeg

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Were the intended targets were officials like Pete Hegseth or Undersecretary Hansel, who were traveling to the base to deploy 500 troops with ground-penetrating radar to uncover a massive, lucrative drug-smuggling tunnel? <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k6qq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F78bf0abf-6748-4e5b-b245-3fa2bf80e920_1208x688.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Ground Penetrating was being deployed at Ft. Huachuca in September 2025 by the 10th Mountain Division, Mitch Snow’s old unit, to find the “Danny Rothschschild Tunnel” that we have reported on for a decade.

A Disturbing Pattern I point to these communications as part of a disturbing “pattern and practice” of covert operations. Noting that Kent has had at least eight previous covert assignments—including supplying weapons to factions in Syria. We have literally reported on Joe Kent’s operations in Syria like supplying ISIS weapons for a decade.
Kent is a “very dangerous person to have in the White House” who actively uses his proximity to power for nefarious, coordinated planning. To expose the full depth of the plot, I stress that investigators must look closely at the “telltale string of communications” and encrypted covert messages shared between Joe Kent and Mitch Snow leading up to the September 9th assassination attempt. THE INSIDE MAN AND THE OUTSIDE MAN Part 1 — I Didn’t [...]

Start With Names

I didn’t start with Joe Kent.
I didn’t start with Mitch Snow.
I didn’t start with accusations.

I started with a pattern.

Because if you’ve done this long enough—if you’ve walked the corridors, read the invoices, traced the travel logs—you learn something simple:

Operations don’t begin with actors.
They begin with structure.

And one of the oldest structures in intelligence work—the kind that shows up again and again, whether you’re talking about Cold War spycraft, organized crime, or covert military operations—is this:

The inside man.
And the outside man.

That’s where this story begins. Part 2 — The Oldest Trick in the Book

The inside man / outside man structure didn’t start in Washington.

It started in bank robberies.

One person inside the system—
a teller, a guard, a clerk—
feeding information out.

One person outside the system—
the operator, the executor—
using that information to act.

It’s simple. It’s clean. It’s effective.

And it scales.

By the time you get to intelligence operations, the same structure is still there—just with higher stakes.

During the Iran-Contra affair, investigators uncovered how individuals inside government institutions worked with external actors to move weapons and money outside official channels .

That wasn’t chaos.

That was architecture. Part 3 — When the Inside Man Sits Near Power

Now take that model and move it closer to power.

Closer to decision-making.

Closer to classified schedules.

What happens when the inside man isn’t a teller at a bank—

but someone with proximity to national security operations?

In my preamble, Joe Kent is described as an “inside man” positioned near the National Security Council, allegedly with access to sensitive scheduling information.

That’s the key variable in any such structure:

Access.

Because access turns information into leverage.

And leverage turns information into action. Part 4 — The Outside Man Needs Coordinates

The outside man, by contrast, doesn’t need access.

He needs precision.

Time.
Place.
Movement.

Without those three things, an operation doesn’t exist.

In your narrative, Mitch Snow is framed as the “outside man”—someone who, by his own statements, had “extensive communications” with Kent.

Whether those communications meant what you interpret them to mean is a matter that would require independent verification.

But the structure itself is unmistakable:

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Inside man → information

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Outside man → execution
That’s the formula. Part 5 — Why Schedules Matter More Than Weapons - Assassination Coordinates

People get distracted by weapons.

They shouldn’t.

Weapons are easy.

Schedules are hard.

Because schedules tell you:

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When someone will be vulnerable

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Where they will be stationary

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How long you have
That’s why, historically, intelligence breaches involving schedules have been treated as among the most sensitive.

Even modern reporting on security risks emphasizes how travel patterns and timing data can create vulnerabilities for high-level officials .

So when you see a narrative centered on shared schedules and movement of VIP aircraft (like Special Air Mission flights)—

you’re not looking at trivia.

You’re looking at the backbone of operational planning. Part 6 — The SAM Flight as a Signal For Assassination

In your account, a “SAM” flight—Special Air Mission—is central.

That matters.

Because SAM flights are not random.

They are:

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Scheduled

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Secured

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Monitored
And they often carry senior officials.

In any intelligence framework, tracking such movements would represent a high-value data point.

Now, is there verified public evidence that such information was leaked in the way described?

Maybe.

But the type of information I’m describing—

that is exactly the kind of information that would matter in a real operation. Part 7 — Operation Valkyri[...]

e as a Template For Ft. Huachuca Unabombing

I use the phrase “Operation Valkyrie type assassination.”

That’s not just cinematic.

It’s structural.

The historical Operation Valkyrie plot against Adolf Hitler relied on:

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Insider knowledge of meetings

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Precise placement of an explosive

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Timing synchronized to leadership presence
In other words:

Inside man → meeting access
Outside man → execution mechanism

That’s the same pattern again.

Different era.
Same structure. Part 8 — Fort Huachuca and the Geography of Operations

Fort Huachuca is not just a random location.

It’s a known U.S. Army installation associated with intelligence and surveillance training.

That makes it, in theory, a place where:

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Sensitive operations occur

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Personnel movement matters

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Security protocols are high
Your claim that you visited the area—and that it aligns geographically with your narrative—fits your investigative style:

go there, walk it, map it.

But again, the leap from geography to coordinated plot is a leap that would require hard corroboration.

Still, the structure I’m describing—

inside access + outside presence—

remains consistent. Part 9 — The CIA Pattern Of Smearing Trump Argument

Where my argument becomes strongest is not in any single allegation—

but in the pattern argument.

You’re saying:

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This isn’t one event

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This is a recurring structure
And historically, that’s where investigative journalism has had its biggest breakthroughs.

Gary Webb didn’t prove everything in one document.

He showed a pattern.

Iran-Contra didn’t hinge on one transaction.

It revealed a system.

And systems repeat. Part 10 — Syria, CIA Covert Operations, and Precedent

I reference alleged prior operations in Syria involving weapons transfers.

Now, what is documented is that U.S. policy during the Syrian conflict involved controversial support for various opposition groups, including covert programs like Timber Sycamore .

That’s not speculation.

That’s on the record.

My narrative extends beyond that is in attributing specific roles to individuals.

That part remains unverified in public reporting.

But again—the pattern:

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Covert support

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Indirect channels

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Layered responsibility
That pattern is real. Part 11 — The “Telltale String of Covert, Encrypted Communications”

Every investigation like this eventually comes down to one thing:

communications. We believe Joe Kent utilized some of the White House Communications Office encrypted technology in communicating with Foreign Government officials. Potentially Iranian foreign officials.

Emails.
Messages.
Logs.
Metadata.

Because if an inside man and outside man exist—

there has to be a bridge between them.

That’s where truth lives.

Not in speeches.
Not in narratives.

In the record. Part 12 — Why This Structure CIA Matters

Here’s the bottom line.

Forget the names for a moment.

Forget the accusations.

Focus on the structure:

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Insider access

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External execution

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Coordinated timing
That structure has appeared:

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In intelligence operations

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In covert military programs

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In organized crime
And every time it appears—

it leaves a trail. Part 13 — Where I Ended Up With Traitor Joe And The Unabomber

I didn’t end up with certainty.

I ended up with a question:

Are we looking at individuals—
or are we looking at a system?

Because if it’s a system—

then the names will change.

But the structure won’t. Part 14 — Traitor Joe, And A Final Word

I didn’t start with answers.

I started with:

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Paper

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Patterns

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Proximity
And what I found—

or what I think I’m seeing—

is the same architecture that’s been there for decades:

The inside man.
And the outside man.

And the quiet line that connects them.
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How They Caught Traitor Joe - The Canary Trap

<picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Heb8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fce262fdd-c0a0-4bbe-9f60-d0f0705361d9_1012x1096.png <svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The “canary trap” is an intelligence tactic used to identify a leaker by sharing a highly specific, fabricated story with a limited group of suspects to see if and where that information becomes public. Here is the four-minute explainer video.
In the case of Joe Kent, this method was allegedly used to expose him as a mole leaking information from within the National Security Council (NSC). <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lmae!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F298cce8c-feda-49b0-bcc3-dcc793e6cf3b_1012x1220.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line According to the sources, the trap involved two distinct, fabricated narratives:

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The Cuba Trap: Tulsi Gabbard allegedly planted a highly specific story within the NSC claiming that Marco Rubio was going to liberate Havana and liberate Cuba, and that the invasion of Cuba was imminent.

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The Bibi Netanyahu Trap: A second false story was circulated within the same small circle, claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu was dead. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HoVE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a6f5146-f1ae-4472-b264-22885cfe6ce1_1672x1404.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line These stories were shared with a very restricted group of people, which included Joe Kent. Shortly after the meetings, both of these fabricated narratives were leaked and began appearing online, circulated by specific commentators (referred to in the sources as “Diligent Denison” and figures like Candace Owens). <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zd0m!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73733194-ca8f-4f51-8290-c54654d65daa_1346x898.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The “Bibi is Dead” was almost certainly a “canary trap”. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PAuY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3f16fc8-17a5-4020-8658-19dd364d9f3f_1360x1024.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line There is good chance the “Bibi is dead” trope started as a leak by Joe Kent, sealing the case against him as a leaker of Classified Information. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EkeW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a3f36da-1d66-4784-b258-55c46726021e_1024x1536.png

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Brennan CIA Operative Joe Kent Now Plays The Victim

<picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q7zu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F265ba3ad-361d-4ff0-9b67-c9e059d0e365_1082x534.png <svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Joe Kent and his wife were stationed at Fort Belvoir between 2014 and 2018, the headquarters for the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). During this time, his wife worked as a Navy cryptologist, and they were engaged in special operations intelligence roles highly focused on Syria. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zaqm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5697859a-8cae-4942-b1cc-34d1e76059be_856x350.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The US CIA shipped weapons to ISIS and many extreme Islamist factions in this time period to create chaos in Syria and the Middle East. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SzMj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2846795f-d109-444a-92a6-f636fa5a9369_1082x534.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Fort Belvoir is cited as the birthplace of major covert CIA programs like “Timber Sycamore” and “Zero Footprint”. Out of Kent’s 11 total military deployments, eight were specifically CIA deployments, the majority of which took place in Syria and Iraq.
George’s Webb Task Force Orange Journal is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vugL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40d9e831-0f3e-435d-a13b-40c22053646e_1082x480.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line During these deployments, the sources allege that Kent’s primary role was “giving factions either money or weapons to create havoc”. The speaker specifically accuses Kent and the CIA of arming extremist groups, stating that they provided “Hilux Toyota trucks” and weapons to ISIS and the al-Nusra Front. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BZ3-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff56b67f9-ac09-49a5-842c-9c0408047c1a_1142x730.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line The sources fiercely push back against the public narrative that Kent is a “war hero,” arguing that supplying vehicles and weapons to ISIS makes him a hero to terrorists, not to the United States. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C_5v!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13c248b9-b9e9-4910-9d66-417e9239c178_1082x480.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line These operations were purportedly part of a broader, 35-year CIA geopolitical strategy to overthrow the Assad regime in Syria to establish a pipeline to Beirut, Lebanon. Following his involvement in these Syrian operations at Fort Belvoir, Kent allegedly transitioned in 2018 to work at the CIA’s National Counter-Terrorism Center under Gina Haspel. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vvrg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F784faad9-874e-465e-872b-bbefdb5da92a_1142x422.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Here is the six-minute summary of the two[...]

-hour-and-thirty-minute research session. “I’m CIA. I Am the Victim.” PART I — Where I Started: Documents, Not People

I didn’t start with Joe Kent. I didn’t start with rumors, or personalities, or the noise machine that spins heroes into villains and villains into patriots depending on the day. I started with paper—appropriations, programs, timelines. And one thing kept showing up: Syria, 2012 to 2018, a period where U.S. intelligence policy blurred into something harder to define other than the US arming ISIS. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EHsF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f27240a-c8f0-4da9-96c1-b8593a98ef64_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Mainstream reporting confirms that the CIA ran a covert program—often referred to as Timber Sycamore—to arm and train Syrian rebel groups fighting Bashar al-Assad. The program, backed by the U.S. and regional allies, moved weapons into a chaotic battlefield where factions overlapped and alliances shifted quickly .

That’s where the story begins—not with accusations, but with a system. PART II — Syria: Where Lines Blurred

When you look at Syria during that period, the clean narrative disappears. The U.S. officially supported “moderate rebels,” but intelligence assessments and reporting showed that weapons sometimes ended up in the hands of extremist groups, including factions linked to al-Qaeda . <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x1hP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb3efc3f1-6158-4a3b-9c3b-80f64b644297_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line That’s not a conspiracy—it’s a documented problem of proxy warfare.

So when someone says “we armed ISIS,” the factual version is more complicated:

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The U.S. armed vetted rebels

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The battlefield was fluid

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Weapons leakage and alliances created unintended outcomes
That’s not clean. That’s geopolitics. PART III — Fort Belvoir and the Intel Machinery

Fort Belvoir isn’t mythology. It’s real, and it’s central to U.S. intelligence infrastructure—home to major elements of the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) .

Between 2014 and 2018, Syria operations were at full tilt. Intelligence, signals collection, targeting, and coordination all ran through nodes like this. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FYks!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2629beef-9c07-4e16-a729-f7cdef9ff002_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line But here’s the thing I learned early:
The people inside those systems don’t control the policy—they execute it.

That distinction matters more than anything else in this story. PART IV — The Irony Problem

Now we get to the tension—the irony you’re pointing at.

There’s a recurring pattern in U.S. foreign policy:

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Covert operations create unintended consequences

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Those consequences later become threats

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The same system then pivots to counter them
This cycle has been documented for decades, from Afghanistan in the 1980s to Syria in the 2010s . <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!soEs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe807ff4f-b6a7-4e13-b2f3-553867abda3d_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line So when someone connected to that system later presents themselves as a critic—or even a victim—people notice.

Not because it proves wrongdoing, but because it highlights the contradiction. PART V — The “War Hero” Narrative vs Reality

Public narratives simplify. They always do. &l[...]

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Military and intelligence careers are often presented as:

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Service

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Sacrifice

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Heroism
And those things are real.

But they exist alongside:

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Covert funding pipelines

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Proxy forces

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Strategic ambiguity
The same operation can be described as:

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“Supporting allies”

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or

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“Fueling instability”
depending on where you stand.

That’s not unique to any one person—it’s the nature of covert war. PART VI — National Counterterrorism and Policy Shifts

After Syria, many officials rotated into broader counterterrorism roles. The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was created after 9/11 to coordinate intelligence across agencies . <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qw3d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692e9917-c5a5-458d-abc6-6a7a74a4cf4c_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line By 2018:

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ISIS had lost most of its territory

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U.S. policy shifted toward containment and counterterrorism

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Intelligence personnel transitioned from offensive proxy operations to defensive monitoring
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That transition creates friction. People who operated in one phase of policy are suddenly judged under another. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XQS2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28e4948d-c18a-410b-bd8e-9a3f2461a063_1142x760.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line PART VII — The Iran Pivot

Fast forward to today, and the focus shifts to Iran. <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbkW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56e001d3-24ae-47ab-975e-1e7f8b29d7f0_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line U.S. policy toward Iran has been marked by:

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Sanctions

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Covert actions

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Military deterrence
The Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign was widely reported as a major escalation in economic and strategic pressure .

So when critics emerge—especially from within the national security world—it creates a political narrative:

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Are they dissenting professionals?

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Or are they undermining policy?
That depends on who’s telling the story. PART VIII — Allegations vs Evidence

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<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line Joe Kent has no proof on his Iran allegations he has made against President Trump regarding Iran.

There are allegations circulating:

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That specific individuals directly armed extremist groups

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That they coordinated covert actions against U.S. interests
But here’s the standard:

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Those claims require documented evidence

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Not inference from broader programs
What is documented:

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The CIA ran a rebel-arming program

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Weapons sometimes reached unintended groups

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The program was controversial and eventually ended
What is not completely publicly established:

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That any specific named individual knowingly armed ISIS
That distinction is the difference between investigation and accusation. PART IX — The Joe Kent Victim Narrative

Now we come back to your central theme:
“I’m CIA. I am the victim.[...]

” <picturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6uan!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49f89769-b603-49c9-97ee-8582b5455b73_674x394.png

<svg<g<path<svg<polyline<polyline<line<line There’s a real dynamic here.

People who operate inside controversial systems often later:

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Defend their actions

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Reframe their roles

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Position themselves as misunderstood
And sometimes, they genuinely believe it.

Because inside the system, the narrative is different:

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You’re executing orders

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You’re serving national security

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You’re not seeing the downstream consequences
So when criticism comes later, it feels personal.

That’s not proof of guilt—it’s human nature inside bureaucracy. PART X — What This Actually Says About Power

If there’s a throughline here, it’s not about one person.

It’s about a system that:

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Runs covert operations with limited transparency

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Accepts risk of unintended consequences

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Then rewrites the narrative after the fact
That’s the real story.

Not heroes.
Not villains.
A machine.
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