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Black Bag Confidential

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Steve Wynn, a Chinese agent?

Steve Wynn is a casino billionaire. His father was a bingo parlor operator on the east coast. At age 15, Steve sold ice cream bars from his bicycle. When his father died, Steve took the bingo operation to Las Vegas. Steve built some of Las Vegas’s most famous casinos including Treasure Island, The Mirage, and …

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Why you should never “clean and drive”

Early one morning, police in Florida responded to a report of a hit-and-run accident near a hospital. Responding officers noticed a damaged red Pontiac Grand Am with airbags deployed. Officers spoke with the driver who said he lost control and struck a telephone pole. But one of the passengers in the Pontiac gave a different …

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The CIA’s office party acid trips

In 1953, scientists from the CIA gathered at a cabin in Maryland for a conference. On the second day of the conference, the men enjoyed a bottle of Cointreau liquor. But it wasn’t just liquor in the bottle… Sidney Gottlieb, a CIA program director, had spiked it with LSD. You see, Sidney was the head …

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Hydra

Soon after the invasion of Ukraine, nations around the world sanctioned Russia. For its part, Germany went after the dark web commonly used by Russians. German federal police shut down the Hydra market. This is a dark web that trafficked illegal narcotics and laundered money for criminals all over the world. Police seized server infrastructure …