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Shadowthron8 20 hr ago +1192

Lady disappeared over ten years ago

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Rabble_Runt 19 hr ago +244

Must have some juicy stuff.

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anselld 17 hr ago +65

Are there any times the FBI has actually given a reward and it became public knowledge?

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Empty_Arachnid3005 17 hr ago +34

uh i doubt theyd announce it publicly

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BurninCoco 16 hr ago +49

They take a picture of you with a giant check and put it up on the Pentagon Starbucks

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actuallyapossom 13 hr ago +10

You either become honorary international assassin for the day or they let you pilot a reaper drone and drop some freedom seeds.

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jdvfx 13 hr ago +7

Pentagon Clearing House.

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RudeHero 15 hr ago +7

we know the police never do, but we have no evidence one way or the other for the fbi

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foresight310 19 hr ago +90

Uh oh, she gave them the pee pee tapes…

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Snagmesomeweaves 19 hr ago +32

Obligatory [The Boondocks](https://youtu.be/x49DdLDwsYA?si=4pBc4z8B9otX7Fb2) reference

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Gold_Map_236 19 hr ago -1

Definitely the only reason they would still be trying to find her.

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Far_Radish7752 20 hr ago +427

Fat chance she is even accessible to be “questioned”. If she defected to Iran… in all likelihood, that’s where she will be.

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GabeIsGone 19 hr ago +233

I think they are just shaking the tree during a heavy wind so to speak. Seeing if anything falls out with everything in chaos. Maybe someone in Iran who hasn’t been paid in a while decides to take a chance. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

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OppositeSecretary862 19 hr ago +86

I readnon fiction spy books as a kid. The actual things that happened blew my young mind. There is a whole entire layer to this world not a single normal person even considers.

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biosyncorp1984 19 hr ago +30

Any recommendations specifically in regards to that last sentence? I’ve been on a kick lately of secret history CIA media but it’s hard to find stuff that’s not either sexed up science fiction stuff or just so dry and bland it’s impossible for me to stick with it (partially from being on here too much though..)

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OppositeSecretary862 19 hr ago +19

Haha so it turns out it's most of the Doring Kindersly spy collection

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curiousbydesign 11 hr ago +1

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

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OppositeSecretary862 19 hr ago +13

It's been 16 years since I read it, I'll try to hunt it down for you and report back.

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jus10beare 18 hr ago +2

Anything by Ben Macintyre (sp?)

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sandy_coyote 19 hr ago +12

Like what?? Don't just tease it!

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TowerBeast 19 hr ago +30

The info will be at the usual dead-drop at midnight tomorrow. Be sure you aren't followed.

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Helenium_autumnale 13 hr ago +1

Can you do dead drops anymore in a world bristling with cameras? I read about them in my LeCarré novels...but those were set during the Cold War mostly.

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Patsfan618 19 hr ago +2

True, and it doesn't even cost anything if you don't get any working intelligence.

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sloowhand 19 hr ago +1

\-Michael Jordan

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Helenium_autumnale 13 hr ago +1

That sounds really likely now that you mention it. Makes sense. And well put.

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Impreza610 20 hr ago +35

Probably killed her since she was of no Use anymore

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MajesticBread9147 19 hr ago +56

Why would Iran make it more difficult to recruit more spies in the future by doing that?

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bigmt99 18 hr ago +20

Her fate will remain unknown to other spies if she’s alive or dead

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ItsDokk 16 hr ago +9

Yeah, they’re not leading with “we murdered our last informant” in the interview lol.

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FugDuggler 16 hr ago +15

Iran does not seem like a wonderful place to escape the US to if you’re a western woman

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Drak_is_Right 16 hr ago +10

I'd actually bet she is married to a moderately high ranking intelligence officer and has disappeared that way.

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Chirox82 14 hr ago +2

Or she got her bag and dipped out to Thailand or Russia. She probably got paid decently well and a little money goes a long way in some countries.

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Drak_is_Right 13 hr ago +3

It wasnt just a espionage payment it was also an ideological shift. Why I doubt Thailand or Russia.

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51ngular1ty 18 hr ago +4

They might be just interested in her position so they can kill her extrajudicially.

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uselessandexpensive 12 hr ago +1

Yeah there's no chance they think they can find her now or it would have been done a long time ago. They want people to overlook the fact that this happened over ten years ago because they need the headlines.

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Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 20 hr ago +156

lol you ain’t seeing a dime of that money.

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azhillbilly 17 hr ago +53

Very few rewards are ever given. There’s very strict rules on how to get paid and it’s designed in a way that screws over the people giving information.

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DickDastardly502 19 hr ago +21

My first thought was honestly in this economy that’s kinda low for what’s required of me.

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fartonisto 20 hr ago +548

>defected to Iran in 2013 seems punishment enough.

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noideawhatoput2 20 hr ago +143

As a woman no less

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CircumspectCapybara 20 hr ago +236

Why on earth would anyone born in the west who grew up in privilege and who has a respectable, cushy job want to defect to Iran? That's like the Brits who decided one day to join up with ISIS, only to find out it was a really bad idea.

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SophiaofPrussia 19 hr ago +219

From her Wikipedia page it seems like she didn’t have any family and was in dire straits financially after the Great Recession. I would imagine someone who is unhoused, has no social network to help them get back on their feet, and has access to highly classified information is like a dream recruiting scenario for any adversary. Desperate people who feel like they don’t have anything to lose aren’t good decision makers.

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Prophet_Tehenhauin 19 hr ago +284

Its almost like our shit economic policies are a national security risk

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Tarmacked 19 hr ago -83

People being dumb financially isn’t the governments problem Regardless, Witt was Islamic and converted shortly before her defection. So it’s unlikely it was some financial strait she had gotten into that caused it and more personal re-alignment of beliefs. > When Witt returned from Iran to her studies at GWU, she had "transformed." Now wearing hijabs and speaking highly of Iran and her conversion to Islam, she was described by her classmates as "extreme." Another student in Witt's graduate program said that Witt's capstone presentation was a "love letter to Iran" that downplayed that nation's nuclear program; when Witt received strong push-back from her committee members, "she was almost offended that the assumption that Iran was a peace-loving nation would even be questioned […] She was visibly upset."

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AffordableDelousing 19 hr ago +76

US government deregulation destroyed the world economy for a hot minute there. I don't know where you were in 2009 and thereafter, but the government was definitely at fault for that mess.

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DargyBear 18 hr ago +29

We are currently in the process of destroying the global economy again and it’s not even a consequence of policies from years before this time. Donald more or less pushed a button and started this one on demand.

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Fallouttgrrl 19 hr ago +29

"People being dumb financially isn’t the governments problem" It is when they're a national security risk or we wouldn't be offering 200,000 USD for information on her

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Airosokoto 16 hr ago +7

I don't know about this particular person but a part time job, or basic disability should be enough to house and feed you. The scenario proposed was that of someone who was homeless and desperate, and becomes a security risk because of it. If we were a nation that used our extraordinary wealth to take care of its people instead of give tax breaks to the wealthy we would all be better off and scenarios like this wouldn't happen.

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wanderingAtlas 19 hr ago +78

Her wikipedia page also extensively talks about her time in the Air Force and the "atrocities" she says she witnessed committed by US servicemen. It seems to have done a number on her psyche, just to add why she was clearly so disillusioned with the US and a prime target for recruitment.

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Billy1121 19 hr ago +6

Was this the CIA lady who defected to Iran or is this a different intel defector

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wanderingAtlas 18 hr ago +5

I dont see that she worked for the CIA so I assume thats a different person.

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cantproveidid 14 hr ago +2

First sign someone didn't work for the CIA is them saying they worked for the CIA.

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prodigaldummy 18 hr ago +7

What else should we expect of our veterans with how they’re treated here. Who turned their back on who first?

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arand0md00d 16 hr ago +1

Those factors usually work against you when they are deciding whether to grant you a clearance.

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aledba 19 hr ago +69

You know it's actually a very cosmopolitan and developed country right? Like I realize that it doesn't always look that way on the media but there's a lot of other media available that shows very westernized behaviors and European appearing cities. It's not the shit hole he says it is. People have been sanctioned there by America for like 47 years I think. That's the problem

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NeverRolledA20IRL 19 hr ago +30

If you told them most of the countries STEM graduates are women they would just look at you funny. It doesn't align with what they know so they will just brush it off.

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Cnophil 19 hr ago +13

Idgaf how nice a city looks if the gov suppresses freedoms and consistently violates human rights. Lmao it's like you're saying don't pay attention to the protesters getting executed, look at our shiny buildings! Oh hey look at that a private profile. What a surprise.

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oh-pointy-bird 18 hr ago +29

So, the US then?

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ChaseballBat 19 hr ago -2

What a bizarre hill to die on. I f****** hate Trump, he's handled Iran like a child. But that doesn't mean Iran is some unsung jewel of the Middle East with no sincere and significant cultural, economic, and social issues. If you fight against those issues you are imprisoned, maimed, or killed.

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Harlot_Of_God 19 hr ago +11

It is not. In many ways it quite literally is an unsung jewel. I would not choose it over my situation, but you do not understand Iran if you do not get how rich a culture it is…

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ChaseballBat 18 hr ago -9

It really isn't, this is slightly racist perception of other middle eastern countries. They have some great architecture, but it's been purchased using the most corrupt and disgusting money you can get. But yea killing a bunch of protestors isn't really a culture I want to protect. I know I have to preface this cause someone will draw some connect, but the current American administration (and much much of the past admins) isn't a culture I respect or want to protect either.

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Harlot_Of_God 18 hr ago

You seem to be missing the point. And it is really low to argue that anyone would like to protect the IRG and that they are the culture I was talking about. You may need to travel more. But here are some names you may want to look up: Kim Philby, Aldrich Ames, Wang Jingwei, George Blake. As I mentioned, traitors can and have lived a life well above the standards of the people of the countries they defect to…

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Outrageous_Print3500 18 hr ago

Hanging people with cranes in the town square, so cosmopolitan 🥰

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Mammalanimal 20 hr ago +65

Me 5 minutes after defecting to live in a cave in Afghanistan, about to realize what a bad idea it was: "hey guys, where's the bathroom?"

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Pumperkin 20 hr ago +44

What's the wifi password

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starrpamph 19 hr ago +7

I hate sand

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_immodicus 19 hr ago +5

It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

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Naive-Kangaroo3031 19 hr ago +19

Do you guys have almond milk? Lactose upsets my tummy tum

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aledba 19 hr ago +17

Okay and here's another example of how it's not the same. In Afghanistan women are not allowed to go to school and in Iran, little girls who go to school get bombed by Donald Trump's military forces.

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DrockByte 19 hr ago -4

Defector: "so what's for lunch today? ISIS: "Eh? You ate 2 days ago! What do you think this is? England!?" Defector: "Oh... Oh no... I have made a terrible mistake."

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kmatyler 19 hr ago +2

Propaganda go brrr

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themilkyone 18 hr ago +3

There is an Ex-CIA guy named John Kiriakou who has gone on podcasts in the past talking about how intelligence agencies motivate people from all countries into assets and informants through one of 4 main ways. MICE: Money, Ideology, Compromise(blackmail), and Ego.

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DarthBrooks69420 19 hr ago +9

Iran isn't remotely comparable to ISIS. That's like comparing a random Methodist church to something like the Mercy Culture church that is in my local area. There is the vaguest religious connection, but one is clearly evil.

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satellite779 19 hr ago +5

If you read her wikipedia article, it says she converted to Islam before defecting.

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RaisinWorried3528 20 hr ago -22

The fact that you people think the bullshit you do about the Middle East is sad. It's not all huts and sand. There are a lot of Metropolitan areas and a lot of things to do. Stop getting all of your culture from f****** South Park or Family Guy.

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CircumspectCapybara 20 hr ago +37

We're not talking about going to live in "the Middle East" dude, we're talking about Iran specifically under its current regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The people are wonderful (probably why their government slaughters them by the tens of thousands). The brutal, repressive regime, not so much. Betraying your country for the enticing reward of spending the rest of your days looking over your shoulder in Iran under the Islamic Republic regime and is like betraying your country to go live in North Korea under the Kim regime. There's no price Iran's regime could offer a sane, privileged American with a cushy, respectable job and a bright future to defect to Iran that could make it worth it if you have any sense in your head. Not a million dollars, not your own palace, etc.

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Militantpoet 19 hr ago +7

>Betraying your country for the enticing reward of spending the rest of your days in Iran under the Islamic Republic regime is like betraying your country to go live in North Korea under the Kim regime. What? No it's not lmao. Honestly you don't even know what setup she has with the government. Clearly it was worth it for her. Obviously we disagree with that, but regimes like Iran have an incentive to attract defectors. >After her defection, Iranian government officials provided Witt with “goods and services, including housing and computer equipment,” to facilitate her work for them, according to the indictment.

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CircumspectCapybara 19 hr ago -1

> What? No it's not lmao. Uh, yeah it is, if anything it's worse, Iran has had a more violent more terroristic history than North Korea which just postures and makes a lot of noise. Iran has more been like ISIS if anything. Iran and ISIS are both designated terrorist organizations, both have murdered tens of thousands of civilians by most analyst estimates, both have...let's just say less than stellar treatment of women, which is what makes it so bizarre a white American woman would want to go live under that regime. And both are in the perpetual cross hairs of western bombs. > After her defection, Iranian government officials provided Witt with “goods and services, including housing and computer equipment,” Ah yes, housing and computer equipment, a very compelling package for leaving your life in the US and your western freedoms for a life with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Militantpoet 19 hr ago +3

Do you think they would mistreat their own intelligence assets? This isn't anything like those British chuds who were radicalized online then moved somewhere they weren't informed about. She was an intelligence specialist. Her defection was valuable enough to be an asset for the government. Like, I'm not here to defend the government. I've had family thankfully leave Iran to find a better life elsewhere. I hate the government there. But they're not stupid, of course they're going to reward defectors. Man, it's so obvious when people are just not educated or informed past what they see on TV.

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fartonisto 19 hr ago +2

Iran is a horrible place to be a woman. Stop it.

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Militantpoet 19 hr ago

For regular people? Absolutely. But like in any other autocratic regimes, if youre well connected and dont ruffle anyone's feathers, you can absolutely live a privileged life. Shes probably not there protesting the government she defected to. You know their morality police have women who go around snitching on other women? Its literally like the Handmaids Tale.

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fartonisto 18 hr ago +2

I don't know how comparing life as a woman to the Handmaids Tale is supposed to counter my comment.

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The-Bloody9 20 hr ago +5

If this is your reaction, then perhaps it is you who is believing bullshit about life under the IRGC in Iran. Including policies that women should be r*ped in prison to insure they don't go to heaven.

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Beef_Wagon 19 hr ago -2

Lmao right?! Utter propagandized hogs in here. Iran is not some like mud hut shithole. These are a very intelligent and cultured people going back thousands of years. The fact that they’re mopping us up should dispel any notions of inferiority…

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rehevkor5 17 hr ago +1

Intelligent and cultured countries can still do horrible things. We're not criticising their architecture or their malls or their music. We're criticising the opression, the murder, the r***, all done in the name of god.

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Zech08 15 hr ago +1

Grass is greener on the other side, until you get there.

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enterthehawkeye 10 hr ago +1

And the yanks who moved to Russia

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ilikeorwell 9 hr ago +1

This is a really good question. I have been curious about that myself. Closest I came to finding an answer was reading The Phantom Blooper. Times are different now, but a non-trivial number of "privileged" individuals still defect to seemingly inhospitable places. I'm guessing religion, ideology, disillusionment, play a role.

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JasonVorhehees 20 hr ago +10

Is she still alive

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RoswellRedux 20 hr ago +120

If Kash can't find Nancy Guthrie who disappeared a few months ago, why is he even bothering with someone who disappeared 13 years ago?

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_Kramerica_ 20 hr ago +49

It’s all a clown show to make it look like they’re doing anything of value.

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Nephroidofdoom 17 hr ago +19

WDM? Kash was recently spotted searching for survivors from the USS Arizona.

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Responsible-Smell561 11 hr ago +1

Who GOT disappeared. The FBI never truly even cared about that one.

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1877KlownsForKids 20 hr ago +59

Hahaha oh shit I'm pretty sure I was at DLI with her.

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Moneyshot_ITF 20 hr ago +31

Shout-out DLI! Monterey, stand up

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WhatsTheWerd 20 hr ago +51

FBI look right here, two guys who knew her and might have info 😂

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donkeyrocket 18 hr ago +5

Sorry, you’re going to need to be more specific. Do you have a bullet casing or manifesto that outlines exactly where she is?

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big_stipd_idiot 13 hr ago +2

Yeah we found a bullet casing with an inscription reading "I ♡ sanctuary cities" and a manifesto with 29 pages of nothing but "We want transgender for all" over and over. So we're thinking she's probably somewhere in California or New York and might be affiliated with Antifa.

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Drak_is_Right 16 hr ago +1

Anyone that knew her much, was probably already interviewed a decade+ ago

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Acceptable_Bat379 19 hr ago +8

Hell yeah! What year?

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Better-Quantity2469 18 hr ago +22

they actually use her as a warning for farsi students about not drinking the kool-aid when interacting with shia islam. she basically got so culturally immersed that she converted, and came to the conclusion that iran was fighting the good fight and jumped ship. 😂

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1877KlownsForKids 18 hr ago +10

Anything for that 3!

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derelict613 19 hr ago +15

Crypto linguists represent

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1877KlownsForKids 18 hr ago +4

Eww, I like sunlight. HUMINT.

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CantAffordzUsername 20 hr ago +69

Waring: FBI NEVER pays out rewards

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PreviouslyMannara 19 hr ago +14

It's one of those "only if you use a particular contact, what you provide becomes 99% of the accuse, and we are able to send the criminal to prison" kind of ruse?

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FrogArmyCorporal 19 hr ago +4

How very unsurprising!

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southendgirl 20 hr ago +40

Well she wasn’t around the waters of the USS Arizona.

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PissdrunxPreme 20 hr ago +10

Checked thoroughly in Milan as well.

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WaldoSupremo 19 hr ago +14

“After her defection, Iranian government officials provided Witt with “goods and services, including housing and computer equipment,” to facilitate her work for them, according to the indictment. It’s unclear whether she has a lawyer in the US to represent her.”

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IamNICE124 19 hr ago +7

I know what she looks like! Does that count!?

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MechaD13579 20 hr ago +41

Kash offering one of his custom whisky bottles to sweeten the deal?

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kingsumo_1 20 hr ago +8

You know, one of the people he made take a polygraph probably suggested that Monica was the one to steal that missing one, and now he's offering the bounty.

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spleeble 18 hr ago +13

"Here's a spy story from 10+ years ago to make Iran sound extra scary."

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LlamaRS 19 hr ago +10

Never mind the chinese spy

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Legitimate-Match-477 18 hr ago +12

But we pardon and release and elect Israeli spies.

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joe-bagadonuts 20 hr ago +27

What are we going to do about all the politicians working for Israel? Looking specifically at you Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Lindsay Graham

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TastyTwix 19 hr ago +8

Going to Iran as a US service member and a woman, that's gotta be a form of suicide

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mdhunter99 17 hr ago +6

Just a reminder the FBI is never giving that money away, even if it’s a signed contract and leads to prosecution. They have a history of never giving money away (among other things)

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TopicCandid 14 hr ago +4

Don't these rewards rarely ever actually get paid out?

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BrieBelle00 16 hr ago +2

I'm starting to feel left out... I went to DLI, and nobody outside the US has ever tried to recruit me for espionage 😢

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crackedgear 11 hr ago +4

Did yall check the WarThunder discord yet?

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EmpireCityRay 11 hr ago +3

$200K, that’s all?; c**** bastards can’t grab more money off drug cartel money they’ve gotten to make the total more?! For $200K they can find her themselves.

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Kruse 20 hr ago +5

She's some kind of top-tier idiot.

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porican 20 hr ago +6

crowdsourcing your detective work. bang up job, fellas

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Sharks77 20 hr ago +25

Isn't that pretty much any "Wanted" poster?

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CircumspectCapybara 20 hr ago +13

A lot of cases on the FBI's "most wanted list" are solved through public help or people close to the fugitive finally turning on them and aiding the feds years after the trail had gone cold and the feds didn't have anything promising themselves. This includes terrorists and drug cartel bosses. The publicity and notoriety and pressure of the list and the bounties increases the chances of one of these things happening.

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wes_wyhunnan 20 hr ago +10

That’s literally how law enforcement works. You know, the standard “ did anyone see what happened?”

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BakedChocolateOctopi 20 hr ago +8

This is kind of what the FBI often does, no? Kash and his goons are losers, but this is pretty standard steps for an investigation, especially one like this

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_Kramerica_ 20 hr ago +5

By that stupid logic paying anybody for a service falls under that category. Did you build the house you live it? Build the car you drive? Grow the food you eat? Cmon, use your brain.

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porican 18 hr ago

every wanted poster is an admission of failure

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Darmortis 14 hr ago +2

I smell bullshit. So little of what's alleged lines up with the events that led to our current geopolitical state with Iran, combined with how incompetent the FBI has been made by this administration, while given the constant scandals of its director over the last few months... "Clutching at straws" feels generous. Pure fabrication for distraction feels more likely.

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arul20 12 hr ago +1

F*** Kash Patel, his Klown car, and Trump.

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JohnSolo22 19 hr ago +2

Won't find her, so we should try to find the rest of Trump/Epstein files.

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Kkwoowoo 14 hr ago +1

I feel like this was a movie somewhere. Like Jason Bourne or some shit.

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Independent_Tie_4984 12 hr ago +1

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland\_(TV\_series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)) Homeland TV show

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CautiousDirection286 13 hr ago +1

Terrorists giving national security info to another country is nuts

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MyAccountWasBanned7 8 hr ago +1

Who would trust this FBI to actually deliver on the reward? Personally, I wouldn't turn her in if she was my neighbor. F*** Kash Patel!

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Iribumkiak 8 hr ago +1

This seems like a distraction.

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Abject_Rhubarb_3430 8 hr ago +1

200k? Considering how much money they have, if they really wanted the answer why wouldn’t they offer a billion?

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Drifter747 19 hr ago

Didnt trump reveal details of not one but a mass of undercover overseas agents?

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Routine-Ad-1161 16 hr ago +1

Another one of Kash’s girlfriends?

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Ok-Hornet-6819 16 hr ago +1

She's not where you think

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filthytoast 13 hr ago +1

$200K is N-O-T-H-I-N-G to put crosshairs on your back. Private federal legal defense STARTS around $150K for petty felonies. I would never get caught up in providing such high stakes info for such shit money. You need an amount that lets you disappear and live happily ever after and $200K is not going to do it. What's with these low ball offers these past few years from the FBI?!

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Lokarin 12 hr ago +1

Well, the first thing the FBI should do is Freedom of Information themselves to see if the alleged spy wasn't already 'dealt with'.

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UrsaMajor7th 11 hr ago +1

*A little help?* \-FBI

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Yuleogy 10 hr ago +1

Someone wake up Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel. Unless he’s in Valhalla already with whatshisnose. In which case, let him sleep.

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Foe117 20 hr ago -2

These days who knows if FBI has any evidence at all, idk if they have evidence in the first place.

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Ready4Repairs 19 hr ago

I bet they're talking about Robert Levinson as the individual she revealed as a CIA asset.

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i_am_voldemort 19 hr ago +5

He disappeared in 2007 well before her defection.

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Ready4Repairs 18 hr ago +1

The article stated she operated in a counter intelligence role from 2003-2007. I understand they say she was recruited in 2013. But the government never lied right? They pushed he wasn't a CIA assest forever.

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cmndrnewt 16 hr ago

Oh cool, now do Donald Trump. F****** fat pedo traitor. F*** him and his traitor children.

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phatbody 19 hr ago -1

They spent more for a scuba dive.

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