Matt Rodier

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I’m a photojournalist based in NY. I’m interested in: journalism, photography, human rights, politics, music, and film.
Arizona called for Hobbs. Wow. Wow wow wow. Election Week(s) keeps getting wilder.
This article about a corrupt DEA agent includes a bunch of fed agents and prosecutors doing lavish things like partying on yachts, claiming they believed it was paid for by the DEA, and seemingly never questioning why. It also reveals that the DEA launders money for cartels as an investigation tactic. https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-la-liga-money-laundering-puerto-rico-38aed2da8cd0ac237aca28aa39321105
DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — José Irizarry accepts that he’s known as the most corrupt agent in U.S.

AP News
This is a blog by Kyle Mizokami, a reporter who covers defense for Popular Mechanics. It consists of his continuing conversations with a U.S. volunteer fighting in Ukraine. The volunteer is in his 70’s, has been fighting wars since Vietnam, and is on the front lines now. It’s interesting stuff. https://ukrainevolunteer297689472.wordpress.com/
Ukraine Volunteer Transcripts

Ukraine Volunteer Transcripts

I met this guy last night in a bar in the East Village. He had a Pentax camera made in 1968 with him. We started talking about #photography and I told him I hadn’t shot film in decades. So then he just gives me his camera and says “go have fun.” Honestly one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever done, just walking around doing #streetphotography on a Saturday night.

NYC is a magical place.

U.S. intel report says key gulf ally meddled in #American politics

The #United_Arab_Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented U.S. #intelligence document

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/12/uae-meddled-us-politics-intel-report/

U.S. intelligence report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics

The United Arab Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented intelligence report.

The Washington Post

Documents obtained by the New York Times show the FBI paid nearly $5M for Pegasus spyware, going so far as to draw up guidelines for federal prosecutors about how the bureau should disclose use of the hacking tools during domestic criminal proceedings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/us/politics/fbi-pegasus-spyware-phones-nso.html

Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware

Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.’s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research and development purposes.

Banksy mural in Kyiv
Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.