{"data":{"id":16028,"title":"Plain Truth: Shadow State","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/16028-Plain-Truth-Shadow-State","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/16028","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/16028","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":1547,"name":"PlainTruthFI1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/e0op6vokxdi6sr\/source\/PlainTruthFI1.jpg","alt":"","size":950082,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-04-01T19:31:34+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"< Transmission Begins >\nIn the land of misinformation, we must rely on the truth to be our guide. No matter how dark and hazy it gets, we must continue our crusade toward the light. This journey begins with us and it starts right here. My name is Parker Terrell, and it\u2019s time for the Plain Truth.\n\nThe other day, a news alert popped up on my mobi, a simple headline that said Storm Securities financed the failed assassination of Imperator Costigan. That was it. One simple, declarative statement and the alert went away.\n\nAs it turns out, after evidence surfaced that this vaunted company had made payments to Maurice Vano, the assailant killed fleeing the failed assassination of Imperator Costigan, law enforcement raided their New Junction headquarters to look for more information. Publications were suddenly claiming that Storm Securities wasn\u2019t just a company that had once hired Vano for some work. No, these so-called \u2018news organizations\u2019 decided to drop all pretense of due process and label Storm Securities as the financier behind the entire operation, without providing a shred of evidence outside of a single, unnamed source.\n\nNow, this took me a bit by surprise because I know the folks who run Storm Securities. Their founder, Hamsa Paul, is a friend of the show, actually. We had him on several years back after a few of their contractors were involved in an unfortunate incident with the Advocacy.\n\nBut, we\u2019ll circle back to that point later, because the second I read the news about Storm Securities, I reached out to Hamsa Paul for a comment. The truth of the matter is that Storm Securities hired Vano to do some legal security work and paid him out. That\u2019s it. The company completes hundreds, if not thousands, of similar contracts every year. Yet, the Advocacy still kicked down their front door and used this small connection to Vano as an excuse to help themselves to the company\u2019s records.\n\nI don\u2019t believe the \u201cunnamed Advocacy source\u201d for a second. No, instead I see this new development as a sign that we\u2019ve entered a dangerous new part of the investigation \u2014 score settling. The failed assassination of Imperator Costigan has triggered the UEE\u2019s shadow state into action, affording them the political cover to attack their adversaries and further their own sinister agenda.\n\nSome of you have heard me rant and rave about this shadow state before \u2014 a cabal of people so powerful that most of the public isn\u2019t aware that they\u2019re the ones pulling the UEE\u2019s strings. I know some of you are shaking your head, asking if this shadow state is so powerful and secretive, then why\u2019s little ol\u2019 Parker Terrell know about it?\n\nBecause I\u2019m paying attention.\n\nFor instance, have you noticed how little information is truly out there about the attack on Imperator Costigan? Yeah, sure, every day a pundit hops on the spectrum to spin some wild new theory about how it was a Xi\u2019an crime syndicate or some Tevarin separatist group behind it all. But the actual facts of the case are few and far between. Almost like someone doesn\u2019t want us to know what really happened \u2026\n\nDon\u2019t believe me? Well, let\u2019s take a moment and examine exactly what we know about the assassination. Let\u2019s toss every bit of unconfirmed information out the hatch and focus on things we know. That we can prove.\n\nOn May 30th, reports of an incident at the Banking Federation Summit in New York City flooded the spectrum. Two verified points rose above all the noise. First, that an assassination attempt aimed at Imperator Costigan had failed, but left one member of the 1st Marine Combat Battalion dead. Second, an individual believed to be involved in the attack was shot dead while fleeing the scene.\n\nExactly one week after this dramatic incident, Imperator Costigan makes his first public appearance. He arrives on the Senate floor to advocate for the Human-Xi\u2019an Trade Initiative moments before a vote is scheduled on it. This highly unorthodox move would\u2019ve created a political firestorm under normal conditions. HuXa opponents fume at the theatrics, but understand that criticizing the Imperator at such a time would only backfire. A vote is held and HuXa passes by a razor thin margin.\n\nThe morning after HuXa was passed, Advocacy Director Thomas Carmody holds his first press conference since the day of the failed assassination. He reveals the name of the individual killed fleeing the scene to be Maurice Vano. He also claims that Vano\u2019s system had a \u201csignificant amount\u201d of the new designer drug called Flow in it, but provides no relevant information past that.\n\nJournalists investigate Vano and reveal that he\u2019s ex-Navy. He worked as a merc for decades and has some tenuous ties to a hardlined Terran independence group. The Advocacy raids his flat and hangars. Boxes upon boxes of personal belongings are removed, but there\u2019s no further official comment. His neighbors are hauled in for interviews and then, according to one of them, advised to avoid making comments in the press. Some end up speaking to journalists anyway, but they all say the same thing: Vano kept to himself, but occasionally had outbursts of anger. A description that could be applied to many others.\n\nDespite his checkered past, very little information about his actions over the previous year has surfaced. That is, until last week\u2019s raid on Storm Securities. Suddenly, someone in the Advocacy is leaking like a sieve, claiming that the company might\u2019ve financed the entire operation.\n\nDoesn\u2019t that seem strange? In the two months since the failed assassination, all we\u2019ve gotten from the Advocacy are bare bones facts about the attack and the name of the assailant. There hasn\u2019t been one other leak out of the Advocacy until this \u201csource\u201d came forward to claim that Storm Securities financed the operation.\n\nThat got me wondering. Why now?\n\nWell, some of you out there, much like me, might not be too surprised by this turn of events. You might even remember exactly why Storm Securities founder Hamsa Paul was on the show a few years ago.\n\nIf you don\u2019t recall, back in 2945, a team of Storm Securities contractors were protecting a cargo hauler when it was jumped by members of the Otoni Syndicate. These security professionals turned the tables on their attackers and eliminated the threat, only to find out that one of the Otoni attackers was actually an undercover Advocacy agent.\n\nThe Advocacy came after Storm Securities, claiming that the agent had attempted to notify the operators of his true identity in an effort to maintain his cover, and that the company was liable for what happened. They made Hamsa Paul\u2019s life a living hell for a year, but for all the Advocacy\u2019s bluster, Storm Securities was ultimately cleared of all charges. They put the tragic event behind them, but the Advocacy doesn\u2019t seem to have moved on.\n\nIt seems to me that scores are being settled, and this will be but the first controlled leak that happens. Despite all the lies designed to confuse or distract us, we must stay vigilant and on top of the truth more than ever before. The future of the UEE depends on it.\n\nWe need to take a quick break. When the Plain Truth returns, I\u2019ll be speaking with Ezra Talen about the shadow state and his new book Whispers & Handshakes, which examines how the real empire-building is happening behind the scenes. That, and more, when we return.","de_DE":"\u00dcbertragung beginnt >\nIm Land der Fehlinformationen m\u00fcssen wir uns auf die Wahrheit verlassen, um uns zu leiten. Egal wie dunkel und verschwommen es auch wird, wir m\u00fcssen unseren Kreuzzug zum Licht fortsetzen. Diese Reise beginnt bei uns und sie beginnt genau hier. Mein Name ist Parker Terrell, und es ist Zeit f\u00fcr die reine Wahrheit.\n\nNeulich tauchte ein Nachrichtenalarm auf meiner Mobi auf, eine einfache Schlagzeile, die besagt, dass Storm Securities das gescheiterte Attentat auf Imperator Costigan finanzierte. Das war's dann. Eine einfache, deklarative Aussage und die Warnung ist verschwunden.\n\nWie sich herausstellt, nachdem Beweise daf\u00fcr gefunden wurden, dass dieses ger\u00fchmte Unternehmen Zahlungen an Maurice Vano geleistet hatte, t\u00f6tete der Angreifer auf der Flucht vor dem gescheiterten Attentat auf Imperator Costigan, \u00fcberfiel die Polizei ihr Hauptquartier in New Junction, um nach weiteren Informationen zu suchen. In den Ver\u00f6ffentlichungen wurde pl\u00f6tzlich behauptet, dass Storm Securities nicht nur ein Unternehmen sei, das Vano einst f\u00fcr einige Arbeiten engagiert habe. Nein, diese so genannten \"Nachrichtenorganisationen\" haben beschlossen, den Vorwand des ordentlichen Verfahrens aufzugeben und Storm Securities als Finanzier hinter der gesamten Operation zu benennen, ohne einen Funken Beweismaterial au\u00dferhalb einer einzigen, unbenannten Quelle zu liefern.\n\nNun, das hat mich ein wenig \u00fcberrascht, denn ich kenne die Leute, die Storm Securities leiten. Ihr Gr\u00fcnder, Hamsa Paul, ist eigentlich eine Freundin der Show. Wir hatten ihn vor einigen Jahren, nachdem einige ihrer Auftragnehmer in einen ungl\u00fccklichen Vorfall mit der Advocacy verwickelt waren.\n\nAber, wir werden sp\u00e4ter auf diesen Punkt zur\u00fcckkommen, denn in der Sekunde, in der ich die Nachrichten \u00fcber Storm Securities las, habe ich Hamsa Paul um einen Kommentar gebeten. Die Wahrheit ist, dass Storm Securities Vano mit der Arbeit in der Rechtssicherheit beauftragte und ihn auszahlte. Das ist es. Das ist es. Das Unternehmen schlie\u00dft jedes Jahr Hunderte, wenn nicht sogar Tausende von \u00e4hnlichen Vertr\u00e4gen ab. Dennoch trat die Advocacy immer noch die Haust\u00fcr ein und nutzte diese kleine Verbindung zu Vano als Vorwand, um sich bei den Akten des Unternehmens zu bedienen.\n\nIch glaube nicht, dass die \"ungenannte Advocacy-Quelle\" f\u00fcr eine Sekunde. Nein, stattdessen sehe ich diese neue Entwicklung als ein Zeichen daf\u00fcr, dass wir in einen gef\u00e4hrlichen neuen Teil der Untersuchung eingetreten sind - die Abrechnung. Die gescheiterte Ermordung von Imperator Costigan hat den Schattenstaat der UEE in Gang gesetzt und ihnen die politische Deckung gegeben, ihre Gegner anzugreifen und ihre eigene unheimliche Agenda voranzutreiben.\n\nEinige von euch haben mich schon einmal \u00fcber diesen Schattenzustand schimpfen und schw\u00e4rmen h\u00f6ren - eine Kabale von Menschen, die so m\u00e4chtig sind, dass die meisten der \u00d6ffentlichkeit nicht wissen, dass sie diejenigen sind, die die F\u00e4den der UEE ziehen. Ich wei\u00df, dass einige von euch den Kopf sch\u00fctteln und fragen, ob dieser Schattenzustand so m\u00e4chtig und geheimnisvoll ist, warum wei\u00df dann der kleine alte Parker Terrell davon?\n\nWeil ich aufmerksam bin.\n\nHaben Sie zum Beispiel bemerkt, wie wenig Informationen wirklich \u00fcber den Angriff auf Imperator Costigan vorhanden sind? Ja, sicher, jeden Tag springt ein Pandit auf das Spektrum, um eine wilde neue Theorie dar\u00fcber zu entwickeln, wie es ein Xi'an-Verbrechersyndikat oder eine separatistische Tevarin-Gruppe hinter allem war. Aber die tats\u00e4chlichen Fakten des Falles sind selten. Fast so, als ob jemand nicht will, dass wir wissen, was wirklich passiert ist....\n\nGlaubst du mir nicht? Nun, nehmen wir uns einen Moment Zeit und untersuchen genau, was wir \u00fcber das Attentat wissen. Lassen Sie uns jedes bisschen unbest\u00e4tigte Informationen aus der Luke werfen und uns auf das konzentrieren, was wir wissen. Das k\u00f6nnen wir beweisen.\n\nAm 30. Mai \u00fcberfluteten Berichte \u00fcber einen Vorfall auf dem Banking Federation Summit in New York City das Spektrum. Zwei verifizierte Punkte stiegen \u00fcber das gesamte Ger\u00e4usch. Erstens, dass ein Attentatsversuch auf Imperator Costigan gescheitert war, aber ein Mitglied des 1. Marine Combat Battalion tot lie\u00df. Zweitens wurde eine Person, von der angenommen wurde, dass sie in den Angriff verwickelt war, auf der Flucht vom Tatort erschossen.\n\nGenau eine Woche nach diesem dramatischen Vorfall tritt Imperator Costigan zum ersten Mal \u00f6ffentlich auf. Er kommt im Senat an, um sich f\u00fcr die Human-Xi'an Handelsinitiative einzusetzen, kurz bevor eine Abstimmung dar\u00fcber geplant ist. Dieser h\u00f6chst unorthodoxe Zug h\u00e4tte unter normalen Bedingungen einen politischen Feuersturm ausgel\u00f6st. HuXa-Gegner rauchen in der Theatralik, verstehen aber, dass eine Kritik am Imperator zu einem solchen Zeitpunkt nur nach hinten losgehen w\u00fcrde. Eine Abstimmung findet statt und HuXa passiert einen hauchd\u00fcnnen Rand.\n\nAm Morgen nach der Verabschiedung von HuXa h\u00e4lt Advocacy Director Thomas Carmody seine erste Pressekonferenz seit dem Tag des gescheiterten Attentats. Er enth\u00fcllt den Namen der get\u00f6teten Person, die auf der Flucht vor dem Tatort Maurice Vano war. Er behauptet auch, dass Vano's System eine \"signifikante Menge\" der neuen Designerdroge Flow darin hatte, aber keine relevanten Informationen dar\u00fcber hinaus liefert.\n\nJournalisten untersuchen Vano und enth\u00fcllen, dass er ein Ex-Navy-Mann ist. Er arbeitete jahrzehntelang als S\u00f6ldner und hat einige schwache Verbindungen zu einer hartgesottenen terranischen Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitsgruppe. Die Advocacy \u00fcberf\u00e4llt seine Wohnung und seine Hangars. Kisten auf Kisten mit pers\u00f6nlichen Gegenst\u00e4nden werden entfernt, aber es gibt keinen weiteren offiziellen Kommentar. Seine Nachbarn werden zu Interviews herangezogen und dann, so einer von ihnen, geraten, Kommentare in der Presse zu vermeiden. Einige sprechen sowieso mit Journalisten, aber sie alle sagen das Gleiche: Vano behielt sich f\u00fcr sich, hatte aber gelegentlich Ausbr\u00fcche von Wut. Eine Beschreibung, die auf viele andere angewendet werden kann.\n\nTrotz seiner wechselvollen Vergangenheit sind nur sehr wenige Informationen \u00fcber seine Handlungen im vergangenen Jahr aufgetaucht. Das hei\u00dft, bis zum \u00dcberfall auf Storm Securities letzte Woche. Pl\u00f6tzlich leckt jemand in der Advocacy wie ein Sieb und behauptet, dass das Unternehmen den gesamten Betrieb finanziert haben k\u00f6nnte.\n\nSieht das nicht seltsam aus? In den zwei Monaten seit dem gescheiterten Attentat sind alles, was wir von der Advocacy erhalten haben, nackte Fakten \u00fcber den Angriff und den Namen des Angreifers. Es gab kein weiteres Leck in der Advocacy, bis diese \"Quelle\" auftrat, um zu behaupten, dass Storm Securities die Operation finanziert habe.\n\nDas brachte mich zum Nachdenken. Warum jetzt?\n\nNun, einige von euch da drau\u00dfen, genau wie ich, sind vielleicht nicht allzu \u00fcberrascht von dieser Wendung der Ereignisse. Vielleicht erinnern Sie sich sogar genau daran, warum Hamsa Paul, Gr\u00fcnder von Storm Securities, vor einigen Jahren auf der Messe war.\n\nWenn Sie sich nicht mehr daran erinnern, im Jahr 2945, sch\u00fctzte ein Team von Storm Securities Auftragnehmern einen Frachtschiff, als es von Mitgliedern des Otoni-Syndikats \u00fcberfallen wurde. Diese Sicherheitsexperten drehten den Spie\u00df um und eliminierten die Bedrohung, nur um herauszufinden, dass einer der Otoni-Attent\u00e4ter tats\u00e4chlich ein Undercover-Agent von Advocacy war.\n\nThe Advocacy kam nach Storm Securities und behauptete, dass der Agent versucht habe, den Betreibern seine wahre Identit\u00e4t mitzuteilen, um seine Deckung aufrechtzuerhalten, und dass das Unternehmen f\u00fcr das Geschehene haftbar sei. Sie machten Hamsa Pauls Leben ein Jahr lang zur H\u00f6lle, aber bei allem Toben der Advocacy wurde Storm Securities schlie\u00dflich von allen Anklagen befreit. Sie haben das tragische Ereignis hinter sich gelassen, aber die Advocacy scheint nicht weitergemacht zu haben.\n\nEs scheint mir, dass die Ergebnisse ausgeglichen werden, und das wird nur das erste kontrollierte Leck sein, das auftritt. Trotz all der L\u00fcgen, die dazu bestimmt sind, uns zu verwirren oder abzulenken, m\u00fcssen wir mehr denn je wachsam und auf der H\u00f6he der Wahrheit bleiben. Die Zukunft der UEE h\u00e4ngt davon ab.\n\nWir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen. Wenn die schlichte Wahrheit zur\u00fcckkehrt, werde ich mit Ezra Talen \u00fcber den Schattenzustand und sein neues Buch Whispers & Handshakes sprechen, das untersucht, wie sich der wahre Aufbau des Imperiums hinter den Kulissen abspielt. Das und noch mehr, wenn wir zur\u00fcckkehren.","zh_CN":"< Transmission Begins >\nIn the land of misinformation, we must rely on the truth to be our guide. No matter how dark and hazy it gets, we must continue our crusade toward the light. This journey begins with us and it starts right here. My name is Parker Terrell, and it\u2019s time for the Plain Truth.\n\nThe other day, a news alert popped up on my mobi, a simple headline that said Storm Securities financed the failed assassination of Imperator Costigan. That was it. One simple, declarative statement and the alert went away.\n\nAs it turns out, after evidence surfaced that this vaunted company had made payments to Maurice Vano, the assailant killed fleeing the failed assassination of Imperator Costigan, law enforcement raided their New Junction headquarters to look for more information. Publications were suddenly claiming that Storm Securities wasn\u2019t just a company that had once hired Vano for some work. No, these so-called \u2018news organizations\u2019 decided to drop all pretense of due process and label Storm Securities as the financier behind the entire operation, without providing a shred of evidence outside of a single, unnamed source.\n\nNow, this took me a bit by surprise because I know the folks who run Storm Securities. Their founder, Hamsa Paul, is a friend of the show, actually. We had him on several years back after a few of their contractors were involved in an unfortunate incident with the Advocacy.\n\nBut, we\u2019ll circle back to that point later, because the second I read the news about Storm Securities, I reached out to Hamsa Paul for a comment. The truth of the matter is that Storm Securities hired Vano to do some legal security work and paid him out. That\u2019s it. The company completes hundreds, if not thousands, of similar contracts every year. Yet, the Advocacy still kicked down their front door and used this small connection to Vano as an excuse to help themselves to the company\u2019s records.\n\nI don\u2019t believe the \u201cunnamed Advocacy source\u201d for a second. No, instead I see this new development as a sign that we\u2019ve entered a dangerous new part of the investigation \u2014 score settling. The failed assassination of Imperator Costigan has triggered the UEE\u2019s shadow state into action, affording them the political cover to attack their adversaries and further their own sinister agenda.\n\nSome of you have heard me rant and rave about this shadow state before \u2014 a cabal of people so powerful that most of the public isn\u2019t aware that they\u2019re the ones pulling the UEE\u2019s strings. I know some of you are shaking your head, asking if this shadow state is so powerful and secretive, then why\u2019s little ol\u2019 Parker Terrell know about it?\n\nBecause I\u2019m paying attention.\n\nFor instance, have you noticed how little information is truly out there about the attack on Imperator Costigan? Yeah, sure, every day a pundit hops on the spectrum to spin some wild new theory about how it was a Xi\u2019an crime syndicate or some Tevarin separatist group behind it all. But the actual facts of the case are few and far between. Almost like someone doesn\u2019t want us to know what really happened \u2026\n\nDon\u2019t believe me? Well, let\u2019s take a moment and examine exactly what we know about the assassination. Let\u2019s toss every bit of unconfirmed information out the hatch and focus on things we know. That we can prove.\n\nOn May 30th, reports of an incident at the Banking Federation Summit in New York City flooded the spectrum. Two verified points rose above all the noise. First, that an assassination attempt aimed at Imperator Costigan had failed, but left one member of the 1st Marine Combat Battalion dead. Second, an individual believed to be involved in the attack was shot dead while fleeing the scene.\n\nExactly one week after this dramatic incident, Imperator Costigan makes his first public appearance. He arrives on the Senate floor to advocate for the Human-Xi\u2019an Trade Initiative moments before a vote is scheduled on it. This highly unorthodox move would\u2019ve created a political firestorm under normal conditions. HuXa opponents fume at the theatrics, but understand that criticizing the Imperator at such a time would only backfire. A vote is held and HuXa passes by a razor thin margin.\n\nThe morning after HuXa was passed, Advocacy Director Thomas Carmody holds his first press conference since the day of the failed assassination. He reveals the name of the individual killed fleeing the scene to be Maurice Vano. He also claims that Vano\u2019s system had a \u201csignificant amount\u201d of the new designer drug called Flow in it, but provides no relevant information past that.\n\nJournalists investigate Vano and reveal that he\u2019s ex-Navy. He worked as a merc for decades and has some tenuous ties to a hardlined Terran independence group. The Advocacy raids his flat and hangars. Boxes upon boxes of personal belongings are removed, but there\u2019s no further official comment. His neighbors are hauled in for interviews and then, according to one of them, advised to avoid making comments in the press. Some end up speaking to journalists anyway, but they all say the same thing: Vano kept to himself, but occasionally had outbursts of anger. A description that could be applied to many others.\n\nDespite his checkered past, very little information about his actions over the previous year has surfaced. That is, until last week\u2019s raid on Storm Securities. Suddenly, someone in the Advocacy is leaking like a sieve, claiming that the company might\u2019ve financed the entire operation.\n\nDoesn\u2019t that seem strange? In the two months since the failed assassination, all we\u2019ve gotten from the Advocacy are bare bones facts about the attack and the name of the assailant. There hasn\u2019t been one other leak out of the Advocacy until this \u201csource\u201d came forward to claim that Storm Securities financed the operation.\n\nThat got me wondering. Why now?\n\nWell, some of you out there, much like me, might not be too surprised by this turn of events. You might even remember exactly why Storm Securities founder Hamsa Paul was on the show a few years ago.\n\nIf you don\u2019t recall, back in 2945, a team of Storm Securities contractors were protecting a cargo hauler when it was jumped by members of the Otoni Syndicate. These security professionals turned the tables on their attackers and eliminated the threat, only to find out that one of the Otoni attackers was actually an undercover Advocacy agent.\n\nThe Advocacy came after Storm Securities, claiming that the agent had attempted to notify the operators of his true identity in an effort to maintain his cover, and that the company was liable for what happened. They made Hamsa Paul\u2019s life a living hell for a year, but for all the Advocacy\u2019s bluster, Storm Securities was ultimately cleared of all charges. They put the tragic event behind them, but the Advocacy doesn\u2019t seem to have moved on.\n\nIt seems to me that scores are being settled, and this will be but the first controlled leak that happens. Despite all the lies designed to confuse or distract us, we must stay vigilant and on top of the truth more than ever before. The future of the UEE depends on it.\n\nWe need to take a quick break. When the Plain Truth returns, I\u2019ll be speaking with Ezra Talen about the shadow state and his new book Whispers & Handshakes, which examines how the real empire-building is happening behind the scenes. That, and more, when we return."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":78,"created_at":"2017-07-26T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"8 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-28 14:38:06","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":16027,"next_id":16031}}