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To: Land Shark who wrote (1574067)	11/30/2025 7:39:57 AM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583492

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To: Land Shark who wrote (1574067)	11/30/2025 7:44:50 AM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583492

Key Intelligence Assessments Supporting the Strikes U.S. intel agencies consistently affirm that targets are involved in narcotics trafficking, drawing from surveillance, signals intelligence (SIGINT), and human sources. Here’s what they’ve said: • CIA and DIA (Primary Targeting Intelligence): • The CIA provides much of the foundational intelligence, including intercepted communications (e.g., phone calls and radio chatter) and satellite/drone surveillance tracking vessels from loading points in Venezuela or Colombia along “known narco-trafficking routes.” A Washington Post report details that early in the administration, the CIA drafted a secret “finding” authorizing covert operations against Venezuelan drug networks, which faced internal pushback over legality but proceeded. Officials describe a “some level of confidence” threshold: vessels must show signs like multi-engine setups for evasion, nighttime travel, or links to designated terrorist organizations (e.g., Tren de Aragua, labeled a foreign terrorist organization in January 2025). • In one case (October 18 strike on a semi-submersible “narco-sub”), President Trump cited CIA/DIA confirmation that the vessel carried “mostly fentanyl” bound for the U.S., though no physical evidence was recovered post-strike. • DEA (Drug-Specific Analysis): • The DEA’s 2025 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report identifies Mexico as the primary source of U.S.-bound fentanyl, with minimal Venezuelan involvement (mostly cocaine to Europe). However, in briefings, DEA analysts have corroborated vessel tracking, noting that while fentanyl sea trafficking from Venezuela is “unlikely,” cocaine loads (90% of Venezuelan exports) pose a threat. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram defended the strikes in a November 2025 CBS interview, stating: “We’re going to apply every single tool,” emphasizing intel-driven disruption of supply chains. • NSA and DoD Intelligence (Real-Time Surveillance): • NSA SIGINT intercepts communications to confirm cartel ties, while DoD assets (e.g., surveillance aircraft) build “increasing confidence” in real-time—e.g., observing loading of suspicious cargo. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell repeatedly stated: “Our intelligence did indeed confirm these boats were trafficking narcotics destined for America… [and] the individuals involved were narco-terrorists.” In a leaked memo to Congress (October 2025), DoD classified cartel members as “unlawful combatants,” enabling strikes without arrests. • SOUTHCOM (Operational Integration): • As the executing command, SOUTHCOM integrates intel from all agencies. In social media posts after strikes, it states: “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.” Admiral Alvin Holsey (SOUTHCOM commander, retired November 2025) briefed Congress on the intel pipeline but noted no prior consultation with regional allies. These assessments have led to 100% lethality in most strikes (e.g., no survivors until October, when two from a narco-sub were detained and repatriated to Ecuador/Colombia). Officials argue this prevents “tens of thousands” of U.S. overdose deaths annually.