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Tanuki

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Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:18 PM Aug 2020

Bannon was nabbed on the yacht of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui [View all]

and the level intrigue when this is all said and done will make our heads spin..

https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/06/07/guo-wengui-chinese-billionaire-1356594

"Guo Wengui allegedly offered a pair of conservative operatives $9 million for dirt on his enemies’ porn habits and out-of-wedlock children. Now he’s suing.
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began when a firm tied to the billionaire, real estate magnate Guo Wengui, allegedly hired a private intelligence firm to dig up dirt on Chinese nationals — including their bank records, porn habits and any illegitimate children — then sued, saying the firm failed to deliver. In turn, the intelligence firm has claimed Guo’s side gave it a thumb drive loaded with sophisticated malware and that he sought information on people whose records were deemed sensitive by the U.S. government.

The ongoing suit, the details of which are reported here for the first time, deepens the already considerable mystique surrounding the billionaire businessman. An ally of Steve Bannon’s and a fugitive from Chinese authorities, Guo now lives in New York. His presence in the U.S. has exacerbated tensions between China’s ruling Communist Party and the administration of President Donald Trump.

The case also offers a rare behind-the-curtain glimpse at the tactics of 21st century geopolitical intrigue, where it is increasingly common for deep-pocketed clients with political agendas to pay firms with government contacts and cyber know-how to obtain people’s sensitive private information — and then use it to destroy them."


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More on Guo Wengui
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-exiled-billionaire-whistleblower.html

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And more on the Bannon-Guo Wengui connection
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fundraising-at-company-tied-to-steve-bannon-and-guo-wengui-faces-probe-11597857467?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/oxAjRJ0llL

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Wait, I'm beginning to think Bannon's not a "hard hat wearing every day man" who hates Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2020 #1
It gets better.... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2020 #21
Ah, so that's what he's been up to, when not beating up his ex-wife. That guy looks more and more Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2020 #24
Kick dalton99a Aug 2020 #2
Why do right wing men look like caricatures of pigs? DBoon Aug 2020 #4
Maybe Orwell's Animal Farm was a true story... hunter Aug 2020 #7
I think he looks like volstork Aug 2020 #11
That's a drinker's gut. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2020 #22
Novelists of the future will be hard pressed to beat the shit show story. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #3
This seems like a twist on "Mr. Robot"... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #5
Nice Yacht..be a shame if..... Budi Aug 2020 #6
Not sure about Neville Crichton, but per New York Times, Guo owns the Lady May. Tanuki Aug 2020 #10
Guo Wengui is a member of Mara Lago...hmmmm Budi Aug 2020 #16
Geezus! Maybe it's a shared global mob owned yacht... Budi Aug 2020 #19
"Bannon Nabbed On Possible Chinese Spy's Boat." Jirel Aug 2020 #8
And I read elsewhere that he is a member of Mar-a-lago! Tanuki Aug 2020 #15
OMG - it's getting hard to keep up. China good? Russia bad? Russia good? China bad? Vinca Aug 2020 #9
Money good. Power good. Hypocrisy feature, not bug. DTomlinson Aug 2020 #13
It's like professional wrestling! volstork Aug 2020 #14
Good analogy. Better keep paying attention because the "good" guy you were rooting Blue_true Aug 2020 #23
But I thought Trump and Bannon were supposed to be TOUGH ON CHI-NA! DTomlinson Aug 2020 #12
In fairness, Trump was thinking about deporting Guo Weygui... Tanuki Aug 2020 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Leghorn21 Aug 2020 #17
Seriously this is straight out of Arrested Development! Initech Aug 2020 #20
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