Do I get a refund of my extortion-toll if I hit one of the mines you laid?

There is only one way to be done with this culture and this war. Only one. We know what it is and so does Trump. But it will never happen. This will be a on again off again problem for as long as human beings occupy this planet.

"Iran's Revolutionary Guard has taken a central role in managing ship movements, requiring vessels to coordinate passage directly with its naval forces."

I missed something, somewhere, sometime.

They must mean their outboard rigs!!

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Info from DOJ regarding Courtney Williams:

Former Army Employee and Top Secret Clearance Holder Arrested and Charged with Leaking Classified National Defense Information
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Updated April 8, 2026

Was this the leak about the F-15E SWO on the ground in Iran?

That leak made President Trump furious.

No, it was her contributions to the book by Harp. She then released her own tell-all story, which include alleged claims of sexual harassment and boo-hooing about not being able to see her kids & family; she didn't read the expectations portion of her job description about being available 24/365

Former member of US Army's elite Delta Force unit arrested for leaking secrets to reporter

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While the affidavit doesn't name the journalist, Williams is cited heavily in Seth Harp's book 'The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces' and was featured in a Politico profile by Harp, both published last year.

The article, titled 'My Life Became a Living Hell: One Woman's Career in Delta Force, the Army's Most Elite Unit' detailed her time as a 'signature reduction specialist.'

Court documents claim that between 2022 and 2025, Williams spoke via phone and text to Harp about her time working with the elite unit, which required her to sign a Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement when she was hired and fired.

In the affidavit, Special Agent Jocelyn Fox cited a text between the two she said occurred on or about the day the book and article were published.

'Other than a few factual errors, I would definitely have been concerned with the amount of classified information being disclosed,' Williams' text read.

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she didn't read the expectations portion of her job description about being available 24/365

Sorry sweetheart, then you're just fuckin' stupid!
You go into ANY role in a Tier 1 Unit, you know it's not a M-F 9-5, holidays off type job.
Then you have the audacity to whine and cry about it?

Zero sympathy from me. Enjoy your next duty station turning big rocks into little rocks at Ft Leavenworth Kansas. I hear it's nice in the spring.

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What exactly does a "signature reduction specialist" do?

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What exactly does a "signature reduction specialist" do?

I read the article. Her job was to create fake cover and fake travel documents including passports for Delta Force. She also helped create fake companies and helped move cash when needed for operations. If our people were under suspicion they at least had documents that they were a "college professor on holiday studying middle east culture", not "I'm US Special Forces here to take over your country."

Not a job for blabbermouth like her.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
What exactly does a "signature reduction specialist" do?

I read the article. Her job was to create fake cover and fake travel documents including passports for Delta Force. She also helped create fake companies and helped move cash when needed for operations. If our people were under suspicion they at least had documents that they were a "college professor on holiday studying middle east culture", not "I'm US Special Forces here to take over your country."

Not a job for blabbermouth like her.

Ahh, OK thanks. I was wondering if it was a technical thing, like trying to improve the effectiveness of camouflage.

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Originally posted by Expert308:...I was wondering if it was a technical thing, like trying to improve the effectiveness of camouflage.

Yes.

"John Coffey, ma'am. Like the drink, only not spelt the same".

Reducing the signature of personnel in the "public" enviornment, same as what camouflage does in the "natural" surroundings.

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I read the article. Her job was to create fake cover and fake travel...

Yes, and she was part of a support team for CAG, she was not actually SF. But, hey, how is a Daily Mail reporter supposed to know the difference.



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If they don't execute her, I hope they at least put her in solitary. Otherwise, she'll keep running her mouth.

Have to agree with Ted Cruz on the hall of fame community note on that dolt Gov Newscum

https://x.com/tedcruz/status/2042693179003277546?s=20

So big oil isn’t profiting? Got it.

Tatortodd, that was an interesting post. Based on gas tax rates, Washington is making even more than California.

Good info and maps showing the shipping channels that Iran is forcing shipping to go through

Could they hedgehog the mine fields?

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...2BfoSnrPLcDH6BhiY%3D

US Begins Clearing Mines in Strait of Hormuz

The operation was confirmed by U.S. Central Command on the same day that peace talks between the United States and Iran started in Pakistan.

Two U.S. missile destroyers started clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz on April 11 as peace talks kicked off between Washington and the Iranian regime, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed.
“Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement on Saturday.
The American ships included the USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112).

CENTCOM revealed that the mission on Saturday is part of a broader goal to make the crucial waterway, located on the southwest coast of Iran, clear of sea mines laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...1Bn%2FMrKqOlIiuHE%3D

Vance: Iran Has Rejected US Peace Terms After 21 Hours of Negotiating in Pakistan

Vice President JD Vance said Iran hasn’t clearly committed to forego nuclear weapons.

U.S. and Iranian delegations closed out peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, without a deal.

Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation in the talks, said the Iranian delegation has declined to accept a set of U.S. terms for a lasting peace.

“We have been at it now for 21 hours, and we’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news,” Vance said. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America.

The Islamabad talks began on April 11, four days after President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. The temporary truce has already proven contentious.

Vance said the stumbling block in the Islamabad talks has been Tehran’s refusal to commit to forego nuclear weapons.

“The simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon, not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long term. We haven’t seen that yet. We hope that we will,” Vance said.

Iranian state media said the U.S. terms had been excessive. State media said Iran’s nuclear rights and control over the Strait of Hormuz were among the points of contention

Before the April 7 ceasefire, Tehran had submitted a set of its 10 terms for a lasting peace. Those terms included the acceptance of some degree of uranium enrichment.

Trump has not agreed to Iran’s 10-point peace proposal, but referred to the terms as a “workable basis” to continue negotiations when he accepted the April 7 ceasefire

As he closed out the Islamabad talks, Vance said, “We’ve made very clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to accommodate them on, and what things we’re not willing to accommodate them on.”

US Begin Hormuz Minesweep

On April 11, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it had sent two guided-missile destroyers, USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy, through the Strait of Hormuz to sweep for mines that Iranian forces had dispersed in the narrow waterway.
“Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,” CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a press statement on Saturday.

Though Iranian forces have agreed to stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz since agreeing to a two-week ceasefire on April 7, Iranian forces have taken issue with the activity of the two U.S. warships.

“Permission to transit, in accordance with specific regulations, is granted exclusively to non-military vessels,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said in a statement shared through state media on Saturday.

Tehran has sought to exercise continued control over the Strait of Hormuz as one of its 10 conditions for a long-term peace deal.
US Won: Trump

Trump declared U.S. victory over Iran on Saturday, even as peace negotiations continued in Pakistan.
“Regardless what happens, we win. We totally defeated that country,” the president told reporters before departing Washington for Miami. “We’re in very deep negotiations with Iran. We win regardless. We’ve defeated them militarily.”

Trump touted the destruction of Iran’s air force and air defenses, as well as Iran’s seapower. He also acknowledged U.S. efforts to clear the Strait of Hormuz of leftover Iranian mines during the ceasefire and ongoing negotiations.

“We'll open up the strait, even though we don’t use it, because we have a lot of other countries in the world that do use it, that are either afraid, or weak, or cheap,” he said.

Israel Will Keep Fighting: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an X post on April 11 that “Israel under my leadership will continue to fight Iran’s terror regime and its proxies.”
Israeli forces have continued to strike Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon since April 7, including with ground combat forces in southern Lebanon.

Tehran was quick to object to Israel’s continued military operations in Lebanon after the April 7 ceasefire.

When he announced the ceasefire in an X post on April 7, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote that “the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.”

Vance contradicted Sharif’s characterization of the ceasefire, saying a “legitimate misunderstanding” had occurred, but that the ceasefire Trump had accepted with Iran simply didn’t include Lebanon.

The Netanyahu government has signaled a willingness to discuss a ceasefire with Lebanon, and the U.S. State Department has offered to host the talks as early as next week.

Unfortunately history has shown that there needs to be a complete capitulation for there to be real and lasting peace when dealing with such extreme governments.
Otherwise we’ll be repeating the job in five to twenty years.