NEWS: The CIA under President Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, part of Trump’s dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern border. www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p... - ThreadSky

natashabertrand.bsky.social • 16 days ago

NEWS: The CIA under President Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, part of Trump’s dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern border. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/cia-drone-missions-mexico-drug-cartels/index.html

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dbpublisher.bsky.social•16 days ago

The kind of reporting Trump loves. He can call CNN traitors, and a lot of Americans will agree. This is what the CIA does -- you may not like it, but it's called intelligence gathering. Don't want them to track the drug cartels? Explain that to the voters.

fnuxibit.bsky.social•16 days ago

The elephant in the room here:These drone flights likely originate in the U.S., so that means we have drone flights over the continental U.S. I'm not sure that has ever happened before.

prismascuro.bsky.social•15 days ago

I doubt they originate in Minneapolis or Omaha. They most like originate off military bases off the border.
And yes, there are drone flights. Law enforcement uses them. They even show up on Flight Aware and it shows who they belong to.

richardjellyfish.bsky.social•16 days ago

I expect they will be launching missiles against them soon.

invictusghost.bsky.social•14 days ago

Actually this isn't new. What is new is the idea of arming them and bombing Mexico. We import drugs to Canada and guns to Mexico. Should they bomb the Bronx, San Diego?

bestsloth.bsky.social•16 days ago

Did Claudia Sheinbaum know/approve?

coorsnotsolite.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yeah. It has been a thing since the Biden administration, their defense secretary has publicly said the flights have not violated international law too.

independenthuman.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'm curious. Are we supposed to believe that we've never done this before? That only because Trump is president that somehow now this is news? They've spied on us, they still do. Our intelligence agencies know everything. That anything is done to them is a different matter, if it's not profitable.

kevo122.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hardly a secret now tbf.

bcartwright.bsky.social•16 days ago

Something something Chinese balloons.

agentcurieuse.bsky.social•16 days ago

This "reorientation" is tantamount to gross negligence. America's due for something big and will be caught totally off guard as a result.

laurentguy.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hope Mexico gave permission. Otherwise, this is a recipe for a major incident with our southern neighbor.

prrh.bsky.social•16 days ago

What? You have to pay for CNN now?

crungeoneer.bsky.social•16 days ago

idk if i'd quite frame "manufacturing a pretext for an invasion" as dramatic reorientation

treebeemo.bsky.social•16 days ago

These drones may provide excellent target practice for Mexicans armed with American-made CIA-provided guns.

starfinder.bsky.social•16 days ago

Good luck shooting at something traveling at 300 knots at an operational altitude of 25,000 feet.

treebeemo.bsky.social•16 days ago

Good point. We are screwed.

starfinder.bsky.social•16 days ago

We're only screwed if we give up.

Performative nonsense happening over Mexican airspace isn't a reason to surrender.

jcruz909.bsky.social•16 days ago

Is he watching Sicario: Day of the Soldado again?

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•16 days ago

@nick-carmody.bsky.social

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social•16 days ago

Jeffries rushes to the stage to tell everyone that if they had elected Democrats, those Reaper drones would have guns to shoot any immigrants they saw.

browder2neustadt.bsky.social•16 days ago

How much has that cost us? Is that where our cancer research dollars are going?

prismascuro.bsky.social•15 days ago

Well, since fentanyl kills a hell of a lot of people, it is a good investment if it can slow down the flow. And I hate Trump.

tempura13.bsky.social•16 days ago

They have weapons. What happens when and if they are fired?

mpzrd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Green Berets are training with Mexican special forces in Mexico. They will be on ops as "advisors" soon, one imagines, it's the usual thing. https://san.com/cc/us-army-green-berets-training-naval-infantry-marines-in-mexico/

kimnoreen.bsky.social•16 days ago

I remember when I thought CNN was a source I could depend on. Ted Turner was a visionary. CNN is Fox lite and when they do report news, they often forget to give credit to the investigate journalists that did the work.

saltymuleblue.bsky.social•16 days ago

We’re a probably few months or less from drone strikes or US troops in Mexico. How do experts see that playing out considering scenarios of Mexico giving approval or not? What are the blowbacks? Cartel counter attacks in the US?

littleredmagahat.bsky.social•16 days ago

The US wants to seize territory.

starfinder.bsky.social•16 days ago

No...The Orange clown and his regime want to be performative, self-serving and pretend that they're doing something for their fanboys...
Nothing more.

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