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Ian Talley

  • Founder, Blood Money Media
Washington, D.C.
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Investigative journalist exploring the shadow world of finance at risk-intelligence platform @KharonData
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Venezuela Strikes Mark New Front in U.S.-Iran Proxy War

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By Ian Talley
| bloodmoneymedia.com
The string of U.S. strikes against alleged narco-trafficking boats in the Caribbean is not just a fresh phase in the war on drugs; it is a new operational theater in the proxy war against Iran. The attacks—nearly a dozen over the last month—are the sharp tip of the Trump administration’s doctrine that treats Latin America’s cartels as not simply transnational criminal organizations but strategic weapons deployed by America’s adversaries in a global contest for power.
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Trump's Crypto Pardon Puts "National Security Up For Sale"

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By Ian Talley
| bloodmoneymedia.com
In this Blood Money Media episode, national-security analyst Erica Hanichak warns that Trump’s pardon of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao “puts a For Sale sign on the front of the U.S. financial system.” Hanichak, Deputy Director of the FACT Coalition and a National Security Fellow at FDD, explains how Binance’s lobbying and the Trump family’s crypto interests helped open America’s doors to illicit finance — from Russian and Iranian sanctions evaders to cartels and human traffickers.
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The Case Testing U.S. Deterrence & Democracy

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By Ian Talley
What do former National Security Adviser John Bolton and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have in common? Both claim President Donald Trump privately offered to intervene in a criminal case involving a massive breach of U.S. national security. Trump, according to both men, has offered to intercede on behalf of Halkbank, Turkey’s state-owned bank accused of helping Iran sidestep an international sanctions campaign meant to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons program. This Substack is reader-supported.
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