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On today's episode of The Candice Malcolm Show, Candice is joined by investigative journalist Sam Cooper to discuss China's latest attempt to interfere in Canada's democratic process. Plus, Mark Carney tells reporters he has "absolutely no idea" why the Chinese government would want to help get him elected, despite his long history of promoting the regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sam Cooper is an award-winning Canadian investigative journalist and best-selling author, recognized for his in-depth reporting on money laundering, organized crime, and foreign interference in Canada. He gained prominence for breaking the British Columbia casino money laundering story in 2017 while at the Vancouver Sun and later expanded his work at Global News. His book, Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West, alleges that Canadian officials ignored a sophisticated criminal network tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), impacting real estate, casinos, and the fentanyl crisis. Marc Cohodes is a prominent American short-seller and investor, widely recognized for his ability to uncover corporate fraud and financial misconduct. With a career spanning decades, he gained fame as a general partner at Rocker Partners (later Copper River Management) from 1985 to 2009, where he exposed major frauds like Lernout & Hauspie and NovaStar Financial—the latter becoming a Harvard Business School case study. Known for his tenacious and outspoken style, Cohodes has targeted companies across industries, including biotech (e.g., MiMedx) and crypto (e.g., FTX), often predicting collapses before they occur.Cornerstone Forum ‘25https://www.showpass.com/cornerstone25/Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500Substack:https://open.substack.com/pub/shaunnewmanpodcastSilver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionWebsite: www.BowValleycu.comEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Use the code “SNP” on all ordersProphet River Links:Website: store.prophetriver.com/Email: SNP@prophetriver.com
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Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss Mark Carney's connections to China and the World Economic Forum, the reasoning behind President Trump's recent aggression toward Canada, and the rapid build-up to what could be a third world war between China and the United States.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
My guest this week is Lloyd Leugner, a Canadian veteran, patriot and freedom fighter. Lloyd served 15 years in the Canadian Army, including 3 peacekeeping missions. In 2012, he received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and in 2018 he received the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers in honour of his work helping veterans who suffer from PTSD. In this episode, we discuss the Trump tariffs, the pathetic angry posturing of Canada's mainstream political leaders, the reality of Canada's fentanyl problems and the money laundering connected with drugs, casinos, the CCP and foreign interference in Canadian politics. For an in-depth study of the fentanyl / money-laundering / casinos / real estate / CCP / foreign influence connections, check out Sam Cooper's book, Wilful Blindness: https://www.amazon.ca/Wilful-Blindness-network-tycoons-infiltrated/dp/0888903014
Sam Cooper does tremendous job of breaking down the complexity of the money laundering and drugs trade that is happening in Canada and why Trudeau's latest announcements don't even begin to touch it.Sam Cooper's Article:https://www.thebureau.news/p/trade-based-money-laundering-is-theSend a one-time contribution to the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XARF5X38AMZULListen to our Podcast on the go: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elev8podcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elev8podcast X: https://twitter.com/TheElev8Podcast0:00 - Intro1:20 - Canada's Angry6:55 - Cooper Cites Experts on the Ground
On today's episode of the Candice Malcolm Show, Candice dissects the latest news, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's crocodile tears, President Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs, the CBC working overtime to cover for the Liberal Party. Candice is joined by award-winning investigative journalist Sam Cooper to discuss Canada's deep and concerning problems keeping foreign gangs out of our country. They discuss how foreign and domestic gangs team up to circumvent our laws and distribute deadly drugs all over the world. Sam and Candice talk about the misguided media narrative, and how Canadian journalists are covering for the Liberal government failures. The worrying connections between drug lords and the Trudeau government is a BIG problem, and the media refuse to dig into it. Later in the show, Candice is joined by Second Street's Colin Craig to talk about Canada's failing healthcare system, how we can fix it and how we can make Canadians more healthy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meghan Murphy speaks with Sam Cooper about the current state of Canadian politics; what's really behind Trump's tariff threats; the truth about Justin Trudeau's “resignation;” who his apparent successor, Mark Carney, really is; how vulnerable Canada is to CCP interference, and more.Sam Cooper is a Canadian journalist, founder of The Bureau, and author of Wilful Blindness:How a network of narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents infiltrated the West.The Same Drugs is on X@thesamedrugs_. Meghan Murphy is on X @meghanemurphy and on Instagram @meghanemilymurphy. Find The Same Drugs merch at Fourthwall.
As Canada faces an economic (and existential!) threat from the United States, This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks former Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O'Toole whether now is the time to freak out. What should Canada's federal government and provincial governments be doing to strengthen their position with the Americans in trade negotiations? Plus, is drug trafficking out of Canada really as bad as the Americans say it is? Investigative journalist Sam Cooper (The Bureau) explains what we know about Canada's illicit drug production and exportation: Is Canada a 'fentanyl problem' for the rest of the world? Will Canada's newly appointed "Fentanyl Czar" satisfy the Americans? And will the Fentanyl Czar actually crack down on organized crime?Recorded: February 24, 2025
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss President Trump's demands that the Trudeau Liberals clean up their fentanyl problem, the deteriorating relationship between Canada and the United States, and why the Trudeau government has lost trust with American law enforcement agencies.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
Don't miss our interview with Sam Cooper, investigative journalist, as we take a deep dive into alarming corruption and the foreign interference, money laundering and connections to Canadian politicians. ...FULL Sam Cooper Interview On Liberal Corruption: Exclusive to Rumble https://surl.li/iskcby (copy and paste this link or go to the comments for full link)...-FIND Sam Cooper's The Bureau Substack: https://substack.com/@samthebureau Sam on X @scoopercooperSam Cooper's Book: Willful Blindness. https://a.co/d/2jCXJjT...Mark Carney's hypocrisy is on full display. How can the so-called champion of Net Zero profit from coal exports to China while telling Canadians to abandon fossil fuels? This isn't just hypocrisy—it's a political catastrophe. From Brookfield Asset Management's coal dealings to ties with China's Belt and Road initiatives, the contradictions are staggering. Is this the leadership Canada needs?Dive into today's explosive revelations exposing Carney's deep connections to foreign influence and his blatant double standards. We also discuss the broader implications for Canada's economy, national security, and even political corruption. From Chinese interference in elections to money laundering in real estate, the web of deceit runs deep—and it's time Canadians resolved to resist.Independent journalism is under attack by censorship, but we're here to fight back and bring you the truth. Subscribe now, hit the notification bell, and help us beat the algorithm. Support the channel by checking out our amazing merchandise—it's not just gear, it's a statement. Together, we can expose the lies and demand accountability.Your free speech matters. Your support matters. Let's resist hypocrisy and fight for a better Canada.#markcarney #pierrepoilievre #bnnbloomberg #riskmanagement #chinaCHAPTERS:00:00 - Emergency Powers01:40 - Introduction07:20 - CBSA Incompetence Issues09:00 - Interview with Sam Cooper09:45 - House of Commons Hogue Report19:00 - Mark Carney Insights21:38 - Discussion25:00 - Money Laundering Overview27:03 - Money Laundering in Real Estate29:58 - Concluding Remarks...KRAYDEN'S RIGHT: RESOLVE TO RESISTThanks for watching to the end this really helps small channels like this! I include Canadian NEWS LINKS of the articles I write in my video descriptions. ...SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM JOIN THE KRAYDEN'S RIGHT RESISTANCE:-Stand on Guard Store Merch with a Message: https://standonguard.store/-Join my Newsletter for FREE or Paid Subscription: http://www.kraydensrightnews.com/-Buy Me a Coffee (1 time support): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kraydensright-Join YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ED4fuuXo07MoobImXavaQ/joinLocals / Rumble Subscriber Option: https://kraydensright.locals.com/Pay Direct on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/standonguard...SUBSCRIBE & HIT THE BELL TO KEEP SEEING THIS CHANNEL, FOR ALL THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW-Please SUBSCRIBE & HIT the bell. This is FREE and it will help you get notifications on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KraydensRightwithDavidKrayden -Subscribe and hit the notifications on my Rumble channel to keep informed of the latest news https://rumble.com/user/KraydensRightNEW!! You can now find Stand on Guard with David Krayden on most podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Youtube music, Substack.
Sam Cooper did an interview with Mayor of Port Coquitlam Brad West about his discussions with Biden's Secretary of State and their concern about Canada's lack of action on some the most egregious organized crime finding a home in Canada.Full Interviewhttps://www.thebureau.news/p/exclusive-secretary-of-state-warned?r=1iw71x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseSend a one-time contribution to the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XARF5X38AMZULListen to our Podcast on the go: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elev8podcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elev8podcast X: https://twitter.com/TheElev8Podcast0:00 - Intro1:08 - Mayor Brad West and Connection with Biden's Administration7:25 - West Breaks down what the Fentanyl Czar SHOULD be Doing11:40 - A Real Example of How Unserious Canada Really is
Outstanding investigative reporter Sam Cooper of the Bureau News discovers how close Large Crime Bosses have gotten to Trudeau and the Liberals.Full Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzZKUKFkWWMSubscribe to Sam's Workhttps://www.thebureau.news/ Send a one-time contribution to the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XARF5X38AMZULListen to our Podcast on the go: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elev8podcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elev8podcast X: https://twitter.com/TheElev8Podcast0:00 - Intro5:22 - Sam Cooper Tells How Crime Bosses support Liberal Party8:52 - David Eby Has Been Aware12:27 - The Real Threat to Canada
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the recent foreign interference inquiry conclusion, Canada's refusal to admit it's China problem in the face of Trump's tariff threat, and the backroom engineering of Mark Carney's takeover as an unelected Prime Minister.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
"Fentanyl is just the cover for what's really wrong. What's wrong is massive money laundering by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on a huge scale,” reveals Marc Cohodes, legendary short seller and investor. In a powerful roundtable discussion, Cohodes joins Canadian investigative journalist Sam Cooper and our own Daniela Cambone to expose the deep-rooted corruption, money laundering, and lack of accountability plaguing Canada.Questions on Protecting Your Wealth with Gold & Silver? Schedule a Strategy Call Here ➡️https://calendly.com/itmtrading/podcastor Call 866-349-3310
Today, Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, guest hosts Christopher Meyer, a former U.S. official and China expert during the Bush One and Two Administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U.S. Micronesia Council and founded Wide Fountain, a platform for in-depth geopolitical analysis. In this the second of a two-part episode, Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So, let's get started. Sam Cooper's The Bureau: https://www.thebureau.news/ Christopher Meyer's Wide Fountain platform: https://widefountain.substack.com/ --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association a and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Great news! Feedspot, the podcast industry ranking system rated One CA Podcast as one of the top 10 shows on foreign policy. Check it out at: https://podcast.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ --- Special thanks to Cozy Ambience for a sample of "February Cafe Jazz - Instrumental Bossa Nova Music for Work, Study and Relax - Background Music" retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmq8Ht-sNwQ --- Today, Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, guest hosts Christopher Meyer, a former U.S. official and China expert during the Bush One and Two Administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U.S. Micronesia Council and founded Wide Fountain, a platform for in-depth geopolitical analysis. In this the first of a two-part episode, Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So, let's get started. Sam Cooper's The Bureau: https://www.thebureau.news/ Christopher Meyer's Wide Fountain platform: https://widefountain.substack.com/ --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association a and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Special thanks to Cozy Ambience for a sample of "February Cafe Jazz - Instrumental Bossa Nova Music for Work, Study and Relax - Background Music" retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmq8Ht-sNwQ --- Transcript 00:00:01 Introduction Welcome to the One CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. One CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassoc.org. I'll have those in the show notes. Today we welcome Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, as he interviews Christopher Meyer, a former U.S. 00:00:44 SAM COOPER official and China expert during the Bush I and II administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U.S. Micronesia Council and is the founder of Wide Fountain. a platform for in -depth geopolitical analysis. This is the first of a two -part episode. Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So let's get started. 00:01:07 SAM COOPER Today I'm excited to introduce Chris Myers. Chris is a longtime China expert and former U .S. government diplomatic and economic issues officer, and he explains how military intelligence and influence networks embedded deeply with organized crime are a central feature of the global strategy employed by the families that really are running communist China. And when I say that, we're going to discuss your research on the family of Xi Jinping, the Xi family, and you call it the Yezi clique. But first, tell our viewers your background in getting into China and your career. 00:01:46 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Thank you very much, Sam. I started a keen interest in China when I was 16. And I read the history of the opium wars and I was outraged. And I decided I wanted a career to be involved in business and diplomacy between the U .S. and China. And then as an undergrad student, I did research on the special economic zones. This was in the early 80s and the special economic zones were just announced. And my research led me to see the geopolitical aspects. There were some. across from Macau, across from Hong Kong, and across from Taiwan. So I sort of had an eye to that. And then I did business. I was, for five years, I was with a Fortune 500 company. And I had the opportunity to do some business in Xiaomon. And I saw some things that set off alarm bells in my mind. And I kind of filed that. And I had some experiences that informed my research later. I worked in the government in Bush 1 and Bush 2. I was involved in Indo -Pacific affairs. really helping American companies do business in the region, and then became a consultant to part of the government that administered our territories in the Pacific. So I saw some things there that, again, set off alarm bells in my mind. And in 2016, I happened to cross an old colleague who kind of gave me some more information. And basically from 2016 until 2022, I conducted a lot of independent research. I decided I wanted to know exactly what was going on because proxies in the region seemed emboldened to take on the U .S. And they didn't have a government portfolio, but they acted like they did. And so my research sort of started in Micronesia. I had the great opportunity to come across your book. You totally informed. parts of what I was looking at and kind of put the spotlight on what happened in Canada. And I kind of worked the two sides to the middle and conducted most recently research that kind of takes us from Mao Zedong's death until the 90s. And I believe that there was a click. I call it the yes, she click. There were scores to settle. There were powerful families that were on the cusp of greatness or recognition for all their good work, and they were purged. And it led some individuals to become extremely militant in their conduct of political warfare against the U .S. So that sort of sets the table for what we might be talking about. 00:04:28 SAM COOPER Yeah. So to get into this, let's start with the Ye family. They're mysterious, but for experts, they're very clearly a clan that has tremendous kingmaking power in China. So maybe let's start with who they are and then bridge into how they connect with Xi's father. 00:04:46 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So the patriarch, Lie Jianying, was literally the kingmaker of Mao Zedong. He came from Guangdong province, and he was involved in the very earliest movements of the Communist Party in China. And he fled one of those, I think it was the Guangzhou uprising, with Zhou Enlai, and they escaped to Hong Kong. So Ye Jianying is one of the original revolutionaries in China, and he had the title of Marshal Ye. And when he crossed paths with Mao Zedong, he was actually the aide -de -camp to a very powerful Communist Party operator out of Beijing who had an army of tens of thousands. And he rolled up to Mao and his very small group of long marchers and said, follow us, we're going to Sichuan province. And Mao was like, no, I don't think that's a safe bet. The locals are going to tear you up. And Ye Jianying kind of heard a truth in Mao and he deserted this powerful general and with him brought the code books. So Mao gets Ye Jianying and the code books and he's able to communicate with the Comintern. And lo and behold, that general did get wiped out in Sichuan. He returned to Mao's base. With a few thousand troops from then, Mao became the most powerful leader in the communist ecosystem. So Ye Jianying had a very high regard for Mao. Mao called him the savior of the Communist Party and the Communist Revolution. And so fast forward it right through the revolution. Ye gets a very top position as the party secretary for Guangdong province, the largest and economically most powerful province in the country. And Mao wants to conduct his land reform in Guangdong, just as he does everywhere. And it's a violent thing where landowners are hunted down and put to death. Yeah, because he was a native Cantonese, understood that the landowners in Guangdong were not of the same ilk as those throughout China. They actually worked the lands. They had a very cooperative relationship with labor. And he tried to resist. But Mao forced Lin Biao into Guangdong. And Ye lost his government role. And if he hadn't been in the military, he would have been completely out of power. But because he had a military portfolio, he was able to stay on the peripheries. And he was actually part of the small group that brought down the Gang of Four and ended the Cultural Revolution. So Ye Jianying went through the Mao Zedong grinder, but he did it so early in the 50s that he was able to... maintain power and have it going forward. Another Long March hero was Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhong Chun. And his claim to fame in the Communist Party was he maintained security over the area where Mao was camped in Yan 'an. And he was able to provide Mao and his group with enough security that they could camp there through a winter and survive. Not only that, but he negotiated and he conducted diplomacy with the tribesmen in the Northwest, in Qinghai, in Xinjiang, and in Tibet. And he was loved. And he got a lot of rebels and insurgents among these minority populations to join the Communist Party. And Mao gave him great profs for that and referred to him as one of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms period. brilliant statesman who was able to ingratiate with the minorities and make them part of the Chinese nation. Unfortunately, though, Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongchun, he was purged, but he was purged later. He was purged in 1962. And from Xi Jinping's age nine until he was 25, Xi Jinping's father was under arrest. Without trial, it was just the culture revolution. He was under arrest because his office published a book that was deemed not flattering to Mao Zedong. Basically, he was promoting some thought within the Communist Party that Mao didn't like. So Xi's father is in jail from 62 to 78. And because Ye Senior and Xi Zhongchun had a relationship, Ye Jianying kind of became a godfather of sorts for Xi Jinping. Xi was sent to work in the countryside and he escaped and he tried to get back to Beijing and it wasn't safe for him to be reunited with his family. And Ye intervened. And Ye made sure that Xi joined the Communist Party, even though these tragedies were all around him, and made sure that he got the semblance of an education, although he really never did. He was a guide for Xi Jinping throughout his younger years. in place of his father. 00:10:02 Sam Cooper Before we continue how those families dovetail together, can you describe in China's political economy, what is the power of Marshal Ye? 00:10:13 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So in the 50s, he was jettisoned out of the political arena. His main work was in the PLA. He was a marshal and he became minister of defense in China. And he was responsible for procurement. And to sort of give you a sense, when the Korean War started, the United Nations put a blockade on trade with China because they were arming the North Korean army. Marshal Yeh was responsible for making sure that supplies got to North Korea. And that was a big role that he fulfilled. And his sons kind of brought that along. So it's curious because Marshal Yeh was one of the most powerful stars in the communist lineup, but he was also a minority. He was from Guangdong and he was a Haka Chinese. So some people would say that Haka Chinese within China, there's a lid sometimes on their ability to move up. And so perhaps he was never considered for the echelon, but he did arise very high. But in some ways, and his sons adopted this even more so, they had to become very combative. in their political dealings. But no doubt about it, Marshal Yeh had a chance to handle huge volumes of military supplies, and there was an opportunity to skim and generate great wealth, which probably was the case. The way that Marshal Yeh fulfilled the supply chains for the North Korean army was through organized crime. And it just happened that two of The individuals, Henry Falk and Stanley Ho, were also Hakka Chinese. And they became the kingpins of organized crime in Hong Kong and Macau. Both of them are on record as saying they made their fortunes supplying the Korean War. 00:12:15 SAM COOPER Right. So people that read my book are very familiar with Stanley Ho, according to U .S. government intelligence. the absolute king of Chinese international mafia with connectivity to casinos, banking, political influence operations in Canada, triad leadership in Canada. So I think we've set the table for the 90s in Guangdong, Fujian. Xi Jinping is now starting to come on the scene politically there. The Ye family, who were partners essentially of Xi's father. had a little bit of a godfather eye on Xi's movements within the party. We can say that they're the power behind a throne that they want to see continue to rise. So can you take us into the 90s, the sort of Stanley Ho connectivity to Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and how that combines the Hong Kong tycoons slash triad leaders with the communist powers in Fujian? 00:13:21 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yes. Mao passed away in 78. Deng Xiaoping came to power. And Deng was all about economic reform and catching up to the West. So in southern China, Fujian and Guangdong province, Deng looked to Ye Jenying and his sons. His sons were in their 30s now. And he also looked to Xi Zhongshan. Xi Zhongshan became party secretary for Guangdong province. in the early 80s. And Deng kind of put together this group. The Ye's and the Xi's were family friends. They celebrated Chinese holidays together. The Xi's were northern Chinese, but they kind of encamped in Guangdong province after a certain amount of time. And that's where Xi's father retired. But in Guangdong, the son of Ye, his name was Ye Xuanping. Basically, he was mayor of Guangzhou and the governor of Guangdong. And very quickly, he was referred to as the emperor of the south. So in the 80s, he was running Guangdong province. And he became so powerful that the CCP sought to have him step down. And he actually threatened to withhold tax to Beijing from the province of Guangdong unless they negotiated with him. He wanted a vice chair of the CPPCC, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee. And he wants to be a vice governor of the CPPCC. And he wanted to be allowed to maintain his power base in Guangdong. And this is a rare case where the CCP actually deferred to these wishes. Just to get him out of running the most powerful province in China, they said okay. So he goes over the CPPCC. And he takes with him the kingpins of organized crime in Hong Kong and Macau. Stanley Ho never had a position, but Henry Falk and the other top lieutenants in these organized crime entities all wound up on the CPPCC. And to give you a sense of like, what was some of the magic Stanley Ho had when he won the monopoly on gaming in Macau? He devised this VIP room concept where... He owned the casino, but the VIP rooms were run by basically triads and junkets, powerful friends from mainland China and triads. And the triads conducted all kinds of crime that the Vancouver model got in a very big dose. So it was racketeering and prostitution and all kinds of things, but also collections. So Stanley Ho didn't have to work on collections because his muscle did it for him. But the strongest of these triad operators wound up in the CPPCC, as long as they were effective in what they were doing for the government. And 14K is dominated by Hakka Chinese. Most of the most powerful triads have a very strong Hakka element to it. And I don't mean to suggest that this wonderful race of Chinese called Hakkas is all bad. Lee Kuan Yew, the premier of Singapore, was Hakka Chinese. phenomenal Chinese, but there were also some very nefarious and very effective in their criminal activities that were Haka Chinese. So the Ye's were in the middle of this. And Chinese language social media accounts in Hong Kong will talk about the Ye's dominance over these gaming operators in Macau. 00:17:07 SAM COOPER Let's get into that and explore that more. I just want to ask a side question. As I'm aware of a very important figure, in what we call the Hoag Commission in Canada. I'm just going to leave it at that. This is our inquiry into foreign interference that stemmed from my investigative reporting. And there is a politician at the center of that that my sources close to them said went off to a haka conference in China for weeks or something like that, you know, while being an elected politician in Canada. Knowing what you know, and I'm just coming out of the blue with this question, is there anything good for Canada that they could be doing on that trip? 00:17:45 CHRISTOPHER MEYER There could be a lot of normal cultural activity, but I'll say one thing, that the powers that are doing the kinds of things that I'm concerned with are definitely represented in those groups. There might be a wink and a nod and things look very normal on the surface, but there's no free lunch in China. Everybody has to pay the piper, and the piper is the communist party of China. 00:18:11 SAM COOPER So let me ask you this. Viewers of the Bureau know that I've pressed away in journalism in explaining that the United Front Work Department and international money laundering and organized crime are synonymous. They're one and the same. The CIA says the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is really the core unit of the United Front. So what you're getting at... I think the Ye family, these power brokers that are behind Xi and his power in southern China, you're saying they essentially formed this United Front and organized crime compact as sort of a political tool, a smuggling tool, a military tool? 00:18:55 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yes. And I want to say that the United Front was an early Communist Party creation. And the thing about the Communist Party... They infiltrated the Kuomintang. When the Kuomintang had more power and they were the power base in China, the communists used political warfare to infiltrate them and really become their undoing. And the United Front is basically one way to get all parts of society under the control of the CCP. So within the United Front, the CPPCC is sort of the big leagues. And all the other organizations are the feeder groups. So if you get in a small united front group and you deliver in a big way, you can get promoted all the way to this PCC. And Ong Lapsung is an example of that. So the whole idea of the united front is to harness and control all the resources from academia, the private sector. from all aspects of society and to make them work for the Communist Party. And I feel that any united front operation, and there's so many in Canada and the U .S., they should just be called assets of the Chinese government. That's one way for the Chinese to increase their headcount of diplomatic officers within any given country. 00:20:26 Close Thanks for listening. If you get a chance, please like and subscribe and rate the show on your favorite podcast platform. Also, if you're interested in coming on the show or hosting an episode, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. I'll have the email and CA Association website in the show notes. And now, most importantly, to those currently out in the field working with a partner nation's people or leadership to forward U.S. relations, thank you all for what you're doing. your host. Stay tuned for more great episodes of One CA Podcast. Episode 2 00:00:01 Introduction Welcome to the 1CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. 1CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassoc.org. I'll have those in the show notes. Today we welcome Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, as he interviews Christopher Meyer, a former U .S. 00:00:44 Introduction official and China expert during the Bush 1 and 2 administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U .S. Micronesia Council and is the founder of Wide Fountain. a platform for in -depth geopolitical analysis. This is the second of a two -part episode. Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So let's get started. 00:01:08 SAM COOPER I feel that any United Front operation, and there's so many in Canada and the U .S., they should just be called assets of the Chinese government. That's one way for the Chinese to increase their headcount of diplomatic officers within any given country. And they should be labeled that way and they should be treated that way. And they're conducting operations for China. So to get back to the Ye family, I just want to say very briefly, so Deng Xiaoping taps the older brother, Ye, and he's in the government and he has a nine, 10 -year run in Guangdong. The younger brother, his name is Ye Xuanning. He's the dangerous one. He's a real interesting cat. So, yeah. was in college during the Cultural Revolution. And just to give you an idea of the thin ice that you could be skating on in China, he graduated from college and he was thrown in jail. And he was thrown in jail because, you know, Mao wanted to send a signal to the Ye family, I'm in control here. You're not in control. He got out of jail and he had a job in a radio factory or something like that. And he must have been so distraught, he lost his arm in an accident. throwing boxes into a crusher and he lost his arm. So he became a calligrapher with his left hand. And if you know Chinese, like every time you write calligraphy, your hand is going across what you're writing. If you're left -handed, I don't know how he did it. I'm left -handed. And he became an accomplished calligrapher with his left hand. So it just gives you a sense of the spirit of this guy. He's not your normal. person. I think he was a genius. I think he was extremely hardworking. And one of his first positions, he was involved in a small United Front operation in Beijing. Then he became secretary for Kang Xian, who was sort of the head of the oil faction in China. And he was a very powerful individual. And then he found himself in Guangdong. And when his brother was appointed head of the province and the city of Guangzhou, He got into Espionade, and he became the spymaster for the PLA, working in the GDP. And he really had it. He sort of hit his stride there, and that's how he ended his career. The spymaster for the PLA. I think any other rival couldn't even hold a candle to him. He was totally gifted. And his brother and he were able to leverage all of their... contacts with organized crime because he used them in operations around the world. And I think he's the one who weaponized it to the point where, number one, organized crime figures were making money for the military, a lot of it. And number two, they were almost pre -trained in operations. They were bold. They would go anywhere and do anything. And Aung La Pseung is a good example of that. 00:04:11 CHRISTOPHER MEYER I was going to say, because not everyone knows these names like you and I do, but Enlap Sang, nominally a real estate developer from Macau. My Files, he's a huge international organized crime figure known for the so -called Clinton Gate or White House visits. He's the guy that got next to the Clinton White House or got inside, you know, maybe five to ten times. He ends up getting done, as they say, in a United Nations corruption case, which of course connects to a very important guy in Australia that successfully sued my colleague, John Garneau, and yet is at the top of Chinese organized crime funding Australian politics. He was involved in that FBI case. So to bring it back, what I've picked up in my book and in my repeated reporting efforts at the Bureau is these international Chinese businessmen in real estate and casinos, tech these days, they go around the world, they get next to our politicians, and that's their job. They're being tasked by whoever the Ye family spymaster of today is, is sending them abroad to do that. At some point, Xi Jinping comes into this and says it's okay. 00:05:30 SAM COOPER okay. And it's still evolving. I mean, I came on to this. When I read your book and I saw your story of Lai Changxin, I said, holy shit, I have to get into this. You see the level of danger that it brings to a country like Canada and North America. But I think that Ye Xuen Ning created the mechanism for the CCP to use and leverage organized crime to, 00:05:51 SAM COOPER mechanism for the CCP to use and leverage organized crime to, number one, fund military operations. and other things, and to extend influence operations. Like the United Front is all about influence operations. But if you introduce organized crime elements into parts of the United Front, you can weaponize it and you can get a lot more bang for your buck using these nefarious creatures that you're managing, you're controlling them. And I want to mention something. How does the CCP have control over organized crimes? So I want to say, In the late 90s, Macau No. 1 was about to be returned from Portuguese administration to Chinese. And 2, the kind of monopoly of the casinos license was coming up in 2002. And what happened was these triad operators were starting to push back against Stanley Ho. Stanley Ho's right -hand man was shot in the face in Victoria Park during this period. And the Portuguese sent an official to try to calm down the situation. And that individual was shot when he arrived. And the Communist Party kind of went in and took control. When the monopoly came up, Stanley Ho and his family, they got the coverage. But that's because he's completely loyal to the CCP. And so the CCP has so much leverage over these entities. Completely, he devised the strategy to integrate organized crime. And then he passed away in 2016. And then the institutional steps took place after that. They had to transfer from sort of a control of one man to the government running it. And you can see examples around 2016 of a lot of large -scale Chinese operations having disruption during this period. One of the reasons they were able to do this for so long was that Ye Xuanning was completely secretive. I mean, he managed these operations in a very keen and brilliant way, and he was never identified. Xi Jinping's role is interesting. Ye Xuanning told his brothers to help Xi Jinping. And you can kind of see like an increase in their efforts when Xi's father... He was in Beijing, and he had a very high role. He pulled a bureau standing committee, and he was sent down because of Tiananmen. He was on the reformer side, and he publicly admitted it. He was a very admirable individual, and he said he was supporting Hua Guofeng. So he faced early retirement in 1993, and the Ye brothers were so upset about this, and probably Xi too. They sort of doubled down on their efforts on behalf of this political warfare. It's almost as if they were pissed off at the Communist Party, but they took it out on North America. It's like they had to become more radical in what they were doing because in order to get power in China, you had to outflank Li Peng and the hardliners. So there's an interesting element there. 00:09:13 CHRISTOPHER MEYER You talk about this combination of military intelligence and organized crime. and political warfare and global influence operations. Trade is obviously involved. Explain what you mean by radicalization of that tool in operations. 00:09:31 SAM COOPER So there were about 10 operations in the 1990s that I believe were masterminded by the Yeshi Clay and primarily Yeshi Ning. The most outrageous, there was one and probably several. smuggling of military -grade machine guns into the U .S. from China. And one of the groups that was set up, helped finance the military, was the Poly Group. And the Poly Group, they were on the bill of lading for these. They were labeled as something else, but they came into the port of Oakland. And the interesting thing was the CEO of Poly Group, who was a princeling himself, was meeting in the White House and had his photo taken with President Clinton. At the time, these machine guns were on the water. That's bold. Yes. And when I ponder this, it's like I know how much the Chinese love photographs. That photo shown by Xi Jinping to all the cronies in Beijing would get him a lot of brownie points. And these machine guns were being distributed to gangs in the area. Street gangs in California. So this kind of thing, right? Right. And so that one was uncovered. But how many others slipped by? And there have been cases similar magnitude in Tennessee and Florida. 00:10:57 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yeah, and this is where it gets into the leaked Sidewinder report that I touched on in the book. But yeah, that report refers to Pauley Group laundering 2 ,000 AK -47s into California. You're saying you believe that not only is Xi Jinping supported by this Ye family intelligence, who I have no problem believing are behind the United Front organized crime nexus. You're saying you think Xi Jinping is a mind involved in this kind of thing as well. 00:11:30 SAM COOPER Originally, as I was doing my research, I thought Xi was the mastermind. But as I did a deep dive to what his contemporaries said of him, The big knock on Xi was that he wasn't educated. Like age nine to age 25, his dad has been persecuted and locked up without trial. And he's forced to work in the countryside and he's not happy about it. I mean, he wasn't educated. And that's the biggest knock on Xi Jinping. And when you look at the history of Xi in Fujian, first of all, he goes to the Ministry of Defense and then doesn't do... anything of note there as a young man. But then he goes into Hebei province and he's working in Hebei province as a middle level provincial official. And he's not doing much. I mean, his big contribution was suggesting that they film a TV show in that province and kind of burned out. He wasn't favored by the Communist Party officials there. You know, he's brought to Fujian. Communist Party officials bounce around provinces and each time they have an increasing role. Well, he stays in Fujian for 17 years. And it's almost like he's being babysat by the Yehs. And I mean, the Yeh family compound was a two and a half hour drive from where she was in Fujian. And so I don't think he was the mastermind, but he was definitely the beneficiary. And I think that it was a long term project. And the Yeh brothers. put the pieces on the table to help promote Xi Jinping. And here's an interesting thing. In 1997, there was a big Central Party conclave, the 15th Central Party plenary meeting. And Ye wasn't even named as an alternate delegate. So you've got hundreds of delegates coming from all over the country. And he's a princeling. And he's been in provincial government for 12 years. And he's not even named. Somebody forced him onto the list of alternate delegates. There were 150. He was the 151st alternate delegate. He didn't receive one vote. He was pushed on. And I think somebody in the realm said, you know what? We're running all these operations and we're doing it so secretively. Nobody knows that this is for Xi Jinping. So they started gradually to kind of promote Xi as. the mastermind of this. And the years were okay with that. But Xi Jinping was on his way to becoming the leader of China by 2002. 00:14:08 CHRISTOPHER MEYER And I was over in Taiwan, invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over a year ago with international journalists. And we had kind of a dinner talk where their political intelligence expert was going to talk about some of this Klan details and things like that. And they said, yeah, within the princelings, Xi Jinping was the least likely, the least talented to reach chairman. 00:14:37 CHRISTOPHER MEYER And so, OK, you know, I'm not the expert. If someone from Taiwan is telling me that, you're saying that. So if true, and you're saying the power behind the throne is this Ye family that boosts him. And they're the ones you're saying that are the masterminds of what I'm going to call modern political Chinese communist warfare using proxies, organized crime, dirty tycoons. So this is where we're going. 00:15:06 SAM COOPER Yep, this is where we're going. And let me just touch on a few of the operations in the 1990s, just to give you a sense for what was going on and the fact that the Chinese were never completely called out on the carpet for it. Just let them continue doing it. And one of the themes of my research is it's time to call the Chinese out. And to do that, you have to be very specific. I think there needs to be a large group of countries that has their research done and they call out Xi Jinping for this political warfare that absolutely is hyper -destructive. 00:15:41 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So you're saying this is an intelligence operation? Yeah. For the last 10 minutes or so, In direct relationship to this network you're talking about, the 90s, 2000, aggressive combination of international organized crime, Hong Kong tycoons, Macau tycoons, in Chinese military influence operations, also people smuggling, also drug smuggling, illegal migration and, you know, fentanyl. There is a basis that Chinese triads and Mexican cartels are working together on those things and that Canada is a, you could call it, if this is a company, the controlling minds of a lot of this are in Vancouver and Toronto. Canadian ports are very deeply infiltrated by China, along with some Iranian mafia and intelligence. It's a fact. So where do we go from there? I myself, as a Canadian, the good countries of the world need to get together to combat this approaching, if not already into early stages of the access of China, Iran, Russia, North Korea. We're at loggerheads and they're using Canada, I believe, unfortunately. 00:17:01 SAM COOPER Right. And I do believe that Yeshua Ning is a genius and he looked at North America and he wants to inflict pain on the U .S. When he set up these plans in the early 90s, the Chinese GDP was a fraction of the U .S. So he had a lot of ground to make up. And he chose Vancouver because the resources to combat his efforts were probably deemed to be significantly less than the resources in the U .S. So I feel that the attack on Canada, the Vancouver model. if you will, which spread right across to Toronto and then down into Queens and across to LA and permeates everything. I believe that the US and Canada should try to get on the same page about this and to the extent possible, Mexico as well. And then the UK and Australia haven't been unaffected by this. There should be a big effort to get on the same page with the West because this is a totalitarian regime doing its level best to take us out. 00:18:07 CHRISTOPHER MEYER The controlling mind, I'm saying, of the Mexican cartels, I think it's Chinese triads. That's the real power there. 00:18:15 SAM COOPER I think we're both in agreement. If you want to draw a word picture that says what this is, picture that there's a really bad actor and he's throwing a really illegal party and selling drugs and he's bringing it all in. And the U .S. is going after the people who own the land where all of this took place. You have to go after China. And I believe that China is making 98 % of the precursors for fentanyl, and then they're laundering the money. That's the other piece. They're laundering it. They're operating this massive money laundering operation for the cartels. So I say the gloves do come off, but I would love to see them come off in unison. And all of these, at least in North America, Mexico, Canada, and the U .S., we're all on the same page. And we speak with one voice. And I'll add to this. Xi Jinping has been as painful towards his own population as he has been externally and internationally. So he's inflicted pain on the Chinese and he's about to go down. I mean, he's got his wings clipped in the last few months and he may not be in power very long. There's some serious movement in China. 00:19:30 CHRISTOPHER MEYER You sound like my friend Harry Tsang, the ambassador for Taiwan and Ottawa. He's bearish on Xi Jinping in a big way. 00:19:38 SAM COOPER Yeah. Well, I think it's a good time for the West to approach China and say, look, we got off on the wrong foot. Let's reboot. And by the way, there's some reparations needed here. 70 ,000 people have been dying a year from this, and it's a Chinese operation. You know, the cartels are definitely part of it, but... I think there's good reason for the West to get on the same page. 00:20:02 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Absolutely. So we will end it there for a first great chat. And I think next time we'll get into the juicy story of Lai Cheng Zing, the bigot China's supposed most wanted. Or what was he? So I'll leave it at that and we'll pick it up next time. You have to say, 00:20:21 SAM COOPER have to say, I'm sitting there doing my research. I get your book. And all of a sudden, within 50 pages, the lights are going off because you wrote about Lai Changxin and it just completed some thoughts that I was mulling over. And yeah, we're going to have an interesting conversation about Lai Changxin. 00:20:40 CHRISTOPHER MEYER That touches my heart because I've always been a brother of the United States and I've felt so disheartened that bad people have gotten in between us and we have to stop that. And as you say, we need to get together on this. I've reached some good thinkers in the US and there's now things brewing. So let's keep it going. You got it. 00:21:01 Close Thanks for listening. If you get a chance, please like and subscribe and rate the show on your favorite podcast platform. Also, if you're interested in coming on the show or hosting an episode, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. I'll have the email and CA Association website in the show notes. And now, most importantly, to those currently out in the field, working with a partner nation's people or leadership to forward U .S. relations. Thank you all for what you're doing. This is Jack, your host. Stay tuned for more great episodes, One CA Podcast.
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Today, Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, guest hosts Christopher Meyer, a former U.S. official and China expert during the Bush One and Two Administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U.S. Micronesia Council and founded Wide Fountain, a platform for in-depth geopolitical analysis. In this the first of a two-part episode, Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So, let's get started. Sam Cooper's The Bureau: https://www.thebureau.news/ Christopher Meyer's Wide Fountain platform: https://widefountain.substack.com/ --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association a and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Special thanks to Cozy Ambience for a sample of "February Cafe Jazz - Instrumental Bossa Nova Music for Work, Study and Relax - Background Music" retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmq8Ht-sNwQ --- Transcript 00:00:01 Introduction Welcome to the One CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. One CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassoc.org. I'll have those in the show notes. Today we welcome Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, as he interviews Christopher Meyer, a former U.S. 00:00:44 SAM COOPER official and China expert during the Bush I and II administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U.S. Micronesia Council and is the founder of Wide Fountain. a platform for in -depth geopolitical analysis. This is the first of a two -part episode. Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So let's get started. 00:01:07 SAM COOPER Today I'm excited to introduce Chris Myers. Chris is a longtime China expert and former U .S. government diplomatic and economic issues officer, and he explains how military intelligence and influence networks embedded deeply with organized crime are a central feature of the global strategy employed by the families that really are running communist China. And when I say that, we're going to discuss your research on the family of Xi Jinping, the Xi family, and you call it the Yezi clique. But first, tell our viewers your background in getting into China and your career. 00:01:46 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Thank you very much, Sam. I started a keen interest in China when I was 16. And I read the history of the opium wars and I was outraged. And I decided I wanted a career to be involved in business and diplomacy between the U .S. and China. And then as an undergrad student, I did research on the special economic zones. This was in the early 80s and the special economic zones were just announced. And my research led me to see the geopolitical aspects. There were some. across from Macau, across from Hong Kong, and across from Taiwan. So I sort of had an eye to that. And then I did business. I was, for five years, I was with a Fortune 500 company. And I had the opportunity to do some business in Xiaomon. And I saw some things that set off alarm bells in my mind. And I kind of filed that. And I had some experiences that informed my research later. I worked in the government in Bush 1 and Bush 2. I was involved in Indo -Pacific affairs. really helping American companies do business in the region, and then became a consultant to part of the government that administered our territories in the Pacific. So I saw some things there that, again, set off alarm bells in my mind. And in 2016, I happened to cross an old colleague who kind of gave me some more information. And basically from 2016 until 2022, I conducted a lot of independent research. I decided I wanted to know exactly what was going on because proxies in the region seemed emboldened to take on the U .S. And they didn't have a government portfolio, but they acted like they did. And so my research sort of started in Micronesia. I had the great opportunity to come across your book. You totally informed. parts of what I was looking at and kind of put the spotlight on what happened in Canada. And I kind of worked the two sides to the middle and conducted most recently research that kind of takes us from Mao Zedong's death until the 90s. And I believe that there was a click. I call it the yes, she click. There were scores to settle. There were powerful families that were on the cusp of greatness or recognition for all their good work, and they were purged. And it led some individuals to become extremely militant in their conduct of political warfare against the U .S. So that sort of sets the table for what we might be talking about. 00:04:28 SAM COOPER Yeah. So to get into this, let's start with the Ye family. They're mysterious, but for experts, they're very clearly a clan that has tremendous kingmaking power in China. So maybe let's start with who they are and then bridge into how they connect with Xi's father. 00:04:46 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So the patriarch, Lie Jianying, was literally the kingmaker of Mao Zedong. He came from Guangdong province, and he was involved in the very earliest movements of the Communist Party in China. And he fled one of those, I think it was the Guangzhou uprising, with Zhou Enlai, and they escaped to Hong Kong. So Ye Jianying is one of the original revolutionaries in China, and he had the title of Marshal Ye. And when he crossed paths with Mao Zedong, he was actually the aide -de -camp to a very powerful Communist Party operator out of Beijing who had an army of tens of thousands. And he rolled up to Mao and his very small group of long marchers and said, follow us, we're going to Sichuan province. And Mao was like, no, I don't think that's a safe bet. The locals are going to tear you up. And Ye Jianying kind of heard a truth in Mao and he deserted this powerful general and with him brought the code books. So Mao gets Ye Jianying and the code books and he's able to communicate with the Comintern. And lo and behold, that general did get wiped out in Sichuan. He returned to Mao's base. With a few thousand troops from then, Mao became the most powerful leader in the communist ecosystem. So Ye Jianying had a very high regard for Mao. Mao called him the savior of the Communist Party and the Communist Revolution. And so fast forward it right through the revolution. Ye gets a very top position as the party secretary for Guangdong province, the largest and economically most powerful province in the country. And Mao wants to conduct his land reform in Guangdong, just as he does everywhere. And it's a violent thing where landowners are hunted down and put to death. Yeah, because he was a native Cantonese, understood that the landowners in Guangdong were not of the same ilk as those throughout China. They actually worked the lands. They had a very cooperative relationship with labor. And he tried to resist. But Mao forced Lin Biao into Guangdong. And Ye lost his government role. And if he hadn't been in the military, he would have been completely out of power. But because he had a military portfolio, he was able to stay on the peripheries. And he was actually part of the small group that brought down the Gang of Four and ended the Cultural Revolution. So Ye Jianying went through the Mao Zedong grinder, but he did it so early in the 50s that he was able to... maintain power and have it going forward. Another Long March hero was Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhong Chun. And his claim to fame in the Communist Party was he maintained security over the area where Mao was camped in Yan 'an. And he was able to provide Mao and his group with enough security that they could camp there through a winter and survive. Not only that, but he negotiated and he conducted diplomacy with the tribesmen in the Northwest, in Qinghai, in Xinjiang, and in Tibet. And he was loved. And he got a lot of rebels and insurgents among these minority populations to join the Communist Party. And Mao gave him great profs for that and referred to him as one of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms period. brilliant statesman who was able to ingratiate with the minorities and make them part of the Chinese nation. Unfortunately, though, Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongchun, he was purged, but he was purged later. He was purged in 1962. And from Xi Jinping's age nine until he was 25, Xi Jinping's father was under arrest. Without trial, it was just the culture revolution. He was under arrest because his office published a book that was deemed not flattering to Mao Zedong. Basically, he was promoting some thought within the Communist Party that Mao didn't like. So Xi's father is in jail from 62 to 78. And because Ye Senior and Xi Zhongchun had a relationship, Ye Jianying kind of became a godfather of sorts for Xi Jinping. Xi was sent to work in the countryside and he escaped and he tried to get back to Beijing and it wasn't safe for him to be reunited with his family. And Ye intervened. And Ye made sure that Xi joined the Communist Party, even though these tragedies were all around him, and made sure that he got the semblance of an education, although he really never did. He was a guide for Xi Jinping throughout his younger years. in place of his father. 00:10:02 Sam Cooper Before we continue how those families dovetail together, can you describe in China's political economy, what is the power of Marshal Ye? 00:10:13 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So in the 50s, he was jettisoned out of the political arena. His main work was in the PLA. He was a marshal and he became minister of defense in China. And he was responsible for procurement. And to sort of give you a sense, when the Korean War started, the United Nations put a blockade on trade with China because they were arming the North Korean army. Marshal Yeh was responsible for making sure that supplies got to North Korea. And that was a big role that he fulfilled. And his sons kind of brought that along. So it's curious because Marshal Yeh was one of the most powerful stars in the communist lineup, but he was also a minority. He was from Guangdong and he was a Haka Chinese. So some people would say that Haka Chinese within China, there's a lid sometimes on their ability to move up. And so perhaps he was never considered for the echelon, but he did arise very high. But in some ways, and his sons adopted this even more so, they had to become very combative. in their political dealings. But no doubt about it, Marshal Yeh had a chance to handle huge volumes of military supplies, and there was an opportunity to skim and generate great wealth, which probably was the case. The way that Marshal Yeh fulfilled the supply chains for the North Korean army was through organized crime. And it just happened that two of The individuals, Henry Falk and Stanley Ho, were also Hakka Chinese. And they became the kingpins of organized crime in Hong Kong and Macau. Both of them are on record as saying they made their fortunes supplying the Korean War. 00:12:15 SAM COOPER Right. So people that read my book are very familiar with Stanley Ho, according to U .S. government intelligence. the absolute king of Chinese international mafia with connectivity to casinos, banking, political influence operations in Canada, triad leadership in Canada. So I think we've set the table for the 90s in Guangdong, Fujian. Xi Jinping is now starting to come on the scene politically there. The Ye family, who were partners essentially of Xi's father. had a little bit of a godfather eye on Xi's movements within the party. We can say that they're the power behind a throne that they want to see continue to rise. So can you take us into the 90s, the sort of Stanley Ho connectivity to Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and how that combines the Hong Kong tycoons slash triad leaders with the communist powers in Fujian? 00:13:21 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yes. Mao passed away in 78. Deng Xiaoping came to power. And Deng was all about economic reform and catching up to the West. So in southern China, Fujian and Guangdong province, Deng looked to Ye Jenying and his sons. His sons were in their 30s now. And he also looked to Xi Zhongshan. Xi Zhongshan became party secretary for Guangdong province. in the early 80s. And Deng kind of put together this group. The Ye's and the Xi's were family friends. They celebrated Chinese holidays together. The Xi's were northern Chinese, but they kind of encamped in Guangdong province after a certain amount of time. And that's where Xi's father retired. But in Guangdong, the son of Ye, his name was Ye Xuanping. Basically, he was mayor of Guangzhou and the governor of Guangdong. And very quickly, he was referred to as the emperor of the south. So in the 80s, he was running Guangdong province. And he became so powerful that the CCP sought to have him step down. And he actually threatened to withhold tax to Beijing from the province of Guangdong unless they negotiated with him. He wanted a vice chair of the CPPCC, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee. And he wants to be a vice governor of the CPPCC. And he wanted to be allowed to maintain his power base in Guangdong. And this is a rare case where the CCP actually deferred to these wishes. Just to get him out of running the most powerful province in China, they said okay. So he goes over the CPPCC. And he takes with him the kingpins of organized crime in Hong Kong and Macau. Stanley Ho never had a position, but Henry Falk and the other top lieutenants in these organized crime entities all wound up on the CPPCC. And to give you a sense of like, what was some of the magic Stanley Ho had when he won the monopoly on gaming in Macau? He devised this VIP room concept where... He owned the casino, but the VIP rooms were run by basically triads and junkets, powerful friends from mainland China and triads. And the triads conducted all kinds of crime that the Vancouver model got in a very big dose. So it was racketeering and prostitution and all kinds of things, but also collections. So Stanley Ho didn't have to work on collections because his muscle did it for him. But the strongest of these triad operators wound up in the CPPCC, as long as they were effective in what they were doing for the government. And 14K is dominated by Hakka Chinese. Most of the most powerful triads have a very strong Hakka element to it. And I don't mean to suggest that this wonderful race of Chinese called Hakkas is all bad. Lee Kuan Yew, the premier of Singapore, was Hakka Chinese. phenomenal Chinese, but there were also some very nefarious and very effective in their criminal activities that were Haka Chinese. So the Ye's were in the middle of this. And Chinese language social media accounts in Hong Kong will talk about the Ye's dominance over these gaming operators in Macau. 00:17:07 SAM COOPER Let's get into that and explore that more. I just want to ask a side question. As I'm aware of a very important figure, in what we call the Hoag Commission in Canada. I'm just going to leave it at that. This is our inquiry into foreign interference that stemmed from my investigative reporting. And there is a politician at the center of that that my sources close to them said went off to a haka conference in China for weeks or something like that, you know, while being an elected politician in Canada. Knowing what you know, and I'm just coming out of the blue with this question, is there anything good for Canada that they could be doing on that trip? 00:17:45 CHRISTOPHER MEYER There could be a lot of normal cultural activity, but I'll say one thing, that the powers that are doing the kinds of things that I'm concerned with are definitely represented in those groups. There might be a wink and a nod and things look very normal on the surface, but there's no free lunch in China. Everybody has to pay the piper, and the piper is the communist party of China. 00:18:11 SAM COOPER So let me ask you this. Viewers of the Bureau know that I've pressed away in journalism in explaining that the United Front Work Department and international money laundering and organized crime are synonymous. They're one and the same. The CIA says the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is really the core unit of the United Front. So what you're getting at... I think the Ye family, these power brokers that are behind Xi and his power in southern China, you're saying they essentially formed this United Front and organized crime compact as sort of a political tool, a smuggling tool, a military tool? 00:18:55 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yes. And I want to say that the United Front was an early Communist Party creation. And the thing about the Communist Party... They infiltrated the Kuomintang. When the Kuomintang had more power and they were the power base in China, the communists used political warfare to infiltrate them and really become their undoing. And the United Front is basically one way to get all parts of society under the control of the CCP. So within the United Front, the CPPCC is sort of the big leagues. And all the other organizations are the feeder groups. So if you get in a small united front group and you deliver in a big way, you can get promoted all the way to this PCC. And Ong Lapsung is an example of that. So the whole idea of the united front is to harness and control all the resources from academia, the private sector. from all aspects of society and to make them work for the Communist Party. And I feel that any united front operation, and there's so many in Canada and the U .S., they should just be called assets of the Chinese government. That's one way for the Chinese to increase their headcount of diplomatic officers within any given country. 00:20:26 Close Thanks for listening. If you get a chance, please like and subscribe and rate the show on your favorite podcast platform. Also, if you're interested in coming on the show or hosting an episode, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. I'll have the email and CA Association website in the show notes. And now, most importantly, to those currently out in the field working with a partner nation's people or leadership to forward U.S. relations, thank you all for what you're doing. your host. Stay tuned for more great episodes of One CA Podcast. Episode 2 00:00:01 Introduction Welcome to the 1CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. 1CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassoc.org. I'll have those in the show notes. Today we welcome Sam Cooper, founder of the news outlet The Bureau, as he interviews Christopher Meyer, a former U .S. 00:00:44 Introduction official and China expert during the Bush 1 and 2 administrations. Meyer currently serves as the head of the U .S. Micronesia Council and is the founder of Wide Fountain. a platform for in -depth geopolitical analysis. This is the second of a two -part episode. Sam and Christopher discuss PRC strategic corruption and political warfare. So let's get started. 00:01:08 SAM COOPER I feel that any United Front operation, and there's so many in Canada and the U .S., they should just be called assets of the Chinese government. That's one way for the Chinese to increase their headcount of diplomatic officers within any given country. And they should be labeled that way and they should be treated that way. And they're conducting operations for China. So to get back to the Ye family, I just want to say very briefly, so Deng Xiaoping taps the older brother, Ye, and he's in the government and he has a nine, 10 -year run in Guangdong. The younger brother, his name is Ye Xuanning. He's the dangerous one. He's a real interesting cat. So, yeah. was in college during the Cultural Revolution. And just to give you an idea of the thin ice that you could be skating on in China, he graduated from college and he was thrown in jail. And he was thrown in jail because, you know, Mao wanted to send a signal to the Ye family, I'm in control here. You're not in control. He got out of jail and he had a job in a radio factory or something like that. And he must have been so distraught, he lost his arm in an accident. throwing boxes into a crusher and he lost his arm. So he became a calligrapher with his left hand. And if you know Chinese, like every time you write calligraphy, your hand is going across what you're writing. If you're left -handed, I don't know how he did it. I'm left -handed. And he became an accomplished calligrapher with his left hand. So it just gives you a sense of the spirit of this guy. He's not your normal. person. I think he was a genius. I think he was extremely hardworking. And one of his first positions, he was involved in a small United Front operation in Beijing. Then he became secretary for Kang Xian, who was sort of the head of the oil faction in China. And he was a very powerful individual. And then he found himself in Guangdong. And when his brother was appointed head of the province and the city of Guangzhou, He got into Espionade, and he became the spymaster for the PLA, working in the GDP. And he really had it. He sort of hit his stride there, and that's how he ended his career. The spymaster for the PLA. I think any other rival couldn't even hold a candle to him. He was totally gifted. And his brother and he were able to leverage all of their... contacts with organized crime because he used them in operations around the world. And I think he's the one who weaponized it to the point where, number one, organized crime figures were making money for the military, a lot of it. And number two, they were almost pre -trained in operations. They were bold. They would go anywhere and do anything. And Aung La Pseung is a good example of that. 00:04:11 CHRISTOPHER MEYER I was going to say, because not everyone knows these names like you and I do, but Enlap Sang, nominally a real estate developer from Macau. My Files, he's a huge international organized crime figure known for the so -called Clinton Gate or White House visits. He's the guy that got next to the Clinton White House or got inside, you know, maybe five to ten times. He ends up getting done, as they say, in a United Nations corruption case, which of course connects to a very important guy in Australia that successfully sued my colleague, John Garneau, and yet is at the top of Chinese organized crime funding Australian politics. He was involved in that FBI case. So to bring it back, what I've picked up in my book and in my repeated reporting efforts at the Bureau is these international Chinese businessmen in real estate and casinos, tech these days, they go around the world, they get next to our politicians, and that's their job. They're being tasked by whoever the Ye family spymaster of today is, is sending them abroad to do that. At some point, Xi Jinping comes into this and says it's okay. 00:05:30 SAM COOPER okay. And it's still evolving. I mean, I came on to this. When I read your book and I saw your story of Lai Changxin, I said, holy shit, I have to get into this. You see the level of danger that it brings to a country like Canada and North America. But I think that Ye Xuen Ning created the mechanism for the CCP to use and leverage organized crime to, 00:05:51 SAM COOPER mechanism for the CCP to use and leverage organized crime to, number one, fund military operations. and other things, and to extend influence operations. Like the United Front is all about influence operations. But if you introduce organized crime elements into parts of the United Front, you can weaponize it and you can get a lot more bang for your buck using these nefarious creatures that you're managing, you're controlling them. And I want to mention something. How does the CCP have control over organized crimes? So I want to say, In the late 90s, Macau No. 1 was about to be returned from Portuguese administration to Chinese. And 2, the kind of monopoly of the casinos license was coming up in 2002. And what happened was these triad operators were starting to push back against Stanley Ho. Stanley Ho's right -hand man was shot in the face in Victoria Park during this period. And the Portuguese sent an official to try to calm down the situation. And that individual was shot when he arrived. And the Communist Party kind of went in and took control. When the monopoly came up, Stanley Ho and his family, they got the coverage. But that's because he's completely loyal to the CCP. And so the CCP has so much leverage over these entities. Completely, he devised the strategy to integrate organized crime. And then he passed away in 2016. And then the institutional steps took place after that. They had to transfer from sort of a control of one man to the government running it. And you can see examples around 2016 of a lot of large -scale Chinese operations having disruption during this period. One of the reasons they were able to do this for so long was that Ye Xuanning was completely secretive. I mean, he managed these operations in a very keen and brilliant way, and he was never identified. Xi Jinping's role is interesting. Ye Xuanning told his brothers to help Xi Jinping. And you can kind of see like an increase in their efforts when Xi's father... He was in Beijing, and he had a very high role. He pulled a bureau standing committee, and he was sent down because of Tiananmen. He was on the reformer side, and he publicly admitted it. He was a very admirable individual, and he said he was supporting Hua Guofeng. So he faced early retirement in 1993, and the Ye brothers were so upset about this, and probably Xi too. They sort of doubled down on their efforts on behalf of this political warfare. It's almost as if they were pissed off at the Communist Party, but they took it out on North America. It's like they had to become more radical in what they were doing because in order to get power in China, you had to outflank Li Peng and the hardliners. So there's an interesting element there. 00:09:13 CHRISTOPHER MEYER You talk about this combination of military intelligence and organized crime. and political warfare and global influence operations. Trade is obviously involved. Explain what you mean by radicalization of that tool in operations. 00:09:31 SAM COOPER So there were about 10 operations in the 1990s that I believe were masterminded by the Yeshi Clay and primarily Yeshi Ning. The most outrageous, there was one and probably several. smuggling of military -grade machine guns into the U .S. from China. And one of the groups that was set up, helped finance the military, was the Poly Group. And the Poly Group, they were on the bill of lading for these. They were labeled as something else, but they came into the port of Oakland. And the interesting thing was the CEO of Poly Group, who was a princeling himself, was meeting in the White House and had his photo taken with President Clinton. At the time, these machine guns were on the water. That's bold. Yes. And when I ponder this, it's like I know how much the Chinese love photographs. That photo shown by Xi Jinping to all the cronies in Beijing would get him a lot of brownie points. And these machine guns were being distributed to gangs in the area. Street gangs in California. So this kind of thing, right? Right. And so that one was uncovered. But how many others slipped by? And there have been cases similar magnitude in Tennessee and Florida. 00:10:57 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Yeah, and this is where it gets into the leaked Sidewinder report that I touched on in the book. But yeah, that report refers to Pauley Group laundering 2 ,000 AK -47s into California. You're saying you believe that not only is Xi Jinping supported by this Ye family intelligence, who I have no problem believing are behind the United Front organized crime nexus. You're saying you think Xi Jinping is a mind involved in this kind of thing as well. 00:11:30 SAM COOPER Originally, as I was doing my research, I thought Xi was the mastermind. But as I did a deep dive to what his contemporaries said of him, The big knock on Xi was that he wasn't educated. Like age nine to age 25, his dad has been persecuted and locked up without trial. And he's forced to work in the countryside and he's not happy about it. I mean, he wasn't educated. And that's the biggest knock on Xi Jinping. And when you look at the history of Xi in Fujian, first of all, he goes to the Ministry of Defense and then doesn't do... anything of note there as a young man. But then he goes into Hebei province and he's working in Hebei province as a middle level provincial official. And he's not doing much. I mean, his big contribution was suggesting that they film a TV show in that province and kind of burned out. He wasn't favored by the Communist Party officials there. You know, he's brought to Fujian. Communist Party officials bounce around provinces and each time they have an increasing role. Well, he stays in Fujian for 17 years. And it's almost like he's being babysat by the Yehs. And I mean, the Yeh family compound was a two and a half hour drive from where she was in Fujian. And so I don't think he was the mastermind, but he was definitely the beneficiary. And I think that it was a long term project. And the Yeh brothers. put the pieces on the table to help promote Xi Jinping. And here's an interesting thing. In 1997, there was a big Central Party conclave, the 15th Central Party plenary meeting. And Ye wasn't even named as an alternate delegate. So you've got hundreds of delegates coming from all over the country. And he's a princeling. And he's been in provincial government for 12 years. And he's not even named. Somebody forced him onto the list of alternate delegates. There were 150. He was the 151st alternate delegate. He didn't receive one vote. He was pushed on. And I think somebody in the realm said, you know what? We're running all these operations and we're doing it so secretively. Nobody knows that this is for Xi Jinping. So they started gradually to kind of promote Xi as. the mastermind of this. And the years were okay with that. But Xi Jinping was on his way to becoming the leader of China by 2002. 00:14:08 CHRISTOPHER MEYER And I was over in Taiwan, invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over a year ago with international journalists. And we had kind of a dinner talk where their political intelligence expert was going to talk about some of this Klan details and things like that. And they said, yeah, within the princelings, Xi Jinping was the least likely, the least talented to reach chairman. 00:14:37 CHRISTOPHER MEYER And so, OK, you know, I'm not the expert. If someone from Taiwan is telling me that, you're saying that. So if true, and you're saying the power behind the throne is this Ye family that boosts him. And they're the ones you're saying that are the masterminds of what I'm going to call modern political Chinese communist warfare using proxies, organized crime, dirty tycoons. So this is where we're going. 00:15:06 SAM COOPER Yep, this is where we're going. And let me just touch on a few of the operations in the 1990s, just to give you a sense for what was going on and the fact that the Chinese were never completely called out on the carpet for it. Just let them continue doing it. And one of the themes of my research is it's time to call the Chinese out. And to do that, you have to be very specific. I think there needs to be a large group of countries that has their research done and they call out Xi Jinping for this political warfare that absolutely is hyper -destructive. 00:15:41 CHRISTOPHER MEYER So you're saying this is an intelligence operation? Yeah. For the last 10 minutes or so, In direct relationship to this network you're talking about, the 90s, 2000, aggressive combination of international organized crime, Hong Kong tycoons, Macau tycoons, in Chinese military influence operations, also people smuggling, also drug smuggling, illegal migration and, you know, fentanyl. There is a basis that Chinese triads and Mexican cartels are working together on those things and that Canada is a, you could call it, if this is a company, the controlling minds of a lot of this are in Vancouver and Toronto. Canadian ports are very deeply infiltrated by China, along with some Iranian mafia and intelligence. It's a fact. So where do we go from there? I myself, as a Canadian, the good countries of the world need to get together to combat this approaching, if not already into early stages of the access of China, Iran, Russia, North Korea. We're at loggerheads and they're using Canada, I believe, unfortunately. 00:17:01 SAM COOPER Right. And I do believe that Yeshua Ning is a genius and he looked at North America and he wants to inflict pain on the U .S. When he set up these plans in the early 90s, the Chinese GDP was a fraction of the U .S. So he had a lot of ground to make up. And he chose Vancouver because the resources to combat his efforts were probably deemed to be significantly less than the resources in the U .S. So I feel that the attack on Canada, the Vancouver model. if you will, which spread right across to Toronto and then down into Queens and across to LA and permeates everything. I believe that the US and Canada should try to get on the same page about this and to the extent possible, Mexico as well. And then the UK and Australia haven't been unaffected by this. There should be a big effort to get on the same page with the West because this is a totalitarian regime doing its level best to take us out. 00:18:07 CHRISTOPHER MEYER The controlling mind, I'm saying, of the Mexican cartels, I think it's Chinese triads. That's the real power there. 00:18:15 SAM COOPER I think we're both in agreement. If you want to draw a word picture that says what this is, picture that there's a really bad actor and he's throwing a really illegal party and selling drugs and he's bringing it all in. And the U .S. is going after the people who own the land where all of this took place. You have to go after China. And I believe that China is making 98 % of the precursors for fentanyl, and then they're laundering the money. That's the other piece. They're laundering it. They're operating this massive money laundering operation for the cartels. So I say the gloves do come off, but I would love to see them come off in unison. And all of these, at least in North America, Mexico, Canada, and the U .S., we're all on the same page. And we speak with one voice. And I'll add to this. Xi Jinping has been as painful towards his own population as he has been externally and internationally. So he's inflicted pain on the Chinese and he's about to go down. I mean, he's got his wings clipped in the last few months and he may not be in power very long. There's some serious movement in China. 00:19:30 CHRISTOPHER MEYER You sound like my friend Harry Tsang, the ambassador for Taiwan and Ottawa. He's bearish on Xi Jinping in a big way. 00:19:38 SAM COOPER Yeah. Well, I think it's a good time for the West to approach China and say, look, we got off on the wrong foot. Let's reboot. And by the way, there's some reparations needed here. 70 ,000 people have been dying a year from this, and it's a Chinese operation. You know, the cartels are definitely part of it, but... I think there's good reason for the West to get on the same page. 00:20:02 CHRISTOPHER MEYER Absolutely. So we will end it there for a first great chat. And I think next time we'll get into the juicy story of Lai Cheng Zing, the bigot China's supposed most wanted. Or what was he? So I'll leave it at that and we'll pick it up next time. You have to say, 00:20:21 SAM COOPER have to say, I'm sitting there doing my research. I get your book. And all of a sudden, within 50 pages, the lights are going off because you wrote about Lai Changxin and it just completed some thoughts that I was mulling over. And yeah, we're going to have an interesting conversation about Lai Changxin. 00:20:40 CHRISTOPHER MEYER That touches my heart because I've always been a brother of the United States and I've felt so disheartened that bad people have gotten in between us and we have to stop that. And as you say, we need to get together on this. I've reached some good thinkers in the US and there's now things brewing. So let's keep it going. You got it. 00:21:01 Close Thanks for listening. If you get a chance, please like and subscribe and rate the show on your favorite podcast platform. Also, if you're interested in coming on the show or hosting an episode, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. I'll have the email and CA Association website in the show notes. And now, most importantly, to those currently out in the field, working with a partner nation's people or leadership to forward U .S. relations. Thank you all for what you're doing. This is Jack, your host. Stay tuned for more great episodes, One CA Podcast.
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper, the Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about why the Honourable Marie-Josée Hogue doesn't believe any MP's aided foreign governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss Canada's Trump-induced political turmoil, Mark Carney's bid to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and future Prime Minister, and Carney's connection to China's global eco-extortion schemes.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
Today's podcast: Following the premiers meeting with PM Justin Trudeau we speak with the two prairie province premiers about the Team Canada approach/challenge to about to be sworn-in POTUS Donald Trump on tariffs and more. Guest: Scott Moe. Premier of Saskatchewan. The Team Canada declaration by premiers and Justin Trudeau to incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. Was it not possible to craft wording in that statement that would have been deemed acceptable to Alberta's premier? Guest: Danielle Smith. Premier of Alberta. We combine the swearing-in of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States and what Americans, Canada and the world should expect from Trump during the next four years with a final on-air conversation with long-time contributor to RGS and dean of U.S. pollsters John Zogby. Guest: John Zogby. Dean of U.S. pollsters. Founder Zogby Strategies. On The Bureau website, Bureau founder Sam Cooper is carrying an op-ed titled: Trudeau Clinging Like A Low-Key Autocrat by Jeremy Nuttal. Guest: Sam Cooper. Founder: The Bureau(.com) Are Canadians too deeply divided, at least in the near term, to recover? Where is the potential flashpoint now? Still Quebec or is it Alberta? Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO. IPSOS Public Affairs. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer - Leonardo Coelho Podcast Producer - Jonathan Chung If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On The Bureau website, Bureau founder Sam Cooper is carrying an op-ed titled: Trudeau Clinging Like A Low-Key Autocrat by Jeremy Nuttal. Guest: Sam Cooper. Founder: The Bureau(.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 19-point deficit as Anthony Edwards poured in 37 points en route to a 108-106 victory of the Los Angeles Lakers. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Wolves big lineup change, Edwards' night, and Kyrie Irving's injury. Then, Sam Cooper, from the Timeline Podcast about the Phoenix Suns, stops by to discuss the Suns' win over Philadelphia, Bradley Beal coming off the bench, and if a trade can save Phoenix's season. Then, Es and Dave throw a party for the Pistons as they make it to 18-18 and wonder if Cade Cunningham is going to make All-NBA. Host: Dave DuFour With: Es Baraheni & Sam Cooper Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio Producer: Grayson Moody Submit your questions to The Athletic NBA Daily mailbag: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5939460/2024/11/25/nba-podcast-mailbag-athletic-daily/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we continue to adjust to Prime Minister Trudeau announcing his plan to resign, host Alex Pierson has some serious concerns about the process the liberal government will use to select a new leader. She's joined by Sam Cooper, an Investigative Journalist, Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about what some of the major concerns with the selection process and why it could open the doors for foreign interference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a special two hour Christmas Day episode, Sam Cooper walks through the history of China's infiltration of Canadian society and politics beginning with Pierre Trudeau and ending with his son Justin. We explore the communist regime, criminal organizations, politicians and corporations who conspired to sell Canada's soul to China.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the 41 Canadian political candidates linked to China's United Front organizations and the 8 who were elected to office, Justin Trudeau's role in helping to elect these candidates, and the Iranian plot to assassinate newly elected President Trump.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to One CA Podcast. As we go into the holidays, the One CA brings on the show's founder, John McElligott, to talk with Brian Hancock and Jack Gaines about the show's beginnings, current updates and goals for the future. So, stay tuned. --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at https://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/podcast --- Episode list: Past Episodes: 202 Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part II) 201 Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part I) 200 Jörg Grössl on the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence 199 Jeffrey Fiddler and the U.S. Gaza Relief Mission 198 David Luna, State-sponsored criminality in strategic competition 197 Scott Mann "Nobody is Coming to Save You" 196 Jeffrey Fiddler on the DOD response to COVID 19 195 Cleo Paskal on PRC operations in Guam 194 Doug Stevens on faith-based diplomacy 193 Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part II) 192 Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part I) 191 Drew Biemer on Energy Sector Civil Affairs 190 Pavlo Kuktha on Ukraine Reconstruction 189 Phillip Smith in discussion with Brian Hancock 188 Part II, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows 187 Part I, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows 186 Major Gustavo Ferreira testifies at the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. 185 Scott Mann, Life After Afghanistan 184 Megan O'Keefe-Schlesinger on Information Operations. Part II. 183 Megan O'Keefe-Schlesinger. Leading Information Operations and Influence. Part I 182 Natacha Ciezki, from Zaire to America 181 Proxy Wars, by Pawel Bernat, Juneyt Gurer, and Cyprian Kozera 180 Sandor Fabian: Europe is Learning the wrong lessons from the conflict in Ukraine 179 Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part II 178 Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part I 177 Patrick Passewitz on the Sicilian Model 176 Part II, interview with J. David Thompson 175 Part I interview with J. David Thompson 174 Direct Commissions with Heater Cotter 173 Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.2) 172 Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.1) 171 Civil Military What? 170 Combat First Aid in Ukraine by Michael Baker 169 Part II, Bas Wouters on Influence and Persuasion 168 Part I, Bas Wouters on Influence and Persuasion 167 Electronic Warfare with Michael Gudmundson 166 On Alexei Navalny and Political Dissent 165 Part II of the Courtney Mulhern and Dan Joseph interview 164 Part I, Courtney Mulhern and Dan Joseph on the book "Backpack to Rucksack" 163 Sam Cooper on China political and Economic Warfare 162 Rob Boudreau and Joel Searls 161 Curtis Fox, Part II on Russian Hybrid Warfare 160 Curtis Fox: Part I, Russian Hybrid Warfare 159 Albert Augustine and V Corps CA 158 Introducing the 1st CAG Human Dimension Podcast 157 Part II Robert Curris on Psychological Operations integration with CA and SOF 156 Part I, Robert Curris on Psychological Operations integration with CA and SOF 155 Gen (R) David Petraeus at Carnegie 154 Angie Smith, Environmental Science and Foreign Policy 153 One CA Classic. John visits AUSA 152 Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan 151 Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan 150 The WestPoint Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations 149 Part II. Tony Vacha on Civil Affairs in Europe and Africa 148 Part I.Tony Vacha on Civil Affairs in Europe and Africa 147 Jack's first year hosting the One CA Podcast 146 Jess Langerud talks on medical diplomacy in Poland 145 Courtney Mulhern. Three tools to improve local public outreach 144 Garric Banfield on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade 143 Richard Messick. Advising partner nations on Rule of Law and anti-corruption 142 Scott DeJesse and the new Monuments Men and Women 141 Paul Hutchinson on the film ”Sound of Freedom” and human trafficking 140 Brian Hancock interview Col. Rachael Sherrer discuss Army Europe and Africa 139 John Cassara on China's Criminal Economy 138 Part II. Joseph Long on relational leadership and military diplomacy 137 Part I. Joseph Long on relational leadership and military diplomacy 136 Joe Pastorek and the 95th CA Advanced Skills Detachment 135 Jack Gaines interview with Global Integrity 134 Calvin Chrustie on conflict and hostage negotiation 133 Part II: Afghan resettlement in the U.S. 132 Part I: Afghan resettlement in the U.S. 131 Climate and Security 130 Chris Hyslop on human rights and diplomacy 129 Special Episode: Digital Civil Reconnaissance with Carrick Longley and Stephen Hunnewell 128 128 Josh Bedingfield on Shadow Governments Part II 127 Josh Bedingfield on Shadow Governments, Part I 126 Juan Quiroz on CA leading in Competition 125 Chris Hyslop: The Peace Corps 124 Special episode. Jordan Harbinger interviews H.R. McMaster on his book ”Battlegrounds” 123 Part II 38G: Agriculture and foreign policy 122 Part I 38G: Agriculture and foreign policy 121 Korea Reunification by David Maxwell 120 Special episode. IWP: The Columbia Plan 119 Discussing the USMC, 31st MEU CA Marines 118 Part II. Integrating Civil Affairs, field operations and diplomacy, by former Under-Secretary, Michael Patrick Mulroy 117 Part I. former DASD, Michael Patrick Mulroy on Integrating Civil Affairs, field operations and diplomacy 116 Assad Raza talk-back on the Frank Sobchak interview 115 Frank Sobchak on advising and training partner nation forces 114 Special Episode from the IW Podcast: Slow Burn: How Security Cooperation shapes operational environments 113 Jodi Harman and the HillVets Foundation 112 David Maxwell on grand strategy 111 Civil Affairs and Security Cooperation with Chris Stockel 110 CSM Riccio Christmas Day Concert 109 John Hutcheson on Hiring our Heroes 108 Advertisement for the CSM Riccio holiday concert 107 Operation Joint Endeavor 106 Special episode: John McElligott passes the mic 105 Major John Burns on Ghost Team at NTC 104 Stanislava Mladenova on Civ-Mil Relationships in Low-Intensity Conflict and State Fragility 103 Benjamin Ordiway and Anthony Pfaff 102 Nick Krohley and Lt Col Stefan Muehlich on Doctrinal Comparison, Part 2 101 Nick Krohley and Lt Col Stefan Muehlich on Doctrinal Comparison, Part 1 100 Episode 100 of the One CA Podcast 99 Theater Information Advantage Element 98 Brig Gen Chris Dziubek of the 351st CACOM 97 Mark Delaney on Civil Affairs Skills for Post Military Life 96 Colonel Marco Bongioanni on Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers 95 Maj Gen Jeff Coggin of USACAPOC(A) 94 Operation Allies Refuge: Lessons on Interagency and Multinational Collaboration 93 Vish Odedra on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the UK 92 LTC Greg Banner on Training for Unconventional Warfare 91 Chris Bryant on Social Media for CA 90 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 3 89 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 2 88 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 1 87 USACAPOC(A) Command Strategic Initiatives 86 Civil Affairs Interagency Panel - Part 2 85 Civil Affairs Interagency Panel - Part 1 84 Zach Hyleman and Kevin Chapla on FAO and CA 83 Civil Affairs in Regional Competition for Influence - Part 2 82 Civil Affairs in Regional Competition for Influence - Part 1 81 SFC Josh Spiers on San Pedro Sula, Honduras 80 Major Lauren Holl on San Pedro Sula, Honduras 79 Josh Bedingfield on Human Network Analysis 78 Lieutenant General Eric Wesley on Civil Competition - Part 2 77 Lieutenant General Eric Wesley on Civil Competition - Part 1 76 Maj Gen Hugh Van Roosen on a Career in SF, CA, and PSYOP 75 Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Coggin of USACAPOC(A) 74 Colonel Mattia Zuzzi of the Multinational CIMIC Group 73 Jonathan Papoulidis on Country Coordination Platforms 72 Colonel Frank van Boxmeer of NATO CCOE 71 LTC Matthias Wasinger of the Austrian Armed Forces 70 Request for Capabilities Brief Guests and Show Hosts 69 Lt Col Jahn Olson and Lt Col Korvin Kraics on III Marine Expeditionary Force 68 LTC Albert Augustine on CA Missions in Africa 67 Justin Constantine 66 John Steed of Tesla Government on GIS 65 65 Digital Civil Reconnaissance with Carrick Longley and Stephen Hunnewell 64 Joe Pastorek on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade's Advanced Skills Detachment 63 Lauren Ladenson, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Holmes, and Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Kouri on Defense Support to Stabilization (DSS) 62 CPT Al Oh and SGM Chris Melendez discuss Civil Reconnaissance 61 Dr. E. Casey Wardynski, ASA (M&RA) on Talent Management 60 LTC Scott Dickerson on the Army CA Force Modernization Assessment 59 MAJ Ashley Holzmann on the History of US Propaganda and Psychological Operations 58 Doowan Lee on Innovating Influence Intelligence 57 LTC Marco Bongioanni on the International Visitor Leadership Program 56 Paul Giannone on CA in Vietnam and his Career in Public Health 55 LTC Jeff Uherka and COL Steve Barry of Joint Task Force - Bravo 54 John Barsa, Acting Administrator of USAID 53 Dr. Ajit Maan - Narrative Warfare 52 Karen Walsh and Bron Morrison of Dexis Consulting 51 Intergrating Civil Affairs, with MAJ Brian Hancock and Dr. Timothy Darr 50 COL Steve Battle on CA Support for the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea 49 LTC Rachel Sullivan and MAJ Mike Karlson on CA during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea 48 Dr. Lynn Copeland on the Future of Civil Information Management 47 Letting the CAT out of the Bag Part 2 46 Letting the CAT out of the Bag, Part 1 45 MAJ Ian Duke on the need for a Civil Knowledge Battalion 44 MAJ James Ontiveros discusses Civil Affairs and Megacities 43 Captains Chapla, Micciche, and Staron on Storyboards as the TPS Reports of the Army 42 LTC Sue Gannon on Leading the 450th CA Battalion 41 Sean McFate on the New Rules of War, Part 2 40 Sean McFate on the New Rules of War, Part 1 39 Abubakr Elnoor on Darfur and Terrorist Recruitment 38 Devin Conley on the National Training Center 37 General Anthony Zinni on a Unified, Interagency Command 36 Garric Banfield on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade 35 Justin Richmond on the Impl. Project 34 Alexandra Lamarche on Internally Displaced People in Cameroon 33 Jamie Schwandt on Swarm Intelligence, Swarm Learning, and Red Teams 32 Jay Liddick and Scott Dickerson on the CA Force Modernization Assessment 31 Narayan Khadka on Nepal, castes, and community trauma 30 Jay Liddick and Scott Dickerson on CA in Large Scale Combat Operations 29 Giancarlo Newsome and Jesse Elmore on Military Government Specialists 28 Nicholas Krohley on Human Terrain and CA Integration 27 Dale Yeager with Travel Safety Tips 26 Cori Wegener on Cultural Heritage Preservation 25 Major General Darrell Guthrie of USACAPOC(A) 24 Kwadjo Owusu-Sarfo on Ghana and Boko Haram 23 Manya Dotson on Life in the NGO Community 22 Wyatt Hughes Trains the Central Readiness Force of Japan 21 Bonus episode with Ryan McCannell of USAID 20 Ryan McCannell of USAID on the Evolution of CA in Sub-Saharan African 19 Arnel David on Strategy in the 21st Century 18 Michael Coates and Mark Grimes, Startup Radio Network 17 Max Steiner and Mazi Markel, CA Issue Paper 16 Diana Parzik, USAID Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation 15 Will Ibrahim, S-9 of 2/1 CAV 14 What is Civil Affairs - AUSA Answers 13 Scott Fisher and Information Operations 12 Aleks Nesic and James Patrick Christian of Valka-Mir 11 Norm Cotton of the Institute for Defense Analyses 10 Kevin Melton, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives 9 Dr. Larry Hufford discusses the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland 8 Valor Breez and Jarrett Redman on "Beyond Hearts and Minds" 7 John Stefula and PKSOI 6 Michael Schwille, Iraq and Djibouti and RAND 5 Gonul Tol, Middle East Institute, on Turkey 4 Roberto Carmack, PhD, on Russian actions 3 Sean Acosta, Instructor, USAJFKSWCS 2 Valerie Jackson, 4th CA Group, USMC 1 Jon May: Artificial Intelligence for HA/DR Operations - LORELEI --- Special thanks to Cool Jazz Hot Bassa for sampling music in their album, Energy Jazz Playlist. Retrieved at: https://youtu.be/bdWUj2NYDYQ?si=00ylFfJ6DhGCwPsO
In this edition of the KFS Pregame Pod, GMAC is joined by Sam Cooper of The Timeline Pod to preview the Knicks upcoming matchup on Wednesday night vs the Phoenix Suns. Watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel! FOLLOW GMAC - @AndrewJClaudio_ FOLLOW SAM - @SCooperHoops SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMELINE PODCAST ON ITUNES, SPOTIFY, PLAYBACK OR WHEREVER PODCASTS ARE AVAILABLE! CHECK OUT THE KFS MERCH STORE! FOR AN AD-FREE, UNINTERUPTED VERSION OF THIS EPISODE, SIGN UP FOR THE MELO TIER ON PATREON! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to One CA Podcast. As we go into the holidays, the One CA brings on the show's founder, John McElligott, to talk with Brian Hancock and Jack Gaines about the show's beginnings, current updates and goals for the future. So, stay tuned. --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Past Episodes: 202 Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part II) 201 Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part I) 200 Jörg Grössl on the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence 199 Jeffrey Fiddler and the U.S. Gaza Relief Mission 198 David Luna, State-sponsored criminality in strategic competition 197 Scott Mann "Nobody is Coming to Save You" 196 Jeffrey Fiddler on the DOD response to COVID 19 195 Cleo Paskal on PRC operations in Guam 194 Doug Stevens on faith-based diplomacy 193 Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part II) 192 Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part I) 191 Drew Biemer on Energy Sector Civil Affairs 190 Pavlo Kuktha on Ukraine Reconstruction 189 Phillip Smith in discussion with Brian Hancock 188 Part II, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows 187 Part I, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows 186 Major Gustavo Ferreira testifies at the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. 185 Scott Mann, Life After Afghanistan 184 Megan O'Keefe-Schlesinger on Information Operations. Part II. 183 Megan O'Keefe-Schlesinger. Leading Information Operations and Influence. Part I 182 Natacha Ciezki, from Zaire to America 181 Proxy Wars, by Pawel Bernat, Juneyt Gurer, and Cyprian Kozera 180 Sandor Fabian: Europe is Learning the wrong lessons from the conflict in Ukraine 179 Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part II 178 Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part I 177 Patrick Passewitz on the Sicilian Model 176 Part II, interview with J. David Thompson 175 Part I interview with J. David Thompson 174 Direct Commissions with Heater Cotter 173 Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.2) 172 Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.1) 171 Civil Military What? 170 Combat First Aid in Ukraine by Michael Baker 169 Part II, Bas Wouters on Influence and Persuasion 168 Part I, Bas Wouters on Influence and Persuasion 167 Electronic Warfare with Michael Gudmundson 166 On Alexei Navalny and Political Dissent 165 Part II of the Courtney Mulhern and Dan Joseph interview 164 Part I, Courtney Mulhern and Dan Joseph on the book "Backpack to Rucksack" 163 Sam Cooper on China political and Economic Warfare 162 Rob Boudreau and Joel Searls 161 Curtis Fox, Part II on Russian Hybrid Warfare 160 Curtis Fox: Part I, Russian Hybrid Warfare 159 Albert Augustine and V Corps CA 158 Introducing the 1st CAG Human Dimension Podcast 157 Part II Robert Curris on Psychological Operations integration with CA and SOF 156 Part I, Robert Curris on Psychological Operations integration with CA and SOF 155 Gen (R) David Petraeus at Carnegie 154 Angie Smith, Environmental Science and Foreign Policy 153 One CA Classic. John visits AUSA 152 Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan 151 Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan 150 The WestPoint Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations 149 Part II. Tony Vacha on Civil Affairs in Europe and Africa 148 Part I.Tony Vacha on Civil Affairs in Europe and Africa 147 Jack's first year hosting the One CA Podcast 146 Jess Langerud talks on medical diplomacy in Poland 145 Courtney Mulhern. Three tools to improve local public outreach 144 Garric Banfield on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade 143 Richard Messick. Advising partner nations on Rule of Law and anti-corruption 142 Scott DeJesse and the new Monuments Men and Women 141 Paul Hutchinson on the film ”Sound of Freedom” and human trafficking 140 Brian Hancock interview Col. Rachael Sherrer discuss Army Europe and Africa 139 John Cassara on China's Criminal Economy 138 Part II. Joseph Long on relational leadership and military diplomacy 137 Part I. Joseph Long on relational leadership and military diplomacy 136 Joe Pastorek and the 95th CA Advanced Skills Detachment 135 Jack Gaines interview with Global Integrity 134 Calvin Chrustie on conflict and hostage negotiation 133 Part II: Afghan resettlement in the U.S. 132 Part I: Afghan resettlement in the U.S. 131 Climate and Security 130 Chris Hyslop on human rights and diplomacy 129 Special Episode: Digital Civil Reconnaissance with Carrick Longley and Stephen Hunnewell 128 128 Josh Bedingfield on Shadow Governments Part II 127 Josh Bedingfield on Shadow Governments, Part I 126 Juan Quiroz on CA leading in Competition 125 Chris Hyslop: The Peace Corps 124 Special episode. Jordan Harbinger interviews H.R. McMaster on his book ”Battlegrounds” 123 Part II 38G: Agriculture and foreign policy 122 Part I 38G: Agriculture and foreign policy 121 Korea Reunification by David Maxwell 120 Special episode. IWP: The Columbia Plan 119 Discussing the USMC, 31st MEU CA Marines 118 Part II. Integrating Civil Affairs, field operations and diplomacy, by former Under-Secretary, Michael Patrick Mulroy 117 Part I. former DASD, Michael Patrick Mulroy on Integrating Civil Affairs, field operations and diplomacy 116 Assad Raza talk-back on the Frank Sobchak interview 115 Frank Sobchak on advising and training partner nation forces 114 Special Episode from the IW Podcast: Slow Burn: How Security Cooperation shapes operational environments 113 Jodi Harman and the HillVets Foundation 112 David Maxwell on grand strategy 111 Civil Affairs and Security Cooperation with Chris Stockel 110 CSM Riccio Christmas Day Concert 109 John Hutcheson on Hiring our Heroes 108 Advertisement for the CSM Riccio holiday concert 107 Operation Joint Endeavor 106 Special episode: John McElligott passes the mic 105 Major John Burns on Ghost Team at NTC 104 Stanislava Mladenova on Civ-Mil Relationships in Low-Intensity Conflict and State Fragility 103 Benjamin Ordiway and Anthony Pfaff 102 Nick Krohley and Lt Col Stefan Muehlich on Doctrinal Comparison, Part 2 101 Nick Krohley and Lt Col Stefan Muehlich on Doctrinal Comparison, Part 1 100 Episode 100 of the One CA Podcast 99 Theater Information Advantage Element 98 Brig Gen Chris Dziubek of the 351st CACOM 97 Mark Delaney on Civil Affairs Skills for Post Military Life 96 Colonel Marco Bongioanni on Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers 95 Maj Gen Jeff Coggin of USACAPOC(A) 94 Operation Allies Refuge: Lessons on Interagency and Multinational Collaboration 93 Vish Odedra on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the UK 92 LTC Greg Banner on Training for Unconventional Warfare 91 Chris Bryant on Social Media for CA 90 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 3 89 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 2 88 CA Issue Papers 2021 - Part 1 87 USACAPOC(A) Command Strategic Initiatives 86 Civil Affairs Interagency Panel - Part 2 85 Civil Affairs Interagency Panel - Part 1 84 Zach Hyleman and Kevin Chapla on FAO and CA 83 Civil Affairs in Regional Competition for Influence - Part 2 82 Civil Affairs in Regional Competition for Influence - Part 1 81 SFC Josh Spiers on San Pedro Sula, Honduras 80 Major Lauren Holl on San Pedro Sula, Honduras 79 Josh Bedingfield on Human Network Analysis 78 Lieutenant General Eric Wesley on Civil Competition - Part 2 77 Lieutenant General Eric Wesley on Civil Competition - Part 1 76 Maj Gen Hugh Van Roosen on a Career in SF, CA, and PSYOP 75 Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Coggin of USACAPOC(A) 74 Colonel Mattia Zuzzi of the Multinational CIMIC Group 73 Jonathan Papoulidis on Country Coordination Platforms 72 Colonel Frank van Boxmeer of NATO CCOE 71 LTC Matthias Wasinger of the Austrian Armed Forces 70 Request for Capabilities Brief Guests and Show Hosts 69 Lt Col Jahn Olson and Lt Col Korvin Kraics on III Marine Expeditionary Force 68 LTC Albert Augustine on CA Missions in Africa 67 Justin Constantine 66 John Steed of Tesla Government on GIS 65 65 Digital Civil Reconnaissance with Carrick Longley and Stephen Hunnewell 64 Joe Pastorek on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade's Advanced Skills Detachment 63 Lauren Ladenson, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Holmes, and Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Kouri on Defense Support to Stabilization (DSS) 62 CPT Al Oh and SGM Chris Melendez discuss Civil Reconnaissance 61 Dr. E. Casey Wardynski, ASA (M&RA) on Talent Management 60 LTC Scott Dickerson on the Army CA Force Modernization Assessment 59 MAJ Ashley Holzmann on the History of US Propaganda and Psychological Operations 58 Doowan Lee on Innovating Influence Intelligence 57 LTC Marco Bongioanni on the International Visitor Leadership Program 56 Paul Giannone on CA in Vietnam and his Career in Public Health 55 LTC Jeff Uherka and COL Steve Barry of Joint Task Force - Bravo 54 John Barsa, Acting Administrator of USAID 53 Dr. Ajit Maan - Narrative Warfare 52 Karen Walsh and Bron Morrison of Dexis Consulting 51 Intergrating Civil Affairs, with MAJ Brian Hancock and Dr. Timothy Darr 50 COL Steve Battle on CA Support for the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea 49 LTC Rachel Sullivan and MAJ Mike Karlson on CA during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea 48 Dr. Lynn Copeland on the Future of Civil Information Management 47 Letting the CAT out of the Bag Part 2 46 Letting the CAT out of the Bag, Part 1 45 MAJ Ian Duke on the need for a Civil Knowledge Battalion 44 MAJ James Ontiveros discusses Civil Affairs and Megacities 43 Captains Chapla, Micciche, and Staron on Storyboards as the TPS Reports of the Army 42 LTC Sue Gannon on Leading the 450th CA Battalion 41 Sean McFate on the New Rules of War, Part 2 40 Sean McFate on the New Rules of War, Part 1 39 Abubakr Elnoor on Darfur and Terrorist Recruitment 38 Devin Conley on the National Training Center 37 General Anthony Zinni on a Unified, Interagency Command 36 Garric Banfield on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade 35 Justin Richmond on the Impl. Project 34 Alexandra Lamarche on Internally Displaced People in Cameroon 33 Jamie Schwandt on Swarm Intelligence, Swarm Learning, and Red Teams 32 Jay Liddick and Scott Dickerson on the CA Force Modernization Assessment 31 Narayan Khadka on Nepal, castes, and community trauma 30 Jay Liddick and Scott Dickerson on CA in Large Scale Combat Operations 29 Giancarlo Newsome and Jesse Elmore on Military Government Specialists 28 Nicholas Krohley on Human Terrain and CA Integration 27 Dale Yeager with Travel Safety Tips 26 Cori Wegener on Cultural Heritage Preservation 25 Major General Darrell Guthrie of USACAPOC(A) 24 Kwadjo Owusu-Sarfo on Ghana and Boko Haram 23 Manya Dotson on Life in the NGO Community 22 Wyatt Hughes Trains the Central Readiness Force of Japan 21 Bonus episode with Ryan McCannell of USAID 20 Ryan McCannell of USAID on the Evolution of CA in Sub-Saharan African 19 Arnel David on Strategy in the 21st Century 18 Michael Coates and Mark Grimes, Startup Radio Network 17 Max Steiner and Mazi Markel, CA Issue Paper 16 Diana Parzik, USAID Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation 15 Will Ibrahim, S-9 of 2/1 CAV 14 What is Civil Affairs - AUSA Answers 13 Scott Fisher and Information Operations 12 Aleks Nesic and James Patrick Christian of Valka-Mir 11 Norm Cotton of the Institute for Defense Analyses 10 Kevin Melton, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives 9 Dr. Larry Hufford discusses the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland 8 Valor Breez and Jarrett Redman on "Beyond Hearts and Minds" 7 John Stefula and PKSOI 6 Michael Schwille, Iraq and Djibouti and RAND 5 Gonul Tol, Middle East Institute, on Turkey 4 Roberto Carmack, PhD, on Russian actions 3 Sean Acosta, Instructor, USAJFKSWCS 2 Valerie Jackson, 4th CA Group, USMC 1 Jon May: Artificial Intelligence for HA/DR Operations - LORELEI --- Special thanks to Cool Jazz Hot Bassa for sampling music in their album, Energy Jazz Playlist. Retrieved at: https://youtu.be/bdWUj2NYDYQ?si=00ylFfJ6DhGCwPsO
Journalists have flocked to Substack. Abandoning legacy titles to pursue self-puslishing freedom at the occasionally controversial app. Substack has incubated Bari Weiss's Free Press and Andrew Sullivan's The Weekly Dish. Here in Canada, a lot of names that Canadaland listeners may be familiar with are thriving on Substack: Terry Glavin, Sam Cooper, Justin Ling, Jen Gerson and Paul Wells to name a few..Valued at 650 million dollars and lauded as a threat to Twitter. It is a rare sign of hope and innovation and a working revenue model in a very desolate media landscape. And all of that has come with the usual share of controversies.Top of that list was their “Nazi problem.” They garnered headlines and debates about freedom of expression when it was revealed that there were, yes, Nazi Substacks charging money. And the parent company, apparently taking their cut of those profits. Today Substack founder Chris Best joins Jesse Brown to debate Substack's controversies and discuss its possibilities with leading Canadian Substackers, Jen Gerson of The Line and Paul Wells. Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Production Manager), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)Featured guests: Chris Best, Jen Gerson, Paul WellsFurther reading:The Line — SubstackPaul Wells — SubstackSponsors:AG1: Every week of November, AG1 will be running a special Black Friday offer for a free gift with your first subscription, in addition to the Welcome Kit with Vitamin D3+K2. Head to https://drinkag1.com/canadaland to start your holiday season off on a healthier note, while supplies last.Oxio: Canadaland listeners get their first month of internet free at https://canadaland.oxio.ca, use the promo code “Canadaland”CAMH: CAMH is building better mental health care for everyone to ensure no one is left behind. Visit https://camh.ca/canadaland to make a donation.Be part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis. Go to canadaland.com/join to become a yearly Canadaland Supporter today and get 3 months of perks and benefits for free. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper the Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about his new report that alleges the Chinese government personally endorsed over 40 federal nominees in our 2019 election! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the foreign interests sowing discord amongst the American public in response to the recent presidential election, the US congressional report on China's involvement in the fentanyl epidemic, and the contrast in the American and Canadian view of foreign political interference.Read more at The Bureau:https://thebureau.newsFollow Sam on X:https://twitter.com/scoopercooperFollow Brave New Normal on X, Substack and audio streamers:https://linktr.ee/bnnpod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bravenewnormal.substack.com/subscribe
In the beautiful compilation, Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life, Henri Nouwen invites us to learn to listen deeply to the voice of the Spirit. Encouraging us to encounter this voice through books, nature, people and events, Nouwen reminds us that God is ever present. In this episode of Henri's bookshelf, we speak with Sam Cooper, a pastor who has accompanied a local community of faith for 31 years and counting. Through stories of listening and obeying, Sam and Wendy celebrate a long journey of discernment that has led a community to learn to participate with God in making things right. Meadowvale Community Church: https://www.meadowvalecrc.org/ Indwell - builder of affordable housing: https://indwell.ca/ ___________ Book Discussed: Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life https://amzn.to/2NBrriT (US) https://amzn.to/2Oczt1T (CAD) Spiritual Direction https://amzn.to/389dTEI (US) https://amzn.to/2Zf9gGA (CAD) Spiritual Formation https://amzn.to/2YCNETY (US) https://amzn.to/2COPVTM (CAD) The Wounded Healer https://amzn.to/2AGOrKz (US) https://amzn.to/3hdDkcr (CAD) ___________ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: henrinouwen.org/donate/ * SIGN UP FOR FREE DAILY E-MEDITATIONS: henrinouwen.org/meditation/ * MORE FREE RESOURCES: henrinouwen.org/ * FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/henrinouwensociety/ TWITTER: twitter.com/nouwensociety FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/nouwensociety/ PINTEREST: www.pinterest.ca/henrinouwen/
The Trudeau Government found a report to what happened to the Winnipeg Lab. It's confirmed that CSIS issued a warning back in August 2018 raising concerns about ''insider threat activity'' that involves Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, Investigative Journalist, Founder of the Bureau & Author of Willful Blindness; How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this podcast, Kushal and Daniel chat with Kevin Vuong about a recent press conference hosted by Kevin along with Sam Cooper, Dr. Charles Burton and Michel Juneau-Katsuya about the alleged Chinese interference in Canada. Follow them: Twitter: @KevinVuongMP Website: https://linktr.ee/KevinVuong Twitter: @DanielBordmanOG Support Daniel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanielBordman #JustinTrudeau #ReleaseTheNames #ChineseInterference ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c%C4%81rv%C4%81ka-podcast/id1445348369 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-carvaka-podcast ------------------------------------------------------------ Support The Cārvāka Podcast: Buy Kushal's Book: https://amzn.in/d/58cY4dU Become a Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPx... Become a Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carvaka UPI: kushalmehra@icici To buy The Carvaka Podcast Exclusive Merch please visit: http://kushalmehra.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------ Follow Kushal: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kushal_mehra?ref_... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KushalMehraO... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarvakap... Koo: https://www.kooapp.com/profile/kushal... Inquiries: https://kushalmehra.com/ Feedback: kushalmehra81@gmail.com
Sam Cooper is an AuDHD coach and generally awesome human. When we met in person, we bonded over having worn the wrong size shoes for years, which led to the title of this episode.Sam shares about building a small business, and the upsides and downsides of a coaching business in particular.Sensory needs and discovering support tools.They also have an incredibly compassionate approach to their own journey.Connect with Sam: Sam's websiteSam's Instagram @unconventionalmindsadhdResources:Like Your Brain community spaceTranscript DocEmail NewsletterNew course: Experimenting Your Way to an Extraordinary Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today, we're looking at the four names of parliamentarians accused of colluding with foreign states that were released by Independent MP Kevin Vuong alongside journalist Sam Cooper. While these four names confirm suspicions many have publicly been discussing, a further seven names still remain undisclosed. Plus, David Menzies was covering duelling pro- and anti-Israel rallies this weekend in Toronto, where police yet again appeared to be taking marching orders from the pro-Hamas crowd. And finally, Ezra Levant was in the United Kingdom this weekend, where journalist and activist Tommy Robinson was arrested and has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
interview starts at 21:20 Anton Bueckert aka Crow Qu'appelle joins us for another Shame Day chat. This time things have changed a bit. The book Grave Error is out, and we also talk about the book Wilful Blindness by Sam Cooper that came out in 2021 and the connection between these. We chat about the sovereign land he is working on in BC, the TRC Commission, Tom Flannigan and his influence and his book Grave Error, CBC and the Harper years, and Pierre's intentional not reading of the report on the 11 compromised politicians in Canada. We talk about the grave sites, the media lies, the potential for still buried graves, the evidence brought forward by Kevin Annette, the legit issues with the Residential Schools, Re-Occupation, the Land issue, and what would be a good reconciliation at least for what is known.... Then we get into Wilfull Blindness and the CCP's influence, and how they were dog piling during the Kamloops grave issue, the corruption in Canada, the organized crime, Triads, money laundering in casino's and real estate, the Markham bust, NSICOP, gang wars, Treaty 9, resources for the reservations, Crown Land, controlled utilisation and the Great China Debate. https://nevermoremedia.substack.com/p/shame-days-on-its-way?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=787156&post_id=148987432&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=24pqe&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email https://nevermoremedia.substack.com/p/is-pierre-poilievre-the-protege-of Links to stuff we chatted about during the show: gravesintheorchard.wordpress.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-joint-statement-un-china-1.6071184 https://murderbydecree.com/mass-graves-of-children-in-canada-documented-evidence-2/#page-content https://www.amazon.ca/Wilful-Blindness-Criminal-Communist-infiltrated-dp-0888903294/dp/0888903294/ref=dp_ob_title_bk https://tnc.news/grave-error1/ https://acanadianshame.substack.com/ https://x.com/KirkLubimov/status/1840810731090129017 Become a Lord or Lady with 1k donations over time. And a Noble with any donation. Leave Serfdom behind and help Grimerica stick to 0 ads and sponsors and fully listener supported. Thanks for listening!! Help support the show, because we can't do it without ya. Support the show directly: http://www.grimerica.ca/support https://www.patreon.com/grimerica http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Outlawed Canadians YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@grimerica/featured Adultbrain Audiobook YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing https://grimericaoutlawed.ca/The newer controversial Grimerica Outlawed Grimerica Show Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Our audio book website: www.adultbrain.ca Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Grimerica on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2312992 Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans Https://t.me.grimerica https://www.guilded.gg/i/EvxJ44rk Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Champignon Magique Buy DMT Canada Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter https://grimerica.substack.com/ SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/ Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica Can't. Darren is still deleted. Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show: www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Episode ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ MUSIC https://brokeforfree.bandcamp.com/ - Something Old Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com - Gnashing of Teeth If you would rather watch: https://rokfin.com/stream/52965 https://rumble.com/v5guhx9-anton-bueckert-shame-day-a-grave-error...-was-it.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9hQgHaHsio
Dan is joined by Sam Cooper (@scooperhoops) and Mike Vigil (@protectedpick) from The Timeline Podcast(@TheTimelinePod) to break down the 2024-25 Phoenix Suns. SUPPORT THE TIMELINE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://t.co/0OCB8hH1Bx. TIMESTAMPS⬇️0:00 - INTRO2:27 - Frank Vogel's exit4:53 - Expected stylistic changes under Mike Budenholzer7:18 - Breaking down the impact of Tyus Jones 10:29 - How does Jones affect the core lineups?15:38 - The evolution of Grayson Allen17:22 - The fit and future of Bradley Beal21:35 - How important is Jusuf Nurkic to the Suns?28:35 - What makes Devin Booker so polarizing?37:30 - Kevin Durant's defensive impact38:37 - Can the Suns replicate their defensive success?39:52 - Early impressions of Ryan Dunn42:37 - Early impressions of Oso Ighodaro44:45 - Ranking the importance of role players/Sam picks Bol Bol to win MVP51:06 - Are the Suns flying under the radar? 51:56 - Biggest roster needs / trade targets53:54 - Top 10 rotation54:57 - Go-to crunch-time lineup56:11 - Funky lineups we want to see57:47 - Win totals, Where do the Suns stand in the West?SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCHJOIN OUR DISCORDSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️TIKTOK: @hardwoodknocksTWITTER @HardwoodKnocksIG: @hardwood_knocks DAN'S TWITTER/IG: @danfavale / @danfavaleGRANT'S TWITTER: @gt_hughesBUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️hardwoodknocks@gmail.com
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