I heard they bombed his residential compound at the Fort Tiuna military base in Caracas. There was big explosions all over the place. I haven't heard any news reports saying there was no gunfire in the compound and none saying there was. But I assume that they would meet some resistance.
Can't argue that JG .......otoh, not a peep outta our CIA......~S~
The CIA usually doesn't talk. They ask questions. Trust me. I know!
I am happy for Venazuelans. It is wonderful that Democracy may return to Venezuela. If only I could say the same thing about North Korea.I don't just mean that there was help from U.S. Intelligence Assets close to Maduro. Not hard to guess that there was and even the fact that the NYT reports there were doesn't dissuate me:
A C.I.A. source within the Venezuelan government monitored the location of Nicolás Maduro in both the days and moments before his capture by American special operation forces, according to people briefed on the operation.
The American spy agency, the people said, produced the intelligence that led to the capture of Mr. Maduro, monitoring his position and movements with a fleet of stealth drones that provided near constant monitoring over Venezuela, in addition to the information provided by its Venezuelan sources.
What I mean is does it make sense that it happened in the way it is being described? Should the word "capture" be put in quotation marks? Or were Maduro and his wife willing participants in this operation?
There is now reporting on the details of the raid:
President Donald Trump watched and listened as highly trained American Delta Force soldiers rushed into Nicolás Maduro’s home in Caracas, where the Venezuelan leader was sleeping alongside his wife.
Maduro was quickly dragged into custody as he tried to flee to his steel-enforced safe room.
I can easily believe that U.S. Special Forces could capture Maduro, and even his wife, if that was included in the mission for some reason. I find it hard to believe that they did this seemingly without firing a shot. Where were Maduro's security forces? He has plenty of enemies who would like to kill him.
How long did it take them to break into and out of this steel-reinforced safe room? Nobody noticed the explosives, or the grinders, or the cutting torches? There were no alarms? No wall around his compound?
Did Maduro hire the same security consultants as the ones who told Biden how to secure the border? Were these the same guards that were watching the cameras aimed Jeffrey Epstein's cell?
To me it seems much more likely that this was a voluntary extraction with this fairly thin cover story of the capture intended to buy time before the drug dealers who owned Maduro realize he has turned on them.
Maduro had expressed a desire for a deal.
Maduro says Venezuela is 'ready' to make deal with US on drugs and oil after military strikes
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government is ready to negotiate a drug trafficking agreement with the U.S. after months of military pressure.www.foxnews.com
Was part of the deal that he be spirited out of his country? It makes more sense that his wife was taken as part of the deal, than that the U.S. has some burning operational need to also prosecute the First Lady.
The man no doubt has plenty of money socked away in overseas accounts. He can live like a king, if they can find a place where he can live safely.
I don't just mean that there was help from U.S. Intelligence Assets close to Maduro. Not hard to guess that there was and even the fact that the NYT reports there were doesn't dissuate me:
A C.I.A. source within the Venezuelan government monitored the location of Nicolás Maduro in both the days and moments before his capture by American special operation forces, according to people briefed on the operation.
The American spy agency, the people said, produced the intelligence that led to the capture of Mr. Maduro, monitoring his position and movements with a fleet of stealth drones that provided near constant monitoring over Venezuela, in addition to the information provided by its Venezuelan sources.
What I mean is does it make sense that it happened in the way it is being described? Should the word "capture" be put in quotation marks? Or were Maduro and his wife willing participants in this operation?
There is now reporting on the details of the raid:
President Donald Trump watched and listened as highly trained American Delta Force soldiers rushed into Nicolás Maduro’s home in Caracas, where the Venezuelan leader was sleeping alongside his wife.
Maduro was quickly dragged into custody as he tried to flee to his steel-enforced safe room.
I can easily believe that U.S. Special Forces could capture Maduro, and even his wife, if that was included in the mission for some reason. I find it hard to believe that they did this seemingly without firing a shot. Where were Maduro's security forces? He has plenty of enemies who would like to kill him.
How long did it take them to break into and out of this steel-reinforced safe room? Nobody noticed the explosives, or the grinders, or the cutting torches? There were no alarms? No wall around his compound?
Did Maduro hire the same security consultants as the ones who told Biden how to secure the border? Were these the same guards that were watching the cameras aimed Jeffrey Epstein's cell?
To me it seems much more likely that this was a voluntary extraction with this fairly thin cover story of the capture intended to buy time before the drug dealers who owned Maduro realize he has turned on them.
Maduro had expressed a desire for a deal.
Maduro says Venezuela is 'ready' to make deal with US on drugs and oil after military strikes
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government is ready to negotiate a drug trafficking agreement with the U.S. after months of military pressure.
Was part of the deal that he be spirited out of his country? It makes more sense that his wife was taken as part of the deal, than that the U.S. has some burning operational need to also prosecute the First Lady.
The man no doubt has plenty of money socked away in overseas accounts. He can live like a king, if they can find a place where he can live safely.
If Trump attacking their drug income by obliterating speed boats, sending a carrier group to the vicinity, bombing a port and saying Maduro has to go isn't an indication, what would be an indication?
With a 50 million bounty offered there is a great possibility.I don't just mean that there was help from U.S. Intelligence Assets close to Maduro. Not hard to guess that there was and even the fact that the NYT reports there were doesn't dissuate me:
A C.I.A. source within the Venezuelan government monitored the location of Nicolás Maduro in both the days and moments before his capture by American special operation forces, according to people briefed on the operation.
The American spy agency, the people said, produced the intelligence that led to the capture of Mr. Maduro, monitoring his position and movements with a fleet of stealth drones that provided near constant monitoring over Venezuela, in addition to the information provided by its Venezuelan sources.
What I mean is does it make sense that it happened in the way it is being described? Should the word "capture" be put in quotation marks? Or were Maduro and his wife willing participants in this operation?
There is now reporting on the details of the raid:
President Donald Trump watched and listened as highly trained American Delta Force soldiers rushed into Nicolás Maduro’s home in Caracas, where the Venezuelan leader was sleeping alongside his wife.
Maduro was quickly dragged into custody as he tried to flee to his steel-enforced safe room.
I can easily believe that U.S. Special Forces could capture Maduro, and even his wife, if that was included in the mission for some reason. I find it hard to believe that they did this seemingly without firing a shot. Where were Maduro's security forces? He has plenty of enemies who would like to kill him.
How long did it take them to break into and out of this steel-reinforced safe room? Nobody noticed the explosives, or the grinders, or the cutting torches? There were no alarms? No wall around his compound?
Did Maduro hire the same security consultants as the ones who told Biden how to secure the border? Were these the same guards that were watching the cameras aimed Jeffrey Epstein's cell?
To me it seems much more likely that this was a voluntary extraction with this fairly thin cover story of the capture intended to buy time before the drug dealers who owned Maduro realize he has turned on them.
Maduro had expressed a desire for a deal.
Maduro says Venezuela is 'ready' to make deal with US on drugs and oil after military strikes
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government is ready to negotiate a drug trafficking agreement with the U.S. after months of military pressure.
Was part of the deal that he be spirited out of his country? It makes more sense that his wife was taken as part of the deal, than that the U.S. has some burning operational need to also prosecute the First Lady.
The man no doubt has plenty of money socked away in overseas accounts. He can live like a king, if they can find a place where he can live safely.
Doubtless. This will only sew division with the ranks of the socialist government. I wouldn't be surprised to see Stalinist purges within their ranks.I don't just mean that there was help from U.S. Intelligence Assets close to Maduro. Not hard to guess that there was and even the fact that the NYT reports there were doesn't dissuate me:
A C.I.A. source within the Venezuelan government monitored the location of Nicolás Maduro in both the days and moments before his capture by American special operation forces, according to people briefed on the operation.
The American spy agency, the people said, produced the intelligence that led to the capture of Mr. Maduro, monitoring his position and movements with a fleet of stealth drones that provided near constant monitoring over Venezuela, in addition to the information provided by its Venezuelan sources.
What I mean is does it make sense that it happened in the way it is being described? Should the word "capture" be put in quotation marks? Or were Maduro and his wife willing participants in this operation?
There is now reporting on the details of the raid:
President Donald Trump watched and listened as highly trained American Delta Force soldiers rushed into Nicolás Maduro’s home in Caracas, where the Venezuelan leader was sleeping alongside his wife.
Maduro was quickly dragged into custody as he tried to flee to his steel-enforced safe room.
I can easily believe that U.S. Special Forces could capture Maduro, and even his wife, if that was included in the mission for some reason. I find it hard to believe that they did this seemingly without firing a shot. Where were Maduro's security forces? He has plenty of enemies who would like to kill him.
How long did it take them to break into and out of this steel-reinforced safe room? Nobody noticed the explosives, or the grinders, or the cutting torches? There were no alarms? No wall around his compound?
Did Maduro hire the same security consultants as the ones who told Biden how to secure the border? Were these the same guards that were watching the cameras aimed Jeffrey Epstein's cell?
To me it seems much more likely that this was a voluntary extraction with this fairly thin cover story of the capture intended to buy time before the drug dealers who owned Maduro realize he has turned on them.
Maduro had expressed a desire for a deal.
Maduro says Venezuela is 'ready' to make deal with US on drugs and oil after military strikes
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government is ready to negotiate a drug trafficking agreement with the U.S. after months of military pressure.
Was part of the deal that he be spirited out of his country? It makes more sense that his wife was taken as part of the deal, than that the U.S. has some burning operational need to also prosecute the First Lady.
The man no doubt has plenty of money socked away in overseas accounts. He can live like a king, if they can find a place where he can live safely.
Now reports are saying that they killed 30 of Maduro's Cuban bodyguards. Shots were fired.
Yes, now that more details have come out, the story seems much more plausible.
Could it have been an inside job? Reward 50 million. Ya think?
