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About a month ago, Lakanwal told his unit mate that his inability to work due to missing immigration paperwork meant his family couldn’t afford rent or food. He resorted to borrowing money from friends and former unit members, and during the conversation, he broke down in tears from frustration and desperation, his unit mate said.

“Every time, like looking [for] somebody [to] help for documents, somebody [to] help for pay the rent, he’s not going to work,” the Afghan unit mate said.

His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help in June from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues. Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of the group chat in June where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help. His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.

Rolling Stone called the CIA representative in the text chat, who claimed it was a wrong number. A request for comment from the CIA was not returned.

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 37 points 6 days ago

to be amerikkka's friend classic fell-for-it-again-award

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago

That sounds an awful lot like someone in the CIA offered him something like a promise to take care of his family in return for carrying out a random false flag for them, only for it to immediately come unraveled because they're all incompetent failsons who are literally just awkwardly trying to do the cool spy shit they imagine their predecessors but somehow even more incompetently and corruptly.

What do you want to bet they got funds to carry out such a promise, and then just stole them personally?

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 24 points 6 days ago

there is a group chat of child murderers about their comfy life in suburbia wtf

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago
[–] dom@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Always pay your mercenaries

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago
[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

smh wont somebody think of the death squad members

Imagine a VA, but for CIA mercs, by the CIA.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin'

I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom

I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not've got 'em

There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin'

Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot 'em

But anyways, fuck it, what's been up, man? How's your daughter?