Brian Fitzpatrick

Journalist @UofT_ijb

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

Have you heard of 60 Minutes? The unutilized news brand?

[Brian Fitzpatrick @BrianFitz_]

So happy to see someone tackle these guys. Dealing with them makes you question your sanity.

[Nicholas Dawes @NicDawes]

Anyone who has travelled on a weak passport will celebrate investigative reporting into VFS global, the near monopoly intermediary that handles visa applications for 71 countries. https://t.co/ALB7KQM9e3

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The real story here isn't that a mendacious grifter worked his way up the ladder at CIA, it's that CIA has $40 million in gold bars lying around to be stolen: https://t.co/Jsg4i0RoD6

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

A devastating milestone for anyone with a conscience. If all unrecovered survivors of these attacks (including 2 from yesterday) are indeed dead, then the known toll of these extrajudicial killings has now reached 200.

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

Shoutout to all the NPR reporters who lost their jobs today. Thank you for your service. So many great journalists moving on at a time when good reporting is needed more than ever. Nothing but respect.

[Joey Shea @joey_shea]

I spoke with @democracynow on our new report on Colombian military contractors & links w/ the UAE

UAE allies — US, UK, EU — continue their silence on UAE support to the RSF & have still failed to call out UAE directly for their support of a group which has committed atrocities.

[Carl @Carl_M79]

I ruptured my ACL just watching this.

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

Those ladders sure look cheap and easy to make. Any reflections on the wisdom of spending $46.55 billion on new border walls?

(That would've been enough to fund a universal pre-K program for all US kids for 1.2 years.)

[Julian Rademeyer @julianrademeyer]

A new @GI_TOC report investigates the perpetrators behind a network of politically-connected companies devastating Cameroon’s forests.
https://t.co/ZDtKVGrNdE

[Christopher Nardi @ChrisGNardi]

New from me: The federal government never consulted widely on one of the most contentious parts of its lawful access reform to how police and intelligence services can obtain or intercept private data.
That's per the former intel watchdog head who ran the consultations.
Link🔽

[Brian Fitzpatrick @BrianFitz_]

I have so many questions.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A heroic neighbor climbed up to a second-story balcony in Tampa to extinguish a blaze. The blaze was sparked by coals from a grill after a resident was cooking on the balcony, according to Tampa Fire Rescue.

[InSight Crime @InSightCrime]

🇧🇷 | A Brazilian influencer with more than 20 million social media followers was arrested in a money laundering probe tied to the powerful First Capital Command (PCC). Find out more about how criminal groups are using influencers to launder money: https://t.co/K0lRM5s0JX

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

Company directors connected to Cambodia’s Prince Group — which the U.S. has designated a “transnational criminal organization” — acquired luxury Tokyo properties.

https://t.co/YE30KSO0SW

[Juanita Goebertus @JuanitaGoe]

Nuevo informe de @hrw revela que contratistas militares privados colombianos transitaron por bases militares de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y recibieron entrenamiento militar antes de ser desplegados en Sudán para apoyar a las abusivas Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido👇
https://t.co/V3JuTIsFa8

[ICIJ @ICIJorg]

International drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was arrested on April 15 under the terms of an extradition agreement between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates. His presence in Dubai had long allowed him to evade U.S. and European law enforcement. https://t.co/9XLisDzLUO

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

Four boys disappeared after Ecuadorian soldiers forced them into a military truck.

Their case shocked the country and raised questions about what’s being done in the name of Ecuador’s war on gangs.

Our latest @AJFaultLines investigation.

https://t.co/fRZiIILmsn

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW: Leaked documents provide a wealth of new details on Russian destabilization and influence campaigns against European countries — including last year’s Islamophobic “pig head” attack against French mosques, paint thrown on synagogues, efforts to influence the upcoming Armenian election — and much more.

They point to the Social Design Agency, a sanctioned PR firm whose work in these areas is overseen by the Russian Presidential Administration.

https://t.co/1f8Z4qMT45

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

Authorities: New Chicago police chief sold guns from investigations https://t.co/GACke7ohlZ

[ProPublica @propublica]

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled.

“I just want to live in peace,” he says.
https://t.co/u1YV1VAuJh

[Vorágine @VoragineCo]

Detrás de la foto de la Operación Orión conocida en la @JEP_Colombia hay una historia de impunidad que en VORÁGINE publicamos en 2023.
En esta investigación revelamos el nombre del encapuchado que guiaba al Ejército y narramos el pacto paramilitar.🔗https://t.co/WqlaLwoG7L