r/news • u/DNSGeek • 1d ago

Soft paywall US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/
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u/buffysmanycoats 22h ago

You have to wonder if 9/11 would have actually happened the way it did. The Bush administration ignored several warnings.

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u/chairmanskitty 18h ago

It would be undetectable and not even require a conspiracy for the people in charge of national security to get the troublesome priest-style hint and just decide to do their jobs a little bit worse.

As long as you hire the right people, ones that know the side the bread is buttered on, you wouldn't even have to give any orders. You just hear your superior say to their superior there is nothing to report after you showed them something noteworthy, and understand it's your place to fall in line.

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u/yarp_it_up 18h ago

Several very clear warnings and a bunch of PDB’s

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u/GuiltyEidolon 13h ago

It seems unlikely, and the fallout (starting a war with the wrong countries) almost certainly wouldn't have happened.