Seth Hettena
@hettena.bsky.social
National security journalist covering intelligence and special operations. Ex-AP. Author of two books. Send me tips on Signal @seth_hettena.11
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The Meidas Touch Meiselas brothers grew up with Diddy as a close family friend via their dad, his close friend and longtime attorney. They even went to a bunch of Those Parties and Ben interned with his dad for Diddy.
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Meidas Touch Meiselas brothers grew up with Diddy as a close family friend via their dad, his close friend and longtime attorney. They even went to a bunch of Those Parties and Ben interned with his dad for Diddy.
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Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
June 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
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"Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria
The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Wanted to highlight this read by @hettena.bsky.social on his Substack
It is not a big stretch to say US SOF trained cartel members; we’ve already seen that back in the 1980s/90s in Colombia and Mexico with Israeli SOF
open.substack.com/pub/theicema...
It is not a big stretch to say US SOF trained cartel members; we’ve already seen that back in the 1980s/90s in Colombia and Mexico with Israeli SOF
open.substack.com/pub/theicema...
Did Former U.S. Special Operators Train a Cartel’s Kill Squad?
A former Delta Force soldier and two SEALs are accused of training Jalisco Cartel’s paramilitary force
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wanted to highlight this read by @hettena.bsky.social on his Substack
It is not a big stretch to say US SOF trained cartel members; we’ve already seen that back in the 1980s/90s in Colombia and Mexico with Israeli SOF
open.substack.com/pub/theicema...
It is not a big stretch to say US SOF trained cartel members; we’ve already seen that back in the 1980s/90s in Colombia and Mexico with Israeli SOF
open.substack.com/pub/theicema...
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People who haven’t done a lot of FOIA tend to think of it as some sort of magic spell.
It’s more like ordering delivery if everyone involved actively resented you.
It’s more like ordering delivery if everyone involved actively resented you.
I have bad news for y’all about how FOIA works (or doesn’t).
Hey journalists, if you have not already done so, now is the time to file a FOIA request for Mar-a-Lago report so that it can’t be destroyed by new DOJ leaders when they take over. If (when?) dismissal or pardons of co-Ds occur, there will be no legal basis for refusing to comply.
January 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
People who haven’t done a lot of FOIA tend to think of it as some sort of magic spell.
It’s more like ordering delivery if everyone involved actively resented you.
It’s more like ordering delivery if everyone involved actively resented you.
And he will have billions more if and—let’s be honest—when some “unidentified party” buys his shitcoins to shift US policy.
The president of the United States has billions in theoretical wealth from the memecoin he created, backed by nothing, days before taking the oath of office, and the collective reaction from Congress has been a shrug.
January 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And he will have billions more if and—let’s be honest—when some “unidentified party” buys his shitcoins to shift US policy.
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When exchanging your @signal.org contact info over an insecure channel (like a text message or DM), it's a good idea to generate a Signal link (URL) from the app, then you should RESET that link after you connect with the other person on Signal.
Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.
Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.
Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data
Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.
theintercept.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When exchanging your @signal.org contact info over an insecure channel (like a text message or DM), it's a good idea to generate a Signal link (URL) from the app, then you should RESET that link after you connect with the other person on Signal.
Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.
Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Tame Impala’s Lonerism is good listening for a long run.
January 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tame Impala’s Lonerism is good listening for a long run.
I somehow missed that Geragos & Geragos, the firm that counts Meidastouch’s Ben Meiselas as a partner, is now a litigation consultant to the RNC. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I somehow missed that Geragos & Geragos, the firm that counts Meidastouch’s Ben Meiselas as a partner, is now a litigation consultant to the RNC. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Since I'm doing Betar USA news today, here's an interesting nexus: Famed defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (repped John Gotti and El Mayo, currently repping Diddy's son) has been doing work for the group since their June launch.
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Since I'm doing Betar USA news today, here's an interesting nexus: Famed defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (repped John Gotti and El Mayo, currently repping Diddy's son) has been doing work for the group since their June launch.
The NYTimes waits until the very end of Biden’s term to report how aides protected an aging and faltering president. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The NYTimes waits until the very end of Biden’s term to report how aides protected an aging and faltering president. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
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Great article from @hettena.bsky.social right here. Definitely go and give it a read theiceman.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth the Navy SEALs couldn't handle
The controversy over John Chapman's Medal of Honor is casting a shadow over a $270 million set to open in Texas
theiceman.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great article from @hettena.bsky.social right here. Definitely go and give it a read theiceman.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
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Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
It is not free speech when Trump aligned oligarchs have their thumbs on the algorithms of all the social media apps.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
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The FBI’s Acting Director announces he too is retiring today. www.whec.com/national-wor...
FBI acting director says in email that he's retiring from bureau
A longtime FBI deputy director who had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis is retiring from the bureau. That's according to an email deputy Paul Abbate sent to senior...
www.whec.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The FBI’s Acting Director announces he too is retiring today. www.whec.com/national-wor...
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In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
January 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
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Holy shit I assumed this was more NFTs but it’s specifically a *fungible* asset meaning he’s selling his own crypto coin. On top of that, it has a crazy fucking disclaimer and all the hallmarks of a fucking rugpull. This is fucking nuts.
When you compulsively turn everything into a grift so you can bleed money from your supporters but also don’t really understand what a meme is conceptually:
January 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Holy shit I assumed this was more NFTs but it’s specifically a *fungible* asset meaning he’s selling his own crypto coin. On top of that, it has a crazy fucking disclaimer and all the hallmarks of a fucking rugpull. This is fucking nuts.
The consequences keep piling up, but his enablers keep enabling him. Rudy Giuliani still hasn't hit his bottom.
January 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The consequences keep piling up, but his enablers keep enabling him. Rudy Giuliani still hasn't hit his bottom.
Insane goings on over on X... Elon Musk leaked the private DMs of @zackrawrr.bsky.social, a Twitch streamer who called Elon out for lying about being a top-level player on Path of Exile 2, which is a FUCKING VIDEOGAME.
January 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Insane goings on over on X... Elon Musk leaked the private DMs of @zackrawrr.bsky.social, a Twitch streamer who called Elon out for lying about being a top-level player on Path of Exile 2, which is a FUCKING VIDEOGAME.
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Working out a scenario where Pornhub has to launch a prestigious monthly print magazine in order to stay online in Tennessee. This is how we bring the business back: ransoming access to stepsister-stuck-in-washing-machine content with long-form literary criticism and Malcolm Harris book excerpts.
January 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Working out a scenario where Pornhub has to launch a prestigious monthly print magazine in order to stay online in Tennessee. This is how we bring the business back: ransoming access to stepsister-stuck-in-washing-machine content with long-form literary criticism and Malcolm Harris book excerpts.
Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning “acts of air terror” against “airlines around the world.” apnews.com/article/pola...
Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning acts of sabotage against 'airlines around the world'
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide including “acts of air terror” against airlines.
apnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning “acts of air terror” against “airlines around the world.” apnews.com/article/pola...
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GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
Regina Mullen, whose son Kyle died in 2022 after completing Hell Week in SEAL training, was featured on Good Morning America today. www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/m...
Mother of Navy SEAL recruit who died during ‘Hell Week’ speaks out
Regina Mullen, whose son Kyle died in 2022, tells "GMA" the Navy has dismissed the cases brought against the men she blames for her son's death.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Regina Mullen, whose son Kyle died in 2022 after completing Hell Week in SEAL training, was featured on Good Morning America today. www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/m...