Frank Bajak
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Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
AP's Regina Garcia Cano has identified and compiled portraits of some of the low-level Venezuelan cocaine smugglers slain at sea on Trump's orders. "They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss ..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Further from NYS comptroller: The average salary in the NYC securities industry was nearly FIVE TIMES the average salary of the rest of the private sector ($101,760) in the city, and 59% higher than the next highest industry ($318,360 in web search portals and other information services)
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Further from NYS comptroller: The average salary in the NYC securities industry was nearly FIVE TIMES the average salary of the rest of the private sector ($101,760) in the city, and 59% higher than the next highest industry ($318,360 in web search portals and other information services)
Give this guy a dictionary. Trump is the swindler.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Give this guy a dictionary. Trump is the swindler.
The slain men were anything but drug kingpins. They "lived on the Paria Peninsula, in mostly unpainted cinderblock homes that can go weeks without water service and regularly lose power for several hours a day."
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The slain men were anything but drug kingpins. They "lived on the Paria Peninsula, in mostly unpainted cinderblock homes that can go weeks without water service and regularly lose power for several hours a day."
Terrific reporting under difficult conditions: “Most of the nine men were crewing such craft for the first or second time, making at least $500 per trip, residents and relatives said.”
AP video journalist Juan Arraez teamed with Garcia Cano, who is interviewed here: apnews.com/article/trum...
AP video journalist Juan Arraez teamed with Garcia Cano, who is interviewed here: apnews.com/article/trum...
What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats
Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press story that provided the first comprehensive account and identifies of some of the men killed in recent U.S. military strikes on alleged ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Terrific reporting under difficult conditions: “Most of the nine men were crewing such craft for the first or second time, making at least $500 per trip, residents and relatives said.”
AP video journalist Juan Arraez teamed with Garcia Cano, who is interviewed here: apnews.com/article/trum...
AP video journalist Juan Arraez teamed with Garcia Cano, who is interviewed here: apnews.com/article/trum...
The sandwich-thrower’s lawyer as quoted by NYT: “In some dissent we’re together, and in some dissent we stand alone,” she said. “But we really want to thank the jury for having sent back an affirmation that dissent is what is not just tolerated. It is legal, it is welcome.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The sandwich-thrower’s lawyer as quoted by NYT: “In some dissent we’re together, and in some dissent we stand alone,” she said. “But we really want to thank the jury for having sent back an affirmation that dissent is what is not just tolerated. It is legal, it is welcome.”
Meta has known about this for years. We identified dozens of fraudulent ads plaguing Peru’s travel agency industry and reported them to Meta nearly 2 years ago.
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Meta has known about this for years. We identified dozens of fraudulent ads plaguing Peru’s travel agency industry and reported them to Meta nearly 2 years ago.
Good riddance. The post-Eric Adams housecleaning will be full of interesting revelations, I’m sure.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Good riddance. The post-Eric Adams housecleaning will be full of interesting revelations, I’m sure.