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[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The US authoriites belived to have sought a court order before storming the diplomat's residence in Putney on August 25.

Yeah I don't know if it's worth to continue reading this source, if they fuck up the third sentence this much.

Here's the Guardian instead: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/14/ministers-us-diplomat-accused-indecent-images-children-uk

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The title is even worse because, as written, it sounded like U.S. marines flew CSAM out to a United States diplomat.

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Marines being used to protect pedos is disgusting.

[–] Frettchen@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Happens everyday look at marine 1

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They don't appear to be speaking out against it.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I wonder what they even knew about it. "Go here and get this diplomat." You got it. You don't really ask questions when it seems like a mundane mission.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 151 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

Imagine being told you're on some dangerous mission in ally territory, some crazy black ops mission to defend a "US politician in danger", and you're not being told what the danger is, just that the UK might turn on them somehow.

So you and your little black ops squad are all riled up, being told you're the best of the best, sent out to do some crazy black ops shit and defend Americans overseas.

You and your squad have some crazy tactical mission with the best gear, fly out of some helicopter off a carrier, grab the target, use non lethal as much as possible, swoop in bring him to safety, high fives all around and the American is saved, no lives lost.

Then later you hear he was just some pedo who almost got in trouble for being a fucking pedo

Imagine how those dudes would feel... You went from telling your family you do the crazy secret stuff to defend America that you can't talk about, then your kids are growing up like "wait dad did you save that pedo? Weren't you in UK at that time?"

[–] Carl@anarchist.nexus 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You went from telling your family you do the crazy secret stuff to defend America that you can't talk about, then your kids are growing up like "wait dad did you save that pedo? Weren't you in UK at that time?"

If they’re truly black ops, they wouldn’t even tell their family that they do the crazy secret stuff. Their family would be told that they’re stationed somewhere like Japan, but then their return mail would be coming with weird mismatched postage marks from all over the world. And they wouldn’t be bragging about the job, they would be downplaying it. Lots of “Oh I mostly push papers for logistics coordination. I can’t give specifics but it’s really not that interesting.”

Like you would send a letter to them, addressed to the base in Japan that you’ve been told they’re stationed at. The military would then re-route it to wherever they are actually stationed (like the UK). But then their return mail would initially get marked from the UK, until it got intercepted and re-stamped to look like it was from Japan. Thus the weird postmarks.

Source: Uncle was suspected black ops during the height of the Cold War, and this was how his shit worked. Granddad was retired military by that point; high enough in rank to know how black ops worked, without being strictly bound to secrecy about all the work he did. Which meant he saw all of the red flags about my uncle’s weird deployments, and quickly put two and two together. He lost a lot of sleep over it, knowing that a few dudes might show up to tell him his son had been killed somewhere they couldn’t disclose, on a mission that didn’t technically exist. Or worse, that he wasn’t dead, but the military wasn’t going to do anything to rescue him. Because that would mean admitting that his mission existed in the first place.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like it was the Marines that do embassy security who raided the house and arrested the person.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 17 points 3 days ago

Okay for their own sanity, I hope they knew they were protecting pedo assets from the start. It'd be a lot easier to shrug and says, "sure, I'll exfiltrate the politician who may or may not be a pedo but that's for American courts to decide" than it would be to think you're being a hero and find out you werent told the truth

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They probably fed those marines some crayons to distract them from the moral conundrum.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago

theres a reason why they used crayon eaters instead.

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The Few. The Proud. The Pedo Protectors.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 157 points 3 days ago

Guardians Of Pedophiles

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Operation Pedophile Freedom, 2026 edition. How would you like to be one of the marines tasked with "extracting" a literal pedophile. Must not feel good.

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Operation Epic Fiddling

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 136 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A part of the Epstein Doctrine.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (4 children)

God damnit! My fucking grandkids are going to have to learn and take tests on this in social studies class, and that’s exactly what it’ll be called.

US kids dont learn that the situation in Iran now is directly from the US (and UK) overthrowing a democratic government because said government promised to nationalize the country's oil fields, and them the US doing it again to the subsequent dictator when he (inevitably) turned against the US controllers.

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[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A US diplomat working at the US embassy in London was accused of possessing...

Why don't any of the stories about this say who accused him? What government, what agency? Wouldn't you think it should be easy to get this detail crystal clear?

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 75 points 3 days ago

Saving Private Jeffrey

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

WE ALL KNOW WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO PEDOPHILES

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Elect them to the presidency? Twice?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Protecting pedophiles is an American pasttime at this point.

[–] smaximov@lemmy.world 65 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 92 points 3 days ago

Semper Pedofilis.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The pedos in office over here are worried he might spill the beans and name names.

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

The Epstein regime has no allies, only useful accomplices.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

Well at least they are a good representation of the nation they are a diplomat of....

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought that was Air Force One. 🤔

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 34 points 3 days ago

We NEED to Protect ~~American Citizens!~~ ~~Children!~~ CHILD PREDATORS!

-Republicans LITERALLY!

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Just like the catholic church.

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Always remember who you're fighting for

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The US embassy in London looks like a pyramid of skeletal parts, which is extremely fitting and also chic.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I kinda like how it looks like a cascade of infinite falling knives, as in "never try to catch a falling knife". Stay well clear of that mess

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Throne of Knives

[–] funkreddit@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago (5 children)

All.republicans.are.pedos!!!! We the people have a nasty, perverted, situation in our hands.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Is the bastard listed in the files?

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