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- usa@midwest.social
- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
Summary
Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE staffer recently promoted to a senior adviser role in the State Department, is reportedly the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov.
Martynov was executed in the Soviet Union after being exposed as an FBI informant. Coristine, an alleged former cybercriminal, previously worked in the General Services Administration and now has potential access to sensitive diplomatic data.
Concerns have been raised over his background and apparent lack of a security check.
The situation fuels fears about foreign influence in U.S. government operations.
“We need to ban anyone who was ever part of the countries we don’t like.”
“But most Americans are from countries America never got along with and wanted a better life. Actions define who they are, not their ethnicity or family.”
“Shut up concern troll, time to ban all ethnic Russians, Chinese, and Koreans!”