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🚨Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu was asked why many countries still view Japan as underdogs and how that perception has motivated his team after their dominant 4–0 victory over Tunisia. 🎙️ Reporter: “Coach Moriyasu, despite Japan’s recent performances, many people still consider your team underdogs. Why do you think that is, and has it motivated your players during this World Cup?” 🗣️ Hajime Moriyasu: “I understand why some people still see Japan that way because football has traditionally been dominated by nations with long histories of winning major tournaments. “We respect those countries and everything they have achieved, but we don’t focus too much on labels like ‘underdogs’ or ‘favourites.’ “If people underestimate us, that is their choice. For us, it becomes extra motivation. “Our players work incredibly hard every day, and they are proud to represent Japan. They want to show the world that Japanese football belongs at the highest level. “What has driven this team throughout the tournament is not proving people wrong—it is proving ourselves right. “We know our quality. We trust our preparation, our style of play, and the values that define us as a team. “The players have shown great discipline, courage, and humility. They fight for each other in every moment, and that unity is our greatest strength. “A 4–0 victory does not change our mentality. We remain humble, we continue to improve, and we keep our focus on the next challenge. “If other teams still see us as underdogs, that is fine. We will continue to let our football do the talking. {كأس العالم FIFA 🏆 }

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Joel Kim

384,855 views • 1 month ago

🚨Many seem shocked at the seeming pro-Ghana FA views that former Black Stars defender John Painstil (JP) espoused last night on UTV Ghana. • Some context for non-Akan speakers and non-Ghanaian followers: in the attached clip, JP downplays the importance of a demonstration against the Ghana FA held on Valentine's Day. The #SaveGhanaFootballDemo was to protest the worsening state of our football, and to proffer solutions to Parliament that, if implemented, could help make Ghana football attractive and beneficial to all again. JP also says in the video that allegations of nepotism in national team callups (especially at U17 and U20) are baseless and just hearsay. Why are we shocked at JP? Don't be; he has held this view for a long time. • Myself, John, Saddick Adams and a few other colleagues have been board members of the annual Ghana Football Awards (The Ghana Football Awards) since 2018. We've had tens of brainstorming sessions about the state of Ghana's youth football, the broken football conveyor belt and how to make it better, as we debated each year's best players and admins deserving of the awards. • One thing has been consistent about John: he has been always held the view that 'things are not as bad as we make it seem'. Each one of us has views shaped by personal experiences, and I do not know why JP doesn't think Ghana deserves better football administration than what we've had. But there's one thing I know. • Exactly a year ago this week (10 Feb, 2023), former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo – who previously never saw the need to publicly speak up on the worsening state of the economy – shocked most of us when she joined demonstrators to protest the government's plans to include pensioner bondholders in the debt restructuring program. Aunt Sophia, in a later interview with Bola Ray, explained that she joined the movement 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 by that government policy. (Ref: & • Her action (and prior inaction) illustrates why those with a voice should not wait until people close to us are affected by floundering leadership before we speak; it may be too late. • Therefore, the message to Mr Painstil and others who think Ghana football is not in such dire straits, and that the rest of us talk too much, is obvious: your Sophia Akuffo moment is Coming Soon, on VCD and DVD. As I always say, e go reach everybody. #SaveGhanaFootball

🚨Many seem shocked at the seeming pro-Ghana FA views that former Black Stars defender John Painstil (JP) espoused last night on UTV Ghana. • Some context for non-Akan speakers and non-Ghanaian followers: in the attached clip, JP downplays the importance of a demonstration against the Ghana FA held on Valentine's Day. The #SaveGhanaFootballDemo was to protest the worsening state of our football, and to proffer solutions to Parliament that, if implemented, could help make Ghana football attractive and beneficial to all again. JP also says in the video that allegations of nepotism in national team callups (especially at U17 and U20) are baseless and just hearsay. Why are we shocked at JP? Don't be; he has held this view for a long time. • Myself, John, Saddick Adams and a few other colleagues have been board members of the annual Ghana Football Awards (The Ghana Football Awards) since 2018. We've had tens of brainstorming sessions about the state of Ghana's youth football, the broken football conveyor belt and how to make it better, as we debated each year's best players and admins deserving of the awards. • One thing has been consistent about John: he has been always held the view that 'things are not as bad as we make it seem'. Each one of us has views shaped by personal experiences, and I do not know why JP doesn't think Ghana deserves better football administration than what we've had. But there's one thing I know. • Exactly a year ago this week (10 Feb, 2023), former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo – who previously never saw the need to publicly speak up on the worsening state of the economy – shocked most of us when she joined demonstrators to protest the government's plans to include pensioner bondholders in the debt restructuring program. Aunt Sophia, in a later interview with Bola Ray, explained that she joined the movement 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 by that government policy. (Ref: & • Her action (and prior inaction) illustrates why those with a voice should not wait until people close to us are affected by floundering leadership before we speak; it may be too late. • Therefore, the message to Mr Painstil and others who think Ghana football is not in such dire straits, and that the rest of us talk too much, is obvious: your Sophia Akuffo moment is Coming Soon, on VCD and DVD. As I always say, e go reach everybody. #SaveGhanaFootball

Gary Al-Smith

211,643 views • 2 years ago

Selamat Datang ke Kuala Lumpur, Manchester United! ✈️🇲🇾 We’re honoured to welcome the Red Devils as they touch down in Kuala Lumpur for their post-season tour! It’s an honour to have flown the team in from Manchester with Malaysia Airlines, showcasing our signature Malaysian Hospitality every step of the way. The squad’s journey across continents was in great hands—led by Captain Mohd Azmin Mohd Ismail, Captain Muzaffar Mohammad, First Officer Agus Rizal Hashim Harith, and First Officer Daniel Dhiren Padman—ensuring a smooth and comfortable flight. Touchdown was right on time at 6.42PM at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Here’s to an exciting Post Season Tour ahead and unforgettable matches. Catch them on: 📍 28 May 2025 – Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 📍 30 May 2025 – Hong Kong Stadium ⚽ Football fans! We’re offering up to 50% off flights to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong—so you can witness the Red Devils live in action. This limited-time offer ends 30 May 2025. Don’t miss out—book now at and be part of the action. Travel Period: 23 May – 4 June 2025 Let the games begin! ✈️⚽ #MalaysiaAirlines #MalaysianHospitality #MHxMU #ManchesterUnited #MUTour25

Selamat Datang ke Kuala Lumpur, Manchester United! ✈️🇲🇾 We’re honoured to welcome the Red Devils as they touch down in Kuala Lumpur for their post-season tour! It’s an honour to have flown the team in from Manchester with Malaysia Airlines, showcasing our signature Malaysian Hospitality every step of the way. The squad’s journey across continents was in great hands—led by Captain Mohd Azmin Mohd Ismail, Captain Muzaffar Mohammad, First Officer Agus Rizal Hashim Harith, and First Officer Daniel Dhiren Padman—ensuring a smooth and comfortable flight. Touchdown was right on time at 6.42PM at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Here’s to an exciting Post Season Tour ahead and unforgettable matches. Catch them on: 📍 28 May 2025 – Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 📍 30 May 2025 – Hong Kong Stadium ⚽ Football fans! We’re offering up to 50% off flights to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong—so you can witness the Red Devils live in action. This limited-time offer ends 30 May 2025. Don’t miss out—book now at and be part of the action. Travel Period: 23 May – 4 June 2025 Let the games begin! ✈️⚽ #MalaysiaAirlines #MalaysianHospitality #MHxMU #ManchesterUnited #MUTour25

Malaysia Airlines

19,956 views • 1 year ago

//The Wire//2300Z July 25, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: "DATING" APP DATA BREACH HIGHLIGHTS NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- USA: This morning a major PII leak was exploited on the Tea app, the infamous app that has gained notoriety around the United States. This data leak was not a hack by any means; the selfie ID feature and driver's license images used to register users were stored unencrypted on the app's servers for anyone on the internet to see. Furthermore, the location data was not scrubbed from the images, so the exact GPS coordinate of each user was also leaked, with tens of thousands of users' private location data being leaked online. -----END TEARLINE----- Analyst Comments: This app gained infamy as it's entire purpose is to serve as a "Yelp" for women to rate men, and to allow women to secretly share personal information regarding prospective dates, all without men being allowed to either face their accusers or even know that they are being gossiped about (thus the name of the app being a slang term that serves as a synonym for "gossip"). Most importantly, the app uses facial recognition to prevent biological males from obtaining an account. Beyond the unfortunate origins of the app and the equally unfortunate data leak, examination of the data that was leaked is likely to cause exceptionally grave risks to national security. The "gossipy" nature of this story doesn't matter, a bunch of unflattering selfies doesn't matter either; what does matter is that this may have inadvertently revealed significant national security concerns. For instance, preliminary analysis of the datasets indicates that many users of the Tea app downloaded the app, took a selfie, and registered for an account while at work. In some cases, at government facilities or on military bases...such as the rather unfortunate individual who decided it was a good idea to register for this app while stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Or the person who felt that they needed to use this app while on a gunnery range at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. So far, other interesting sites located via personnel taking a selfie to register for this app at work include the following locations: - An ammunition storage bunker at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey. - The legislative offices at the Connecticut State Capitol building. - One of the headquarters buildings at Minot Air Force Base. - A maintenance site on the airfield at Eglin Air Force Base. - Alumni Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. - And the off-base housing complexes at nearly every single military base in the United States. Of course, these data points only encompass the GPS coordinates that were embedded in the metadata of the selfies taken when users created an account on the app, so the data that was leaked is merely a snapshot of wherever a person was when they registered an account. Most of the GPS points presented in this data were very precise, pinpointing users within a diameter of 36ft or so on average. GPS errors are also likely to throw off this dataset, so it's probable that quite a few data points are inaccurate. However, most of the data (as leaked) is good enough for nationstate-level malign actors to have a field day when it comes to espionage. A person who is unhappy with the person they are in a relationship with, who is also willing to submit their full legal name and street address (or GPS location) makes for a prime espionage target when this data is cross-referenced with other data. It takes exactly two clicks to import the leaked data to a map, and overlay that map with known sensitive military sites around the nation...perhaps in the process finding a few new locations as well. It is also easy to cross-reference this data with property ownership documents to find out how many people took a selfie at a different address than listed on their driver's license...or on their spouse's voter registration records. In short, what seems to be at face value a rather superfluous data breach on a gossip app, may end up having serious national security concerns now that malign actors know the exact GPS location of tens of thousands of potential blackmail targets. Regardless of how this scandal started, the intelligence agencies of dozens of nations are probably crawling through this data set right now, looking for potential vulnerabilities. Furthermore, certain areas within the dataset appear to have been geofenced...there is not a single reported user's data in the entire district of Washington D.C. or all of lower Manhattan. While this is completely speculative at this time, if this app was designed as a honeypot trap from the ground up (for espionage purposes), it's possible that certain areas of the US would be geofenced, to prevent certain powerful people (or politicians) from being caught up in the operation. Once again, this is purely speculative, but it is interesting that some of the most densely populated cities in the US had absolutely zero reported users register. In the world of espionage, one might think that politicians would be a primary target for situations like this, but this is unlikely in this case. Politicians are often compromised by men in dark suits, not normally a cheap app that allows one to gossip about other people. Their spouses however, are a different story. The prime target for these types of operations (if this is indeed more of an espionage attempt) are exactly the people who were targeted...low-to-mid level employees (and their spouses) who would be more easily blackmailed with the type of information that they submitted to the app. What will come of this is anyone's guess, but beyond the obvious embarrassment angle of this situation (and this affair highlighting actual affairs), the national security risks via blackmail are probably extremely high. What makes this risk unique is that for now, most people are focusing on the socially embarrassing side of this scandal, and not the security risks that are present. As such, when this story is dropped like a hot potato from the news cycle in a few days, that moment is precisely when national-level assets are likely to attempt to exploit the tens of thousands of targets that have now been exposed. Everyone will forget about this in a few weeks, but the espionage potential of this data leak persists well into the future. Analyst: S2A1 Research: //END REPORT//

//The Wire//2300Z July 25, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: "DATING" APP DATA BREACH HIGHLIGHTS NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- USA: This morning a major PII leak was exploited on the Tea app, the infamous app that has gained notoriety around the United States. This data leak was not a hack by any means; the selfie ID feature and driver's license images used to register users were stored unencrypted on the app's servers for anyone on the internet to see. Furthermore, the location data was not scrubbed from the images, so the exact GPS coordinate of each user was also leaked, with tens of thousands of users' private location data being leaked online. -----END TEARLINE----- Analyst Comments: This app gained infamy as it's entire purpose is to serve as a "Yelp" for women to rate men, and to allow women to secretly share personal information regarding prospective dates, all without men being allowed to either face their accusers or even know that they are being gossiped about (thus the name of the app being a slang term that serves as a synonym for "gossip"). Most importantly, the app uses facial recognition to prevent biological males from obtaining an account. Beyond the unfortunate origins of the app and the equally unfortunate data leak, examination of the data that was leaked is likely to cause exceptionally grave risks to national security. The "gossipy" nature of this story doesn't matter, a bunch of unflattering selfies doesn't matter either; what does matter is that this may have inadvertently revealed significant national security concerns. For instance, preliminary analysis of the datasets indicates that many users of the Tea app downloaded the app, took a selfie, and registered for an account while at work. In some cases, at government facilities or on military bases...such as the rather unfortunate individual who decided it was a good idea to register for this app while stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Or the person who felt that they needed to use this app while on a gunnery range at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. So far, other interesting sites located via personnel taking a selfie to register for this app at work include the following locations: - An ammunition storage bunker at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey. - The legislative offices at the Connecticut State Capitol building. - One of the headquarters buildings at Minot Air Force Base. - A maintenance site on the airfield at Eglin Air Force Base. - Alumni Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. - And the off-base housing complexes at nearly every single military base in the United States. Of course, these data points only encompass the GPS coordinates that were embedded in the metadata of the selfies taken when users created an account on the app, so the data that was leaked is merely a snapshot of wherever a person was when they registered an account. Most of the GPS points presented in this data were very precise, pinpointing users within a diameter of 36ft or so on average. GPS errors are also likely to throw off this dataset, so it's probable that quite a few data points are inaccurate. However, most of the data (as leaked) is good enough for nationstate-level malign actors to have a field day when it comes to espionage. A person who is unhappy with the person they are in a relationship with, who is also willing to submit their full legal name and street address (or GPS location) makes for a prime espionage target when this data is cross-referenced with other data. It takes exactly two clicks to import the leaked data to a map, and overlay that map with known sensitive military sites around the nation...perhaps in the process finding a few new locations as well. It is also easy to cross-reference this data with property ownership documents to find out how many people took a selfie at a different address than listed on their driver's license...or on their spouse's voter registration records. In short, what seems to be at face value a rather superfluous data breach on a gossip app, may end up having serious national security concerns now that malign actors know the exact GPS location of tens of thousands of potential blackmail targets. Regardless of how this scandal started, the intelligence agencies of dozens of nations are probably crawling through this data set right now, looking for potential vulnerabilities. Furthermore, certain areas within the dataset appear to have been geofenced...there is not a single reported user's data in the entire district of Washington D.C. or all of lower Manhattan. While this is completely speculative at this time, if this app was designed as a honeypot trap from the ground up (for espionage purposes), it's possible that certain areas of the US would be geofenced, to prevent certain powerful people (or politicians) from being caught up in the operation. Once again, this is purely speculative, but it is interesting that some of the most densely populated cities in the US had absolutely zero reported users register. In the world of espionage, one might think that politicians would be a primary target for situations like this, but this is unlikely in this case. Politicians are often compromised by men in dark suits, not normally a cheap app that allows one to gossip about other people. Their spouses however, are a different story. The prime target for these types of operations (if this is indeed more of an espionage attempt) are exactly the people who were targeted...low-to-mid level employees (and their spouses) who would be more easily blackmailed with the type of information that they submitted to the app. What will come of this is anyone's guess, but beyond the obvious embarrassment angle of this situation (and this affair highlighting actual affairs), the national security risks via blackmail are probably extremely high. What makes this risk unique is that for now, most people are focusing on the socially embarrassing side of this scandal, and not the security risks that are present. As such, when this story is dropped like a hot potato from the news cycle in a few days, that moment is precisely when national-level assets are likely to attempt to exploit the tens of thousands of targets that have now been exposed. Everyone will forget about this in a few weeks, but the espionage potential of this data leak persists well into the future. Analyst: S2A1 Research: //END REPORT//

S2 Underground

40,605 views • 1 year ago

Heaven Birthday, O.A. "Bum" Phillips Born 102 Years Ago Today🤠🩵🕯️ A Tribute to the 'Patron Saint' of the #Oilers' "Luv Ya Blue" Phenomenon of the 1970s Head Coach and Leader of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans #Saints A "country gentleman" who completely rejuvenated a hapless franchise, restoring it to football prominence, while invigorating a city and fanbase in the process. Bum was one of #NFL history's most colorful characters, always good for an unforgettable country idiom. Unmistakably recognizable in his cowboy boots and Stetson hat, he instilled togetherness and indoctrinated team unity (both on and off the field) with the players on his Oilers and Saints teams of the 1970s and '80s — often allowing "family days" for his players at Saturday practice sessions and holding team pizza and beer nights during the season. Bum was an ingenious coach — a true innovative defensive mind, one who never seems to get his just due in that regard. Widely acknowledged as one of the inventors of the defensive numbering system that is currently used in the sport today, he — along with Chuck Fairbanks — took the basic, elementary principles of the college 3-4 defensive scheme and modernized it in earnest into a full-fledged pro base defensive alignment. Prior to this, elements of the pro 3-4 had only been seen in various substitution packages, most notably Bill Arnsparger's "53" defense for the Dolphins' Super Bowl teams. The linchpin of the alignment was future Hall of Famer Curley Culp, who Bum deployed as the proverbial "eye of the hurricane" at the newly-revolutionized nose tackle position. His play in 1975 would garner him NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors by the NEA. In 1975 — his first season as head coach of the Oilers — Phillips led #Houston to its first winning season in eight years and its first 10-win season since 1962. In 1978, Bum navigated the Oilers to their first postseason appearance in nine years, and from 1978 through 1980, led Houston to three consecutive postseason appearances — something that had not occurred since the first three seasons of the franchise's existence, 1960 through 1962. During his six seasons as head coach of the Oilers, Bum recorded five winning campaigns and four seasons with 10-or-more victories. In 1978 and again in '79, his teams would succumb to their fierce AFC Central rival — the eventual back-to-back Super Bowl champion Steelers — in the AFC Championship. After his time in Houston, Phillips moved on to coach the Saints from 1981 to 1985, leading the franchise to then only its second non-losing season ever in 1983. Heaven Birthday to a true original in every sense of the word🤠

Heaven Birthday, O.A. "Bum" Phillips Born 102 Years Ago Today🤠🩵🕯️ A Tribute to the 'Patron Saint' of the #Oilers' "Luv Ya Blue" Phenomenon of the 1970s Head Coach and Leader of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans #Saints A "country gentleman" who completely rejuvenated a hapless franchise, restoring it to football prominence, while invigorating a city and fanbase in the process. Bum was one of #NFL history's most colorful characters, always good for an unforgettable country idiom. Unmistakably recognizable in his cowboy boots and Stetson hat, he instilled togetherness and indoctrinated team unity (both on and off the field) with the players on his Oilers and Saints teams of the 1970s and '80s — often allowing "family days" for his players at Saturday practice sessions and holding team pizza and beer nights during the season. Bum was an ingenious coach — a true innovative defensive mind, one who never seems to get his just due in that regard. Widely acknowledged as one of the inventors of the defensive numbering system that is currently used in the sport today, he — along with Chuck Fairbanks — took the basic, elementary principles of the college 3-4 defensive scheme and modernized it in earnest into a full-fledged pro base defensive alignment. Prior to this, elements of the pro 3-4 had only been seen in various substitution packages, most notably Bill Arnsparger's "53" defense for the Dolphins' Super Bowl teams. The linchpin of the alignment was future Hall of Famer Curley Culp, who Bum deployed as the proverbial "eye of the hurricane" at the newly-revolutionized nose tackle position. His play in 1975 would garner him NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors by the NEA. In 1975 — his first season as head coach of the Oilers — Phillips led #Houston to its first winning season in eight years and its first 10-win season since 1962. In 1978, Bum navigated the Oilers to their first postseason appearance in nine years, and from 1978 through 1980, led Houston to three consecutive postseason appearances — something that had not occurred since the first three seasons of the franchise's existence, 1960 through 1962. During his six seasons as head coach of the Oilers, Bum recorded five winning campaigns and four seasons with 10-or-more victories. In 1978 and again in '79, his teams would succumb to their fierce AFC Central rival — the eventual back-to-back Super Bowl champion Steelers — in the AFC Championship. After his time in Houston, Phillips moved on to coach the Saints from 1981 to 1985, leading the franchise to then only its second non-losing season ever in 1983. Heaven Birthday to a true original in every sense of the word🤠

Kevin Gallagher

13,047 views • 10 months ago

SCANDAL: Alberta’s Police Chief Was Appointed by the Same Board He Chaired Danielle Smith’s government silently went along with the fact that the Independent Agency Police Service Oversight Board, tasked with finding the most qualified Albertan to lead the new provincial police force, chose its own chairman, Satpal Singh Parhar, for the job. Having hidden this critical conflict of interest concerning the safety and security of Albertans has rattled critics, who are now calling for the resignation of Chief Parhar, the entire board, Minister Mike Ellis, and Premier Danielle Smith. Last week, in our in-depth report raising national security concerns about the questionable selection of Chief Parhar—prior to our discovery that he had served as chair—Minister Ellis’s press secretary stated that the process was “independently led by the Independent Agency Police Service Oversight Board and adhered to established public sector protocols for executive-level appointments.” This revelation shatters the credibility of that statement and raises serious questions about integrity, transparency, and accountability at every level of Danielle Smith’s government. If this is what “established public sector protocols” look like, Albertans deserve to know how many other appointments are built on the same foundation of conflict of interest. Chief Parhar, Premier Smith, and Minister Ellis have not responded to our media inquiry, leaving unanswered whether U.S. security agencies were consulted about this appointment—an especially pressing question given Alberta’s shared border with Montana and the persistent threat of transnational crime, including fentanyl trafficking. This investigation is far from over, and Media Bezirgan needs your financial support to continue uncovering this scandal. I’d like to thank law enforcement and Intelligence community for pointing out the fact that Parhar used to be the chair of the board that ultimately appointed him chief.

SCANDAL: Alberta’s Police Chief Was Appointed by the Same Board He Chaired Danielle Smith’s government silently went along with the fact that the Independent Agency Police Service Oversight Board, tasked with finding the most qualified Albertan to lead the new provincial police force, chose its own chairman, Satpal Singh Parhar, for the job. Having hidden this critical conflict of interest concerning the safety and security of Albertans has rattled critics, who are now calling for the resignation of Chief Parhar, the entire board, Minister Mike Ellis, and Premier Danielle Smith. Last week, in our in-depth report raising national security concerns about the questionable selection of Chief Parhar—prior to our discovery that he had served as chair—Minister Ellis’s press secretary stated that the process was “independently led by the Independent Agency Police Service Oversight Board and adhered to established public sector protocols for executive-level appointments.” This revelation shatters the credibility of that statement and raises serious questions about integrity, transparency, and accountability at every level of Danielle Smith’s government. If this is what “established public sector protocols” look like, Albertans deserve to know how many other appointments are built on the same foundation of conflict of interest. Chief Parhar, Premier Smith, and Minister Ellis have not responded to our media inquiry, leaving unanswered whether U.S. security agencies were consulted about this appointment—an especially pressing question given Alberta’s shared border with Montana and the persistent threat of transnational crime, including fentanyl trafficking. This investigation is far from over, and Media Bezirgan needs your financial support to continue uncovering this scandal. I’d like to thank law enforcement and Intelligence community for pointing out the fact that Parhar used to be the chair of the board that ultimately appointed him chief.

Mocha Bezirgan 🇨🇦

114,490 views • 1 year ago