Shawn Ryan
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I think you just are aware.
It's more of a upfront, to my knowledge, someone can fact check me on this.
I'm not a foreign agent registry expert by any means, but I think once someone is registered under FARA, like they can't get a government contract.
Okay.
I think they can resign from the position they're in where they had to register under FARA.
And then I think they can slide back into, it's not like a forever thing by any means.
Um, the problem with the money side is that the Supreme Court basically ruled that money is speech.
And just like they can't tell you what you can and can't say, the government can't tell you how you can spend your money.
So if you want to put your money into a super PAC, you can put an unlimited amount in there.
And...
I think that's basically been the death of our political system ever since.
That makes it very possible for elections to be bought.
Because money is fungible, I think it's hard to actually create a firewall around that.
Ooh, that's a great question.
So it depends on obviously where I was working.
I would say a consistent factor for me, because I was predominantly in the Middle East in dangerous places, was either a Glock 19 or a Glock 43 for an ADC.
Yeah, the little guy.
Holy shit, you're running around with a Glock 43?
Depends on what I was wearing and where I was.
There's the other, what was it, the 20, is it the 26 as well?