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Lethe

Lethe

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zyklon said:
The author of this
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as well as the upcoming book
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from which it was excerpted, Seth Harp, Esq. can at times get a little too cynical about the volume of organized crime prevailing through the branches of the DoD.

Unsurprisingly, Seth was a criminal prosecutor in Texas prior to turning to investigative journalism.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1949933398069272897

OTOH, broadly speaking, Seth is not "making shit up:" there is indeed a not insignificant amount of criminality within the ranks of the US military, even if it is generally speaking more petty and opportunistic than organized or conspiratorial. However, who wants to read about sketchy NCOs
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?!

TBF, the US military is a reflection of broader American society: just as crime is unavoidably abundant in any American municipality of over a hundred thousand souls — let alone a city of a million — it's only natural that crime, including of the organized variety, would be found within
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While some of you may find it easy — or easier than usual — to dismiss the US military wholesale after reading his new book or even just this excerpt, I encourage y'all to receive Seth's writing as a study into a lesser known, yet fascinating, if not inevitable facet of military society.

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Lethe said:
I enjoyed Seth Harp's appearances on the War Nerd podcast:
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(May 2022) and
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(March 2023). I recall them touching on Seth's previous reporting including on Special Forces culture in at least one of those episodes. Not sure if either episode is available without subscription at those links, but I believe they can be found elsewhere too.
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Just noting that Seth Harp has made another guest appearance on the
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to promote the above mentioned book. The direct link to the episode is
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Listening to the catalogue of US special forces bodies in this episode reminds me that one of the most striking things about the United States is the sheer profusion of law enforcement, intelligence and military bodies. There are so many fiefdoms, each with its own lord, each jealously guarding its privileges against encroachment by others. One could argue that the United States is a very large country and that this multiplicity is simply a function of scale, but I'm not at all convinced by that explanation, and I suspect there are much richer explanations to be found.
 
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