Possible link between CEO of Sallyport Global, accused of human trafficking in Iraq, and Monica Peterson? (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Gilderoy

There is a possible link between Monica Peterson (who was allegedly investigating the CF in Haiti when she died under mysterious circumstances) and Sallyport Global, a U.S. contractor, the recipient of over $700 million in government money, which was exposed yesterday by the Associated Press as running a drug and alcohol smuggling/human trafficking/prostitution operation at a major airbase in Iraq.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sallyport-global-contractor-alcohol-theft-sex-trafficking-iraq-balad-ap/

John DeBlasio, CEO of Sallyport Global, a West Point Graduate and Iraq veteran, also runs a charitable organization, GPD Charitable Trust, which funds the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver, sponsoring student interns on trips to the Middle East. Monica Peterson graduated with a PhD in political science from the Josef Korbel School and was a research fellow. Students from Korbel apparently have interned with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, the United Nations, the FBI, the OECD, and World Vision International,among others,

https://archive.is/YrI39

CMES (Center for Middle Eastern Studies) convenes major thematic events in partnership with the best and brightest scholars, policymakers, and intellectuals from around the world. In 2015 CMES developed two major initiatives. The first was a ground-breaking specialization focused on the role of religion in international affairs. One of the first such programs in the United States, this specialization allows Master’s candidates in either the Josef Korbel School of International Studies or in the Department of Religious Studies to obtain a certificate in the Study of Religion and International Affairs. The second initiative is an experiential learning program that supports student travel to and internships in the Middle East. Another GPD grantee, Syria Direct based in Amman Jordan, now hosts interns from Korbel and shares communication strategies and initiatives as a result of this program.

John DeBlasio was also sued by a former employee and partner for various assorted crimes, though the suit was dismissed. He was accused by a former partner and employee of murder for hire, necrophilia for hire, drug smuggling, the sexual trafficking of minors, tax evasion, and “illicit trafficking in arms, including supplying guns to the Taliban, ISIS and Chechen rebels,” the suit said.

https://archive.is/ZOSCi

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Are_we_sure ago

If you had investigated Monica Peterson's work, you would immediately see why the Josef Korbel School raises a red flag. What are these programs about? Training people to work in government agencies abroad.

That does not raise a red flag whatsoever for me. Also, you can study international relations and work in that field without living abroad and without working for the government.

Monica Peterson worked for the Human Trafficking Center which was an affiliate of the Josef Korbel School and ended up dead in Haiti which raises questions about the legitimacy of the program and whether it was a cover for something else.

This is a tremendous leap of logic.

whatonearth ago

I like how they keep calling it the Josef Korbel School when any normal person would say she went to the University of Denver and not even notice the deceased bigshot they decided to honor by slapping his name on that university department. Considering Josef Korbel's background, it's also a helpful reminder that Voat is at heart still a neo-Nazi website (I'm surprised they didn't add the (((echoes))) to it).

Are_we_sure ago

Well the Joseph Korbel School is a specific part of the University of Denver. This is not unusual to refer to the specific "school" with a college. It's probably a lot harder to get into that the University itself. The government "school" that is part of Harvard is the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Northwestern has the Kellogg School of Management. Berkeley has the Haas School of Business.

I like how he keeps saying the school "trains interns for government agencies" as opposed to teaches international relations and awards degrees. A four Star General and a Secretary of State went there, for goodness sakes. Those must be some pretty good internships. And how he seems to be surprised that there is specialized education for folks going into international relations or public policy. It's the like the government should be staffed only by folks with degrees in communications and business adminstration.