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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · Aug 1, 2023

“Every now and then you dig up a story that feels dangerous to keep in your notebook … this was one of those stories” Episode 1 of Smoke Screen: Betrayal on the Bayou is now streaming @faimon @SonyPodcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bet…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 8

Not to mention the 💀 in the closet and the hazing scandal! Thanks to @faimon and @rjamesfinn for the words of wisdom to my students, who really brought it this semester nola.com/opinions/faimo…

JimMustian's tweet card. Here's what a dorm lounge in Natchitoches says about the future of journalism, columnist Faimon Roberts writes. And it's not all bad.

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Chad Livengood@ChadLivengood · Jul 12

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show detroitnews.com/story/news/nat… via @AP's @rjfoley Christopher L. Keller & @JimMustian

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Ryan J. Foley@rjfoley · Jul 10

A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps apnews.com/article/texas-…

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Ryan J. Foley@rjfoley · Jul 9

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show apnews.com/article/camp-m…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · Jun 3

NEW: @LAStatePolice searched a New Orleans home believed to be used by jailbreak fugitive to film Instagram video, law enforcement source tells @AP w/ @jack_brook96 apnews.com/article/new-or…

JimMustian's tweet card. A man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee has released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities.

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 23

His online posts had recently become fixated on the war in Gaza, calling for retaliation against Israel w/ @NewsDudeAP apnews.com/article/israel…

JimMustian's tweet card. In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene, speaking out against...

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Jack Brook@jack_brook96 · May 22

Nearly a week after one of the largest jailbreaks in US history, five inmates remain on the lam, some likely still in NOLA. Entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the city could complicate this search: apnews.com/article/new-or… W/ @JimMustian

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 19

ICYMI: @AP's deep-dive into Colombia's "Contraband King," who partied around the world w/ DEA agents while supposedly a top DOJ target "They ended up creating a monster” w/@APjoshgoodman apnews.com/article/dea-sm…

JimMustian's tweet card. A fugitive known as Colombia's “Contraband King” corrupted agents in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with expensive trips, fine dining and even prostitutes.

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Joshua Goodman@APjoshgoodman · May 17

Colombia's "Contraband King" Diego Marín is alleged to have built a money-laundering empire paying bribes to police officers and politicians. An @AP investigation found he had an even more powerful ally: The Drug Enforcement Administration. w/@JimMustian apnews.com/article/dea-sm…

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General (ret) Juan Carlos Buitrago A.@bg_buitrago · May 17

“Es una vergüenza para la DEA”, General Juan Carlos Buitrago. “Porque eso terminó creando un monstruo”. El aliado secreto de Papá Pitufo: la DEA apnews.com/article/dea-tr… Excelente investigación @APNews

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 17

The @AP findings — based on a trove of highly sensitive Justice Department files — offer an unprecedented glimpse into the fraud and profligate DEA spending that enabled Marín’s ascent

JJoshua Goodman@APjoshgoodman · May 17

Colombia's "Contraband King" Diego Marín is alleged to have built a money-laundering empire paying bribes to police officers and politicians. An @AP investigation found he had an even more powerful ally: The Drug Enforcement Administration. w/@JimMustian apnews.com/article/dea-sm…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 17

The IRS put his smuggling empire at $100M/yr He became the godfather of a corrupt agent's twins while ostensibly a major target Agents who tracked him now call him the Whitey Bulger of the DEA "They ended up creating a monster” w/@APjoshgoodman apnews.com/article/dea-sm…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 16

The inmates escaped through a hole behind a toilet, scaled a wall and ran across the interstate at 1 a.m. in an audacious jailbreak authorities say may have been an inside job Three of the fugitives faced murder charges w/@jack_brook96 @SaraLCline apnews.com/article/new-or…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 5

Also: state officials informally shared info about the conflicting report with a Corps official who did not record his response at the time, nor did officials formally submit the report for review — despite @LouisianaGov legal team advising this to minimize potential blowback.

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Attorneys even weighed whether La. officials could face federal charges for withholding a report that the diversion would generate significantly less land than another modeling projection used in a federal review, per memo obtained by @AP w/@jack_brook96 apnews.com/article/louisi…

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Jim Mustian@JimMustian · May 5

Attorneys even weighed whether La. officials could face federal charges for withholding a report that the diversion would generate significantly less land than another modeling projection used in a federal review, per memo obtained by @AP w/@jack_brook96 apnews.com/article/louisi…

JimMustian's tweet card. An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown deeper into disarray amid claims by Gov.

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