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Trump official targeted in Biden-era ‘disinformation’ dossier still under wraps days after Rubio revelation

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The identity of a Trump administration official who was allegedly targeted by the Biden administration’s State Department in a «disinformation» dossier remains a mystery nearly two weeks after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed details on the file.

Rubio revealed at the most recent Trump administration Cabinet meeting April 30 that an unidentified Trump administration official who was present had been the subject of a State Department dossier detailing alleged promotion of social media «disinformation.» 

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Rubio, the State Department and the White House have not yet identified which official the Biden administration targeted. Fox News Digital has reached out repeatedly to the White House regarding the identity of the official, including on Monday, but did not receive replies. 

When asked for an update on the identity of the Trump official, the State Department directed Fox News Digital to Rubio’s April 30 remark, detailing that, «We are going to be turning over these dossiers to the individuals, and they’ll decide whether they want to disclose it or not.»

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The Trump administration has not revealed which administration official was targeted by the Biden administration’s State Department in a «disinformation» dossier compiling previous social media posts that identified them as «purveyors of disinformation.» (Getty Images)

Rubio said during the April 30 Cabinet meeting that a little-known, now-defunct office within the State Department called the Global Engagement Center (GEC) had compiled disinformation dossiers on Americans across the country as part of an effort to «censor» free speech, including an individual who has since joined the Trump administration. 

«We had an office in the Department of State whose job it was to censor Americans,» Rubio said during the meeting. «And, by the way, I’m not going to say who it is. I’ll leave it up to them. There’s at least one person at this table today who had a dossier in that building of social media posts to identify them as purveyors of disinformation. We have these dossiers. We are going to be turning those over to these individuals.» 

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Vice President JD Vance interjected, asking, «Was it me or Elon (Musk)? We can follow up when the media is gone,» which drew laughter from the Cabinet. 

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Cabinet meeting April 30. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

«But just think about that. The Department of State of the United States had set up an office to monitor the social media posts and commentary of American citizens, to identify them as vectors of disinformation,» Rubio continued. «When we know that the best way to combat disinformation is freedom of speech and transparency.»

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Though Rubio did not identify which Trump official the Biden administration kept a dossier on, Elon Musk has previously railed against the Global Engagement Center. 

«The worst offender in US government censorship & media manipulation is an obscure agency called GEC,» Musk posted to X in January 2023. That was more than a year before Musk endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential race and became a fixture of the administration in his temporary role with the Department of Government Efficiency. 

«They are a threat to our democracy,» Musk added.

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Former President Barack Obama established the Global Engagement Center in 2016 through an executive order aimed at coordinating counterterrorism messaging to foreign nations before it expanded its scope to also include countering foreign propaganda and disinformation, State Department documents show.

Conservatives have slammed the office as a political weapon to silence free speech, including Rubio in an April op-ed when he cited a 2020 GEC report claiming that a «Russian disinformation apparatus» was behind public speculation that the coronavirus was an «engineered bioweapon» or was created by «research conducted at the Wuhan institute.» 

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Marco Rubio said during the April 30 Cabinet meeting that a little-known, now-defunct office within the State Department called the Global Engagement Center (GEC) had compiled disinformation dossiers on Americans across the country as part of an effort to «censor» free speech. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency)

In the years following the pandemic, the Department of Energy under the Biden administration and former FBI Director Christopher Wray said evidence indicated that COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak, while the Trump administration’s CIA reported earlier in 2025 that a lab leak was the likely origin of the virus.

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In 2024, lawmakers did not approve new funding for the office in the National Defense Authorization Act, and it was scheduled to terminate on Dec. 23, 2024. The Biden administration, however, shuffled staffers and rebranded the office. 

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It became the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub just days before Trump’s inauguration, the New York Post reported in January

Rubio announced in April that the office would officially shutter. 

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Marco Rubio has railed against the office in previous interviews and op-eds, including authoring an opinion piece for the Federalist in April touting that he was dismantling the «censorship-industrial complex» that had gripped agencies such as the State Department. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

«I am announcing the closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC),» Rubio said in an April 16 statement announcing the office’s closure. 

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«Under the previous administration, this office, which cost taxpayers more than $50 million per year, spent millions of dollars to actively silence and censor the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving,» he wrote. «This is antithetical to the very principles we should be upholding and inconceivable it was taking place in America. That ends today.» 

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Though Marco Rubio did not identify which Trump official the Biden administration kept a dossier on, Elon Musk has previously railed against the Global Engagement Center. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

Rubio has railed against the office in previous interviews and op-eds, including authoring an opinion piece for the Federalist in April touting that he was dismantling the «censorship-industrial complex» that had gripped agencies such as the State Department. 

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«Over the past half-decade, bodies like GEC, crafted by our own governing ruling class, nearly destroyed America’s long free speech history,» he wrote in the op-ed. «The enemies of speech had new lingo to justify their authoritarian impulse. It was «disinformation,» allegedly pushed by nefarious foreign governments, that was the No. 1 threat to ‘our democracy.’ To protect ‘our democracy,’ this ‘disinformation’ had to be identified and stamped out.» 

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Ante la corrupción en el Ejército, el régimen de Xi Jinping recurre a la propaganda para contener la descomposición interna

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Ante la corrupción en el Ejército, el régimen de Xi Jinping recurre a la propaganda para contener la descomposición interna (REUTERS/Jason Lee/Archivo)

El Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) de China intensificó esta semana su campaña ideológica interna con la publicación de un editorial que insta a los cuadros políticos militares a “decir la verdad” y “enfrentar los problemas de frente”. El mensaje, difundido en el Diario del EPL, órgano oficial de las Fuerzas Armadas, forma parte de una estrategia propagandística que busca contener el desgaste institucional tras los múltiples escándalos de corrupción que han sacudido a la cúpula militar.

El ocultamiento de los problemas o el maquillaje de la realidad reflejan un carácter partidario impuro y motivaciones egoístas”, advierte el texto, publicado sin firma individual, pero atribuido a un comentarista oficial del diario. El artículo exige a los funcionarios políticos del Ejército —encargados de aplicar la línea ideológica del Partido Comunista— actuar con “moralidad e integridad” en un contexto marcado por purgas internas, ausencia de información y la caída de varios altos mandos por corrupción.

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Los cuadros, sostiene el editorial, deben ser “luchadores, no caballeros”, una formulación que refuerza la visión autoritaria del régimen sobre el papel del liderazgo militar. Se invoca además la figura de Mao Zedong y otros líderes revolucionarios para legitimar la necesidad de “predicar con el ejemplo” en medio de lo que el propio texto califica como “riesgos superpuestos” para el Ejército.

La publicación llega apenas dos días después de que la Comisión Militar Central (CMC), máximo órgano castrense de China, emitiera nuevas directrices para reconstruir la credibilidad de las Fuerzas Armadas. El documento, también difundido por el Diario del EPL, establece “líneas rojas políticas” y limitaciones en las interacciones sociales de los oficiales, con el objetivo explícito de frenar redes de favores y tráfico de influencias.

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Se invoca además la figura de Mao Zedong y otros líderes revolucionarios para legitimar la necesidad de “predicar con el ejemplo” en medio de lo que el propio texto califica como “riesgos superpuestos” para el Ejército (EFE/WU HONG/Archivo)

Aunque no se mencionan nombres, ambos textos aparecen en medio del silencio oficial sobre el paradero y la situación legal de figuras como el general He Weidong, uno de los oficiales de más alto rango que ha desaparecido del espacio público sin explicación. Tampoco se ha informado sobre las causas reales que llevaron a la caída de los dos últimos ministros de Defensa, reemplazados en medio de investigaciones internas cuya existencia no ha sido formalmente reconocida por las autoridades.

La falta de transparencia, sumada a la sustitución del debido proceso por campañas ideológicas, ha sido una constante en la gestión del Ejército bajo el liderazgo de Xi Jinping. En lugar de una rendición de cuentas abierta, el régimen ha optado por reforzar el control político mediante discursos de moral partidaria, publicaciones anónimas y referencias simbólicas a la historia del Partido.

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La coincidencia entre el tono del editorial y las nuevas normas disciplinarias revela un patrón habitual en el sistema de propaganda del Partido Comunista Chino: el uso de medios oficiales para ejercer presión indirecta, consolidar el poder de la jerarquía política y silenciar cualquier forma de disidencia dentro del aparato militar.

Aunque no se mencionan nombres,
Aunque no se mencionan nombres, ambos textos aparecen en medio del silencio oficial sobre el paradero y la situación legal de figuras como el general He Weidong (izq), uno de los oficiales de más alto rango que ha desaparecido del espacio público sin explicación (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

Lejos de ser un gesto de reforma, el llamado a la “honradez” y a la “verdad” se produce en un entorno donde la verdad institucional se decide desde arriba, sin mecanismos independientes ni espacio para el escrutinio público. En ese contexto, las apelaciones a la lealtad, la disciplina y la “pureza ideológica” funcionan como herramientas de blindaje para un régimen que prioriza la estabilidad política frente a la rendición de cuentas.

(Con información de EFE)

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ICE chief warns AI technology could lead to safety risks for agents: ‘Fringe organizations’

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Far-left organizations could be using artificial intelligence and other technology to reveal the identity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Fox News Digital in an interview.

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Lyons’ remarks come as Democrats in Congress recently proposed the VISIBLE Act, which would require clear identification of ICE agents and prevent masking of federal immigration authorities in public-facing circumstances.

«If legislation passes to try to unmask ICE agents, they are not allowed to wear them, it runs the risk of agitators, different groups, you know, these fringe organizations using reverse technology, AI, to try to dox their families, try to get their identity, their home addresses,»  Lyons said of the reaction from agents on the ground. «We’ve heard elected officials say there shouldn’t be any rest for ICE agents or their families.

«So they’re definitely concerned about that. They’re also concerned about their own well-being when they go out to effectuate these arrests because now we have to send more officers out into the communities because where we can send four or five to make arrests in the past, now we had to send up to eight or 10 just to protect the four that are making the arrests of one individual.»

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Residents surround federal and Border Patrol agents after an immigrant raid on Atlantic Boulevard in Bell, Calif., June 19, 2025.  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

He added that the safety risk does require more resources when conducting arrests. When ICE was conducting operations in Los Angeles in June, President Donald Trump sent in the California National Guard to the city with the goal of protecting agents and quelling riots. That move was legally challenged by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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«The Marines are withdrawing. This is another win for Los Angeles,» Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted to X Monday.

ICE agents have faced an 830% increase in assaults since last year, according to DHS. However, proponents of the VISIBLE Act have said it’s nessescary for accountability.

«For weeks, Americans have watched federal agents with no visible identification detain people off the streets and instill fear in communities across the country,» Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, said in a statement July 8. 

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«Reports of individuals impersonating ICE officers have only increased the risk to public and officer safety. The lack of visible identification and uniform standards for immigration enforcement officers has created confusion, stoked fear and undermined public trust in law enforcement.»

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Ten suspects were charged with attempted murder of a federal officer in an alleged July 4, 2025, ambush attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas.  (Johnson County Sheriff’s Office)

«Assault could be anything from resisting arrest where they assault the officers, whether they’re kicking, grabbing officers. It could be something as dramatic as what we saw in Alvarado, Texas, where we had local police ambushed with firearms,» Lyons said.

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«You saw it during the recent marijuana grow farm raid operation, where we had an individual firing a handgun at ICE officers, rocks thrown at them. It’s everything from verbal assault to physical assault to threats of bodily harm, deadly force. It’s run the whole gamut.»

Authorities have charged 12 people in an alleged anti-ICE attack at the Prairieland Detention Center on Independence Day, including ten for alleged attempted murder of federal officers and gun offenses. Reports have indicated that some planning occurred through a Signal group chat, and Lyons noted that this was likely planned by the Dallas area activists for some time.

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«Death to ICE» is written on a garbage cart after multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in downtown Los Angeles June 6, 2025.  (Reuters/Daniel Cole)

«Well, the FBI is doing a great job investigating it as a whole organized event,» Lyons said. «So, you saw where it was actually organized with social media, where you have organized people in a typical L-shaped ambush where you had escape vehicles. So, without getting too much into what the Department of Justice and the FBI do, there is definitely evidence that this was planned for a while, and it wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment protest. These were agitators focused on assaulting law enforcement officers and assaulting ICE.»

In terms of facing these coordinated efforts, the director said it’s a matter of planning and looking at the information available before conducting an operation.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents look over lists of names and their hearing times and locations inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before making arrests June 27, 2025, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)

«What we’re doing is definitely working with all of our federal partners as well as the state partners that do coordinate with us what we use and all the intelligence that we have at our disposal to go ahead and try to find out as much about these groups and as much as about these organizations and these planned events that we can to let our officers and agents know in the field prior to going out,» Lyons said.

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«So, we wanna make sure that officers are fully aware of what the situations they’re getting into, but we are also making sure that we’re properly staffed when we go out.»

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In addition, he said recent funding from  the «big, beautiful bill» would be to try to bring back personnel that «retired early» under the Biden administration and look at veterans and officials at the local and state levels who «already have the training» to «beef up» staffing at the agency. 

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Estados Unidos ordenó incautar un buque pesquero chino por esclavitud y violaciones a los derechos humanos: hasta hace un mes operó frente al Mar Argentino

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El gobierno de Estados Unidos ordenó la incautación de todos los productos de mar capturados por el buque pesquero Zhen Fa 7, de bandera china, por graves violaciones a los derechos humanos.

La embarcación, que operó hasta mediados de junio frente a la Patagonia argentina, fue acusada de prácticas que incluyen esclavitud, violencia sexual, condiciones laborales inhumanas y retención de documentos, según denunció el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional estadounidense.

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La medida fue emitida por la Unidad de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP), que basó su decisión en indicadores de trabajo forzoso identificados por la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT). El caso fue difundido por el Círculo de Políticas Ambientales, una organización que monitorea la pesca ilegal en América del Sur.

«Zhen Fa 7 se benefició de menores costos laborales, produjo bienes por debajo del valor de mercado, perjudicó a las empresas estadounidenses y obtuvo ganancias injustamente», explicó el organismo en su resolución oficial publicada en su sitio web.

Durante más de una década, el buque operó en el Pacífico y Atlántico sur, con una fuerte presencia frente a las costas de Ecuador, Perú, Chile y Argentina. En su paso más reciente por Sudamérica, estuvo operativo frente al Mar Argentino hasta el 16 de junio de 2025 y utilizó el Puerto de Montevideo, Uruguay, como base logística.

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No es la primera vez que el Zhen Fa 7 queda en la mira por abusos: en 2021 abandonó a un tripulante en estado crítico en Montevideo. El joven, de nacionalidad indonesia, falleció poco después en un hospital local. Las autoridades uruguayas nunca registraron oficialmente el ingreso del buque tanquero que lo desembarcó.

En marzo de este año, se detectó que el Zhen Fa 7 ingresó hasta 180 millas dentro de la Zona Económica Exclusiva (ZEE) argentina, aproximándose peligrosamente a las costas del Chubut, frente al Golfo San Jorge. Lo hizo acompañado por una flota de al menos 150 pesqueros chinos, bajo el argumento de buscar refugio por tormentas.

En enero, la provincia de Santa Cruz firmó un acuerdo con empresas pesqueras chinas, muchas de las cuales tienen antecedentes similares de abuso y pesca ilegal. El informe alerta que estas flotas operan gracias a subsidios estatales y explotación sistemática de sus tripulaciones.

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La pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada (INDNR) tiene consecuencias devastadoras: afecta ecosistemas marinos, la actividad pesquera legal y también genera un impacto económico y social directo en los países ribereños. A pesar de eso, Argentina todavía no ratificó dos acuerdos internacionales clave (uno de la OMC y otro de la OMI) que podrían contribuir a ponerle freno a estos abusos, a pesar de haber sido aprobados por el Congreso.

Este martes, Argentina depositó su instrumento de ratificación del Acuerdo sobre Subvenciones a la Pesca de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, que busca limitar el accionar de las flotas que realizan pesca ilegal y no reglamentada en los mares del mundo. Había sido aprobado por el Congreso en octubre del año pasado.

Se trata de un acuerdo fundamental para luchar contra la depredación pesquera que ocurre en el Atlántico Sur, ya que impacta directamente en el financiamiento estatal que recibe la flota extranjera que realiza pesca destructiva, ilegal y no reglamentada.

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El acuerdo, que demandó más de 20 años de negociación, constituye uno de los principales logros alcanzados en la OMC desde su creación, puesto que por primera vez se establece la restricción de los subsidios que afectan negativamente al comercio y a la conservación de los recursos pesqueros y se prohíbe las subvenciones que contribuyen a la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada (INDNR), a la pesca de poblaciones ya sobreexplotadas y a la pesca en alta mar no reglamentada.

Según había anunciado el Gobierno argentino en octubre pasado, el acuerdo tiene implicancias de enorme relevancia para el país, dado su gran litoral marítimo y la importancia de los recursos pesqueros..

En particular, se espera que contribuya a disminuir la presión pesquera en el área adyacente a la Zona Económica Exclusiva Argentina, coloquialmente referida como «milla 201», ya que al limitar la posibilidad de que los países recurran a subsidios para mantener artificialmente la actividad de sus flotas, el acuerdo contribuirá a la protección de los recursos pesqueros en las aguas adyacentes a la jurisdicción nacional, limitará las capacidades de grandes flotas que pescan a distancia y complementará los esfuerzos de patrullaje de las autoridades nacionales sobre el terreno.

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Con la aprobación del Congreso, el Gobierno estará ya en condiciones de sumarse a los más de 80 países que han presentado a la OMC su instrumento de ratificación.

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