Summary

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE staffer recently promoted to a senior adviser role in the State Department, is reportedly the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov.

Martynov was executed in the Soviet Union after being exposed as an FBI informant. Coristine, an alleged former cybercriminal, previously worked in the General Services Administration and now has potential access to sensitive diplomatic data.

Concerns have been raised over his background and apparent lack of a security check.

The situation fuels fears about foreign influence in U.S. government operations.

  • Cort@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Maybe that’s what this is. Like calling a fat guy slim, or a tall guy tiny. Maybe he’s used to many steroids and actually shrunk his balls

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      Look at his photo… there’s no steroid use there. He’s just got a pair of undescended testes, they’re missing.

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        20 hours ago

        Lol, I didn’t say he worked out, just that he took the steroids. Probably thinking they’d do all the work for him.

        Though your theory seems to have some merit.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          Allegedly Elon’s chest shape is what happens when you take HGH and don’t exercise. Not a doctor or a bodybuilder so I can’t say whether that’s true, but if the shoe fits ¯\_(ツ)_/¯