Sep 16, 2026 · 42 min · 10 segments
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. A former Spec Ops soldier is sent nine miles beneath the Earth to lead a…
My connection was routed to a platform I didn't recognize.
In the following minutes, I received download requests for some heavy-duty encryption and security software.
Once they completed, a fresh call screen opened.
There were two others present, but no video or ID.
Their audio carried a mild distortion, likely some form of voice masking.
The conversation lasted only two minutes.
They gave me a brief overview of the project and what would be required of me, dates and times.
Officially, we would be employed by a private entity as there could be no paper trail, no traceable association to any branch of government, plausible deniability in a case of catastrophic intelligence leak.
The pay was more than adequate, and my immediate discharge would be facilitated.
What wasn't discussed were any details of the operation.
They simply told me I'd be briefed on site.
The call ended, and one of those new security programs kicked in, cleaning itself in any trace of the last fifteen minutes from my system.
That's how it began for me.
I worked within this sections-per-view for the next four years, till I accepted the truth.
We all know there are crimes committed in the name of our country.
All manner of evils concealed by those in power.
And my own silence was a part of that.
As long as I kept their secrets, I was as guilty as they were.
So, I decided to tell my story.
I've lost everything because of that choice.
But
I won't stop.
I'll post the truth wherever I can until they find me.
There's an old quote which stuck with me through the years, spoken nine centuries ago by the king of Jerusalem.
I think of it damn near every night, words rising up in the quiet moments, as I drive through the night watching my mirror for a tale, as I give another false name at another cheap motel, as I sleep alone in the woods, gun in my hand.
My connection was routed to a platform I didn't recognize.
In the following minutes, I received download requests for some heavy-duty encryption and security software.
Once they completed, a fresh call screen opened.
There were two others present, but no video or ID.
Their audio carried a mild distortion, likely some form of voice masking.
The conversation lasted only two minutes.
They gave me a brief overview of the project and what would be required of me, dates and times.
Officially, we would be employed by a private entity as there could be no paper trail, no traceable association to any branch of government, plausible deniability in a case of catastrophic intelligence leak.
The pay was more than adequate, and my immediate discharge would be facilitated.
What wasn't discussed were any details of the operation.
They simply told me I'd be briefed on site.
The call ended, and one of those new security programs kicked in, cleaning itself in any trace of the last fifteen minutes from my system.
That's how it began for me.
I worked within this sections-per-view for the next four years, till I accepted the truth.
We all know there are crimes committed in the name of our country.
All manner of evils concealed by those in power.
And my own silence was a part of that.
As long as I kept their secrets, I was as guilty as they were.
So, I decided to tell my story.
I've lost everything because of that choice.
But
I won't stop.
I'll post the truth wherever I can until they find me.
There's an old quote which stuck with me through the years, spoken nine centuries ago by the king of Jerusalem.
I think of it damn near every night, words rising up in the quiet moments, as I drive through the night watching my mirror for a tale, as I give another false name at another cheap motel, as I sleep alone in the woods, gun in my hand.
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