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Former Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Paul Massaro
Former Adjunct Fellow, Kleptocracy Initiative
Casey Michel
Former Adjunct Fellow, Kleptocracy Initiative
Nate Sibley, Paul Massaro & Casey Michel
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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a formation of Carrier Strike Group 5 ships during Valiant Shield 2018. U.S. NAVY / MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS ERWIN MICIANO
A medical worker wearing a PPE at Far Eastern Hospital triage patients who are receiving a Covid PCR test following a worsen local outbreak of COVID-19, in Taipei, Taiwan (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Debris lies on the ground by the wreckage of Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia June 29, 1996 after a truck bomb exploded four days previously, killing 19 American servicemen residing there (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)