Silvercorp COO speaks with The Grayzone- what did State Dept. know about failed Venezuela invasion?

**CORRECTION: The dates in the graphic for the phone calls are incorrectly listed as April 4 and 5. Both calls took place on those respective dates in May.

Red Lines host Anya Parampil shares her brief conversation with Silvercorp USA CEO Jordan Goudreau, who recently took responsibility for leading a failed invasion of Venezuela. The operation resulted in the deaths of at least 8 of his men, and the arrests of dozens of others, including two US Green Berets. Next, you'll hear her longer discussion with Silvercorp's COO, Drew White, a close friend of Goudreau. He reveals Goudreau repeatedly claimed to have a State Department contract for the operation, though he did not take the claim seriously. So, what did the State Department know about Silvercorp's activities? Anya connects the dots, explaining why it's possible knowledge of the operation went all the way up to Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.

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[hobbes]

So weird to see real investigative journalism. Grayzone rocks.

[DrummingTmate]

Bay of Pigs. Never thought there would be a sequel to the Bay of Pigs.

[robingaura]

Stay on this one Anya. Its rich, deserves better than blip of the day. Great analysis as well.

[hatchetman]

very sick that the trump admin is stepping up foreign intervention during a world pandemic

[justintime]

These are the people being paid to protect schools? Can't imagine what could go wrong.

[putlindmitrievich]

The Virgin Ex-Green Beret Vs CHAD Venezuelan Fishermen

[pthomasgarcia]

Outstanding reporting. Thank you, Anya and The Grayzone.

[gup]

Thank you for your continued coverage of this Anya Parampil. Greyzone deserves much more exposure.

[robertcloutier]

I send an email every day to the White House complaining about our foreign policy in Venezuela, Syria, Yemen, Etc.etc. PLEASE DO THE SAME!!!I know it is just unpaid pleabians reading it but what can you do?

[shannonsunmoonvirgo]

Terrible liar. No wonder his company failed spectacularly 😂

[Wamsuou]

The COO seems to be playing the fool when he knew exactly what was happening. Remember he profits in this business.

[skippy]

Excellent report. No way the USA did not know what was going on at some level.
Odds on Pompeo knew.

[farhadmoshref]

Great and honest journalism as expected from Grayzone .

[zakichoudhary]

Imagine a former Iranian military just nonchalantly talking about how he turned down a foreign coup attempt with his former Hezbollah buds. He didn't wanna do it because the contract didn't seem legit, not because of the foreign coup part. I wonder if they'd get away with that, or if there would be bombs thrown. 🤔

[Nine-Signs]

Goodrow is a logical trained man, he would not have gone ahead with this as a solo op as that would indeed be batshit and illogical, my guess is he had US backing and perhaps other assets maybe on the boarders or within Ven were going to help but something happened and they were cut loose. Plausible deniability.

Which we all know is completely fucking implausible. I mean if there was no involvement from the USA then how the hell is this unknown soldier suddenly put into contact with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, I doubt they met in a bar by accident...

[raker]

That was a perfect report done brilliantly by Anna, you are right there is some thing else brewing, these men are very smart they were set up as patsies.

[fainitesbarley]

60? Against the Venezualan Army?
This is farcical.

[Pad_See_Ew]

They keep trying. Making Maduro look good. Great work Anya /Grayzone. Wonder what Elliott Abrams consulting fees were.

[deseangibir]

The guy claiming he didn’t want to be apart of that is lying. They all know.

[AgentRafa]

Awesome job Anya. You're doing real journalism. Thank you and The Grayzone crew.