🕵️ Exclusive deep-dive into a 2019 covert SEAL Team 6 operation off North Korea — training, presidential approval, and a night insertion that went tragically wrong.

⚠️ Disturbing details: the team opened fire on a local boat and later discovered the victims were unarmed civilians.

🌍 Big-picture analysis: how risky covert ops connect to shifting global alliances — China, Russia, BRICS and diplomatic fallout.

💶 Economic flashpoint: the EU’s ultimatum on frozen Russian assets (210B€) and plans to use funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction.

📜 Legal debate: seizure vs. international law, IMF warnings and long-term risks to the global financial system.

🎙️ Hosted by Robert Johnson and Linda Miller — Deep Dive’s hosts who cut through the spin on politics, national security and America’s future.

This episode ties a single failed mission to wider trends — oversight gaps, policy shifts across administrations, and economic tools reshaping geopolitics. Subscribe and hit the notification bell to catch daily episodes; comment your take below and share this video with others following global security.

Timestamps:

0:05 — Intro — hosts and show premise

0:59 — Rules changing — fast-moving global landscape

1:12 — Secret mission begins — SEAL Team 6, 2019

1:46 — Mission objective: plant eavesdropping device

2:05 — Night insertion: nuclear sub to mini-subs landing

2:21 — Engagement: SEALs open fire on boat

2:58 — Discovery: victims were unarmed civilians

3:03 — Aftermath: retreat, distress signal, satellite activity

3:25 — Investigation: ROE justified; Congress not informed

4:09 — Historical context: 2005 mission & oversight shifts

4:59 — Pentagon inquiry; Congress briefed under Biden

5:09 — Global optics: China, Putin, Kim show unity

6:03 — BRICS & tariffs — diplomatic fallout examples

8:11 — Long-term effects: hedging and memory politics

9:24 — EU ultimatum: frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

10:00 — EU plan: use interest/principal for reconstruction

11:01 — Legal debate: seizure vs international legal norms

14:29 — Risks: financial fragmentation, de-risking warnings

15:46 — Conclusion: secret ops linked to geopolitics

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