What Happens When an Anti-Sex Trafficking Operation Goes Wrong
CYBER
VICE
4 • 645 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
When “Alison” started working for Operation Underground Railroad, she wanted to make a difference in the lives of kids. She was a former Marine and social worker who’d seen the devastating effects that abuse could have on people. She wanted to stop it before it happened.
She ended up with a broken orbital bone, bleeding and vomiting in a gym after a training exercise gone wrong. This week on Cyber, Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman walk us through their latest reporting on Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad.
Stories discussed in this episode
Five of Tim Ballard’s Alleged Victims Have Filed a Lawsuit Against Him
Women Accuse Tim Ballard of ‘Spiritual Manipulation, Grooming, and Sexual Misconduct’
A Century-Old, Debunked Theory Is Fueling the TikTok Moral Panic
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| 0:00.0 | TAM! It's got the code it's going to launch! |
| 0:10.7 | It's a unit system. I know this. |
| 0:15.1 | It's all the files of the whole park. It tells you everything. |
| 0:19.0 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
| 0:21.8 | Eagle One, the package is being delivered. |
| 0:27.8 | We've all been talking about Osama bin Laden lately, as one does. |
| 0:31.5 | Right, you know, he's on top, he's on top of mind at all times. |
| 0:37.4 | How old were you when the towers went? |
| 0:39.6 | How old was everybody when 9-11 happened? |
| 0:41.6 | I'm actually curious. |
| 0:42.7 | I was 22. |
| 0:45.2 | Eighth grade. |
| 0:47.1 | It was five. |
| 0:48.6 | Hmm. |
| 0:49.7 | Six. |
| 0:50.6 | It seems rude. |
| 0:51.8 | Yeah, sorry. |
| 0:53.0 | Seems like I shouldn't be allowed. |
| 0:54.5 | I'm so sorry. |
| 0:55.9 | I was 18. |
| 0:58.5 | For my street credit, I could smell it after the fact, so. |
| 1:02.5 | Damn. |
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