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>https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ship-shape-who-is-scott-borgerson

Unlike Ghislaine Maxwell, Borgerson did not come from money. His is an Horatio Alger story: from a small town in Missouri to a mansion on the sea, from nothing to millions. This is from his bio:

A former Coast Guard officer, he also commanded an 82’ coastal patrol boat conducting search and rescue and law enforcement missions in the Gulf of Mexico, served as the ship navigator and boarding officer aboard a 376’ high endurance cutter conducting counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean, taught as an assistant professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and was the founding managing director of the Academy's Institute for Leadership. He recently joined the Board of Hivers and Strivers, an angel fund dedicated to financing veteran-led startups.

Per his bio, he was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; has advised the White House on maritime policy; wrote a number of op-eds and articles in impressive publications; and is a co-founder of The Arctic Circle, a global NGO headquartered in Iceland—it was through speaking engagements related to this NGO that he reportedly first met Ghislaine Maxwell six years ago.

Another enormously influential individual with personal interests in the regulation of the high seas is Elaine Chao—the wife of Senator Mitch McConnell and Trump’s Secretary of Transportation. Her family owns, and her sister runs, the Foremost Group, one of China’s foremost shipping companies. As Rachel Slade wrote for the Boston Globe:

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Finally, The Arctic Circle, the NGO that Borgerson co-founded, concerns the future of the actual Arctic Circle. That is a topic worthy of its own piece, but for now, let’s just note that 1) the melting of that body of water opens up shipping lanes, and 2) there’s a ton of oil up there, and the sanctions on Russia kibboshed an Arctic deal between Rosneft and Exxon that would have made Putin a gajillion dollars. (Rosneft, of course, is the entity mentioned in the Steele dossier, the sale of which was alleged to have benefited Donald John Trump financially.)

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