I'm starting to think that the, "Ratlines" refer to information. If the Deep State doesn't get their marching orders, they're lost.

Just look at Shifty today.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-democratic-rep-adam-schiff-run-us-senate-held-feinstein

U.S. Treasury designates Russian private militia Wagner Group as a "transnational criminal organization."

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1220