NAME/ The MYSTERIOUS Albanian between the CIA, jihadists and a criminal past!

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NAME/ The MYSTERIOUS Albanian between the CIA, jihadists and a criminal past!
Blerim Skoro

Tucker Carlson on his podcast spoke with his guest, Shawn Ryan, about a story that seems straight out of the pages of a spy novel, but it's not fiction.

It's about Blerim Skoro, a man the CIA recruited immediately after September 11, to introduce him among terrorists and create a network that would extend from Macedonia to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Iran and even Russia.

He claims to have been one step away from Bin Laden, survived an assassination attempt and witnessed shady operations involving Russian uranium up close.

But what happens when a man with this story sits in front of the camera and speaks?

Is this a witness to the truth, or an instrument of the narratives that some want to push to lead the world towards a new war?

This is part of the interview:

Tucker Carlson: Have you ever had a guest where you thought, "This person could be acting on behalf of some intelligence agency"?

Shawn Ryan: I've had a few. I just did a really good interview with a guy named Blerim Skoro, who was an agent. He was recruited into prison by the CIA right after 9/11 to befriend all the terrorists who were there. And when he got out of prison, the agency contacted him again and said, "You're going to use this network. Your cover is going to be that you're building an al-Qaeda cell in Macedonia." And so he set up base in Macedonia, and then he went to Pakistan, to Afghanistan, to Syria, to Iraq, to ​​Iran, to all these countries, even to Russia. He didn't meet Bin Laden directly, but he was a step away.

Tucker Carlson: A very dangerous job.

Shawn Ryan: Absolutely. Then there was an attempt to assassinate him. The CIA got him out. Then he started telling me about the uranium being extracted from Russia. I asked him, "What were they going to do with it?" And he said they wanted to bring it into the United States and it would kill half a million people. But that didn't fit into the interview. Because we were talking about other things.

Tucker Carlson: I don't believe this at all.

Shawn Ryan: Then, all of a sudden, we get to Russia. And I asked him right away. I said, "You know what's on my mind? When was the last time you had contact with the CIA?"

Tucker Carlson: I was thinking that too.

Blerim Skoro: In January 2022. On January 6 or 7."

Shawn Ryan: He knew the exact date and he got angry. I said, "You know what's on my mind? What if someone contacted you, knowing you were going to come on this show and said you were bringing uranium to al-Qaeda to bring into our country and blow us up? A lot of people want to see us at war with Russia."

Blerim Skoro: Sean, if that's the case, you saw the story. You saw me. You don't hide what I can do.

Shawn Ryan: I thought, “Damn, I missed the chance to get this into the interview.” And an idea immediately came to me.

"What if they contacted you to tell me this on this show?"

Shawn Ryan: To create a narrative?

Blerim Skoro: Never. I had never planned to come on your show.

Shawn Ryan: There are a lot of people in high positions who want us in the war.

I wanted to say it out loud, because if they're watching, and they're probably watching us, then they know that I know I'm a target.

Blerim Skoro is a Kosovar with a tangled past between organized crime, prison in

USA, allegations of collaboration with the CIA and failed attempts to gain political asylum.

Criminal past

In the early 1990s, he left Kosovo and went to the US, where he became involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. He was arrested in 2000 and sentenced to 84 months in prison, but his sentence was reduced after he cooperated with US authorities.

Allegations about the CIA

Skoro says that while serving his sentence, he was recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Islamist groups, with the promise of early release and permanent residency. According to him, the agreement was only partially respected: he was released early, but deported to Kosovo.

Threats from jihadists

In 2010, he claims that militants from Kosovo tried to kill him after exposing him as a spy. He then fled to Canada, where he sought asylum, but his request was rejected.

Recent problems

After being rejected in Canada, he went back to the US. In February 2025, he was arrested on the Brooklyn subway for using his daughter's card and not having proper residency documents. He is currently awaiting a court decision on whether he will be deported back to Kosovo.

The last strategy

Through the interview in The New York Times, he is trying to strengthen his version as a former CIA infiltrator, claiming that his life is still in danger from ISIS.


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