{"id":1532800,"date":"2025-04-28T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1532800"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:15:00","slug":"a-cia-directors-son-joined-russias-army-to-defeat-the-military-industrial-complex-was-killed-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/a-cia-directors-son-joined-russias-army-to-defeat-the-military-industrial-complex-was-killed-in-ukraine\/1532800\/","title":{"rendered":"A CIA Director’s Son Joined Russia’s Army To ‘Defeat The Military-Industrial Complex’ & Was Killed In Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CIA Director’s Son Joined Russia’s Army To ‘Defeat The Military-Industrial Complex’ & Was Killed In Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n

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Russian as well as independent regional media sources have revealed that a high-ranking CIA official’s son was killed\u00a0while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The news and story of the young man’s death is highly unusual, given his mother is a US intelligence information warfare and ‘disinfo’ expert: the CIA\u2019s Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Juliane Gallina Gloss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Michael Gloss in Moscow\u2019s Red Square before he reportedly joined the Russian army, via IStories<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Post among other US media outlets described<\/a>\u00a0the CIA official’s son, a longtime global traveler and activist, as having been ‘radicalized’ against the US and its foreign policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on April 4, 2024 – based on a family\u00a0obituary<\/a>\u00a0posted by a funeral home in Fairfax, Virginia – but on Friday investigative outlet IStories<\/em> reported that Russian authorities only informed his family of his death in October. His official obituary only related that he was “tragically killed in Eastern Europe.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

IStories apparently had access to his phone records, given that it published a live recording of Gloss informing his parents that he traveled to Russia, along with many photos including showing life in a Russian barracks with fellow soldier friends who appear to be foreign fighters.<\/p>\n

Juliane Gallina Gloss has been the CIA’s deputy director for digital innovation since being appointed in February 2024, and is a career CIA and US Naval intelligence officer.<\/p>\n

It is reported that the son of CIA deputy director Julianne Gallina Gloss, 21-year-old Michael Gloss died in Ukraine as a Russian soldier. He signed a contract with Russia\u2019s MoD. His father, Iraq vet Larry Gloss, develops secure software for U.S. and NATO forces pic.twitter.com\/HmMyAnym5N<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 WarTranslated (@wartranslated) April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the more interesting parts of the story is how the young man wanted to<\/a> “defeat the military-industrial complex”<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In the same message, Michael vaguely described his future in which he would \u201cdefeat mortality and the military-industrial complex:\u201d \u201cI find myself more and more alive by the minute. Hungry for blood and glory. And basking in the pleasure of knowing that it all is still to be done… But as of now. I might have just incarnated in time to defeat mortality AND the military industrial complex.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

When asked exactly how he plans to defeat the military-industrial complex, Michael replied: \u201cIf I told you my real plan you wouldn\u2019t believe me anyway.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Amsterdam-based Moscow Times<\/em><\/a> writes that “Gloss was one of more than 1,500 foreign nationals from 48 countries listed in the leaked recruitment database since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.”<\/p>\n

The highly detailed IStories Russian investigative report begins below…<\/em><\/p>\n

Via CIA\/US gov website: Juliane Gallina Gloss was named the CIA\u2019s deputy director for digital innovation in February 2024.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In a video, a thin young man with long hair tied in a messy bun carefully releases three tiny chicks from a box onto the grass. A tattoo of a peace sign \u2014 the emblem of the anti-war movement \u2014 is visible on his finger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found some baby chicken in the [Turkish] local market and Itthobaal had the idea to get a few of them and maybe he will travel with them. He bought maybe three or four chickens and put them in a nice little box with straw and everything he could find. But the next one of the chickens died and the second one too. He was quite sad about it and felt very stupid that he had this dream of a whole journey together with this little new family.\u201d<\/p>\n

A year later, Itthobaal \u2014 one of the many names that 21-year-old American\u00a0Michael Gloss<\/strong>\u00a0used to introduce himself \u2014 signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry and died in Ukraine<\/strong>. IStories has reconstructed his final route.<\/p>\n

This is the story about how a young anti-fascist, environmental activist and women\u2019s rights advocate from the family of a CIA deputy director dreamed of traveling light around the world, but ended up in the Russian army.<\/p>\n

Michael Gloss is one of more than 1,500 foreigners who passed through the Russian military recruitment center during the war in Ukraine, whose identities were established by IStories.<\/p>\n

IStories: Gloss put a photo taken at the regiment\u2019s base on his avatar in his Odnoklassniki profile.\u00a0Photo: Odnoklassniki<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full detailed report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 04\/28\/2025 – 04:15<\/span><\/p>\n

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