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BREAKING: “The Ghost Protocol” – Tillis’ Secret Backchannel to the Deep State?

A senior GOP operative—who insists on remaining in the dark—has slipped us a file that reads like a spy novel. According to our source, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) isn’t just playing nice with the Biden administration; he’s allegedly operating a covert “liaison” network directly feeding classified intel back to intelligence community holdovers.

The leak suggests Tillis has been using a burner-phone and encrypted app—codenamed “The Porch Light”—to coordinate with a still-unnamed former CIA station chief. The goal? To pre-emptively “soften” the next administration’s national security posture.

“He’s the most dangerous kind of insider,” our source whispers. “He’s not a traitor. He thinks he’s saving the Republic… but the people he’s talking to? They want to burn it down to save it.”

When pressed for comment, a Tillis spokesperson offered only a cryptic statement: “Senator Tillis is focused on delivering results for North Carolina. We do not comment on baseless conspiracy theories from faceless narratives.”

But the file is sitting on our desk. And the shadow it casts is long.