File Name: Hector Ramirez
Code Name: The Nuisance
Primary Specialty: Journalism
Secondary Specialty: Muckraking
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Rank: N/A
Subject was considered an asset during the Lewis campaign and a potential ally after the election, as his work as a journalist had often targeted the GI Joe Unit as an out of control danger to the American public. Lewis team members attempted to recruit Ramirez after the election, offering him inside "scoops" in return for favorable coverage. This plan, unfortunately, backfired, as the subject considered these overtures as "insulting" to his professional integrity and, in a series of broadcasts considered embarrassing low points in the Lewis administration's first 60 days, Ramirez "exposed" these conversations, citing that "you say off the record before the conversation starts." Fortunately, Lewis sympathizers were able to debunk much of Ramirez' coverage, disgracing the journalist and costing him his job with a major network. Unfortunately, he has proved... annoyingly persistent, and continues to work as an independent reporter and blogger. Lewis has requested if this may be a case where a Night Creeper contract may be worthwhile, but [Redacted] has noted that the disappearance of such a vocal anti-Lewis voice may raise suspicions even further. For now, we continue to work to discredit his work.
"This [expletive] guy. He was exhausting in the good old days and he's exhausting in the bad days now, but the irony is he found his ethics, and his spine, when Lewis tried to silence him. He drove us absolutely crazy before the team was disbanded. He's a rabble-rousing, muckraking, conniving opportunist who never found a conversation he couldn't weave himself into but credit where credit's due - he's laying into Lewis in ways the major networks are refusing to. We've got bets on when the first attempt on his life will be. Beachhead says it'll be Zartan with a bullet on the street in D.C., but my money is a quiet poisoning at his condo in Manhattan. Make it look like an accident and Lewis can cry crocodile tears for the death of his honored nemesis...”
