On This Day — Remembering CIA Officer Monique N. Lewis (Oct. 29, 1946 – Apr. 18, 1983) [UPDATE: Did Mossad Know? The Ostrovsky Allegations Revisited]

Posted on April 18, 2026 by L

“We gather here today in recognition of Women’s History Month.  At this time, it seems only fitting that we remember our own.We honor today four of our women who made that supreme sacrifice: Barbara A. Robbins, Phyllis Nancy Faraci, Monique N. Lewis, and Deborah Marie Hixon.”

Tribute to Women Who Have Died
STUDIES IN INTELLIGENCE

The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. There are 140 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. Eleven represent women.

April 18, 2026 — Monique Lewis was just hours into her first day as a CIA officer when a suicide bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in 1983. Her husband, James Lewis, a paramilitary officer there, was also killed. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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65 Years Ago — Remembering the Bay of Pigs (April 17–20, 1961) [Debunking the ‘No Air Cover’ CIA Excuse]

Posted on April 17, 2026 by L

“I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.”

President John F. Kennedy
(April 20, 1961)

The CIA coin was created anticipating a victory, but the operation was a “perfect failure.” The Bay of Pigs victory coin features an outline of Cuba with a rebel invader advancing past a fallen member of Castro’s military in the foreground.

April 17 2026 — The Bay of Pigs invasion, launched on April 17, 1961, was a failed CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government in Cuba. Roughly 1,400 exiles, trained and armed by the United States, landed at Playa Girón on Cuba’s southern coast, expecting to ignite a popular uprising against Castro. But the plan quickly unraveled: Cuban intelligence had anticipated the attack, the invading force was outnumbered and outgunned, and Kennedy-approved U.S. air support was miscoordinated. Within three days, Castro’s forces had crushed the invasion, capturing or killing most of the exile fighters and dealing the U.S. a major Cold War embarrassment. The CIA quickly blamed the lack of air cover for the invasion’s failure, and this explanation has been widely accepted — even by the families of the American volunteers who died during the mission. But this is not the truth. A simple time zone mix-up between Nicaragua (where the CIA-backed forces were launching) and Cuba resulted in U.S. air support arriving too late to effectively assist the invasion forces. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Mike Pompeo : “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole.” (April 15 2019) [PT/35(b) — The Most Expensive Forgery in History]

Posted on April 15, 2026 by L

“What’s the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo
Texas A&M University
(April 15, 2019)

Remarks at Texas A&M University – The Impact of Diplomacy on Daily Life

April 15 2026 — On this day two years ago, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in a Q&A discussion at Texas A&M University. Pompeo could not resist telling his audience how proud he is to have served as Director of the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_Today

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40 Years Ago — Operation El Dorado Canyon (April 14 1986) [Timelines, Conspiracy Theories, and the Myth of Syrian Involvement in Lockerbie]

Posted on April 14, 2026 by L

“President Ronald Reagan didn’t seek congressional approval when he bombed Libya [April 14 1986] in retaliation for a bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland [December 21 1988].”

Amber Phillips
Washington Post
(April 7 2017)

April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi

April 14 2026 — In a piece published by the The Washington Post on April 7, 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s April 14, 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was carried out in retaliation for the December 21, 1988 attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. The quote quickly went viral, as many readers noticed that the timeline was plainly impossible.

But beyond the humor, this episode offers a useful reminder: the importance of studying, researching, and carefully analyzing the facts. Whatever subject I investigate, I always begin the same way — I build the most accurate timeline I can. This is a theory of mine: no lie, no matter how polished — even a CIA lie — can survive a well-constructed timeline. Yet building a reliable timeline is no simple task. And one can easily attribute the wrong date to a piece of information. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 26 (CLASSIFIED): Hugh Francis Redmond (Shanghai prison, China — April 13, 1970)

Posted on April 13, 2026 by L

“Alerted by doctrine and success against another local CIA operation, Shanghai’s security apparatus moved cautiously against Redmond’s network, obtaining evidence that made the guilty verdict of 1954 inevitable. To Chinese intelligence practitioners, the case provides an exemplary example of how counter-espionage work against the US should proceed in the 21st century.”

David Ian Chambers
Chinese retrospectives on the Hugh Redmond case

The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y. – November 5, 1962

April 13, 2026 — Hugh Francis Redmond was a CIA officer and former U.S. Army paratrooper who spent nearly 20 years as a prisoner in China after being captured during a CIA mission. The details of his involvement with the CIA remain largely classified to this day, adding to the mystery surrounding his case. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Havana Syndrome vs Ghost Murmur: Separating the Plausible from the Physically Impossible

Posted on April 13, 2026 by L

“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”

David Hume, 1748

April 13, 2026 — People often invert scientific judgment: they dismiss real but counter-intuitive science — like quantum physics — while entertaining speculative or fictional ideas that merely borrow the language of science. The contrast is evident in how cases like Havana Syndrome and, more recently, the alleged CIA “Ghost Murmur” top-secret project have been discussed in the media. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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65 Years Ago — Yuri Gagarin : “I come from outer space!” (April 12 1961)

Posted on April 12, 2026 by L

“Having stepped onto firm ground, I saw a woman and a girl who were standing near a spotted calf and who were watching me with bewilderment. When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”

Diary
Yuri Gagarin
April 12, 1961

April 12 2026 — On April 12 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture in outer space. His spacecraft — Vostok 1 — orbited for 108 minutes before returning to Earth in Kazakhstan. At about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft), Gagarin ejected from the descending capsule and landed using a parachute. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Target Zhou Enlai: The Bombing of the “Kashmir Princess” (April 11, 1955) [Lockerbie: ‘Truth Seeding’ and the Genesis of PT/35(b)]

Posted on April 11, 2026 by L

“As I told the Prime Minister the last time, he vastly overestimates the competence of the CIA.”

Henri Kissinger
(Answer to Zhou Enlai about the US involvement in the bombing of the Kashmir Princess)

April 11, 2025 — On April 11, 1955, the Kashmir Princess — a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India — was damaged mid-air by a bomb explosion. The plane crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived. The target of the assassination was none other than Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Responsibility for the bombing was initially attributed to Indian intelligence agencies, but it was later discovered that the CIA was behind the plot. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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40 Years Ago — The West Berlin La Belle Discotheque Bombing (April 5 1986) [UPDATE — Evidence, Controversy, and the Upcoming Lockerbie Trial]

Posted on April 5, 2026 by L

“Bernard Kalb resigned today as chief spokesman for Secretary of State George P. Shultz in protest of the government’s disinformation program directed at Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.”

Los Angeles Times
(Oct. 8, 1986)

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April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi

April 5 2025 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. At the time, I would have bet the farm that this would be the most idiotic story ever reported by the Washington Post. On February 11 2020, Greg Miller taught me a good lesson: ‘The worst is — always — yet to come.”  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Havana Syndrome: On the Path to Nobel Recognition?

Posted on April 2, 2026 by L

“This became known as the microwave auditory effect and it could help to explain a spate of mysterious illnesses reported by American diplomats around the globe, most famously in Havana, Cuba.”

Nobel Prize Official Website
April 2026

April 2, 2026 — A recent article from the Nobel Prize Outreach highlights the growing importance of scientific research on microwaves. Remarkably, it brings together two seemingly distant phenomena: the Havana Syndrome and the echo of the Big Bang — the cosmic microwave background. We have come a long way since I first coined the term “Havana Syndrome” nearly a decade ago. Recognition is rarely immediate — but when it comes, it marks a significant moment. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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