Lockerbie – Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! Chapter VIII : PT/35(b) — The Most Expensive Forgery in History [Lockerbie Trial: Judge Challenges Prosecution Evidence]

Posted on August 20, 2026 by L

“Without PT/35(b), there would have been no indictment.”

Richard Marquise — FBI agent who lead the Lockerbie investigation

“PT/35(b) was extremely, extremely dodgy. It was very, very suspicious. The way it suddenly appeared, embedded in a shirt collar, with the information on the page overwritten and changed, all police procedures were thrown out of the window.”

Reverend John Mosey

“Dr. Hayes seemed to have no real recollection independently of his notes of having found PT/35(b).  The sequence of the PT numbering and the absence from the notes of a drawing of the circuit board are unusual features.  The pagination of the notes was described by Hayes as ‘an unfathomable mystery’, for which he did propose an explanation, but unfortunately one that does not work. The memorandum of the 15th of September 1989 is difficult to understand if the fragment was indeed found on the 12th of May 1989. PT/35(b) is an important piece of evidence on which the Crown rely and in respect of which it is for the Crown to satisfy the court as to its provenance.  I submit that the irregularities and peculiarities which attend this item are some which the court ought to have some hesitation in being satisfied as to the item’s provenance.”

Defence counsel Richard Keen QC — Lockerbie trial (p. 9624)

“Please tell me what you do not believe about PT/35(b). (…) if anyone ever could show me one shred of evidence that anyone other than Megrahi and Libya did it, I would be willing to rethink my ideas. I have yet to see the one item of evidence.”

FBI Richard Marquise –Email to Intel Today (September 6 2008) 

July 6 2020 — PT/35(b) is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. PT/35(b) is a small fragment of a timer circuit that, according to the Lockerbie verdict, triggered an IED onboard Pan Am 103. PT/35(b) was allegedly found among the debris of Pan Am 103 near the town of Lockerbie. After many years of study and research, I have come to the conclusion that PT/35(b) is a forgery that was planted among the debris to implicate Libya in the bombing of Pan Am 103. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — CIA Operation TP/AJAX : The Iranian Coup d’ État (August 19 1953) [UPDATE — Is Trump Planning A Nuclear Strike on Iran?]

Posted on August 19, 2026 by L

“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor and my property. With God’s blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism.”

Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh
Defending himself against a treason charge
(December 19, 1953)

August 19 2026 — Mohammad Mosaddegh (16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an author, administrator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, who was elected as the prime minister of Iran in 1951. His administration introduced a wide range of progressive social and political reforms, notably the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. His government was overthrown in a coup d’état orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera [UPDATE — When Justice Becomes a Bet]

Posted on August 18, 2026 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might be expected to match it.”

SCCRC
Report on Lockerbie

Lockerbie evidence: PI/449 and PK/206

July 1, 2025 — Some so-called “Lockerbie experts” — including former FBI officials — have hailed the recent DNA evidence as a major forensic breakthrough. In reality, it is nothing of the sort. In CIA parlance, this case has just gone from SNAFU to full-blown FUBAR — and fast. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — The Crash of PAK-1 (August 17 1988) [A Case of Exploding Mangoes]

Posted on August 17, 2026 by L

“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) 1988, a tragedy that also claimed the life of the serving American ambassador and most of Zia’s top commanders”.

Barbara Crossette
New York Times
South Asia bureau chief
(from 1988 to 1991)

August 17 2026 — On 17 August 1988, General Zia-ul-Haq, the President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), died in a mysterious C-130 Hercules plane crash. The case — it seems — was never solved. Really? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Five Years Ago — Afghanistan : The Humiliating End of America’s Longest War

Posted on August 16, 2026 by L

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.”

Rudyard Kipling
The Young British Soldier

August 15 2021 — The US embassy in Kabul warned all Americans to get out on the first available flight. The Embassy has instructed its personnel to destroy sensitive materials. “Please also include items with embassy or agency logos, American flags, or items which could be misused in propaganda efforts.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 24 : Wayne J. McNulty (Laos – August 15, 1968)

Posted on August 15, 2026 by L

“As of 15 August 1968, McNulty was in charge of an Air America helicopter on a mission to a forward area in Laos. His mission was to contact and brief a battalion engaged in a major offensive operation aimed at retaking a strategic location near Muong Phalane, Laos.”

CIA Website


August 15, 2026 — Wayne J. McNulty was a CIA paramilitary officer serving in the Special Operations Division of the Directorate of Plans (now known as the Directorate of Operations). He was killed on August 15, 1968, in Muong Phalane, Laos, after being struck by sniper fire. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — Reagan jokes about bombing Russia (August 11 1984) [MEDINT — Did Ronald Reagan Have Alzheimer’s Disease While in Office?]

Posted on August 11, 2026 by L

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

President Ronald Reagan
(August 11, 1984)

August 11 2026 — President Ronald Reagan made the comment during a sound check for his Saturday radio address. It has long been rumored that President Reagan suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease years before it was diagnosed in 1994. During the eight hours of testimony related to the trial of John Poindexter, his onetime national security adviser, Reagan said “I don’t recall” or “I can’t remember” 88 times. Reagan could not identify Gen. John Vessey, who served for more than three years as his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Happy International Cat Day (August 8, 2026) — Remembering CIA Operation Acoustic Kitty

Posted on August 8, 2026 by L

“They slit the cat open, put batteries in him, wired him up. The tail was used as an antenna. They made a monstrosity. They tested him, and tested him. They found he would walk off the job when he got hungry, so they put another wire in to override that. Finally, they are ready. They took it out to a park bench and said: ‘Listen to those two guys. Don’t listen to anything else – not the birds, no cat or dog – just those two guys!’ (…) They put him out of the van, and a taxi comes and runs him over. There they were, sitting in the van with all those dials, and the cat was dead.”

Victor Marchetti
Special assistant to the CIA Deputy Director

August 8 2026 — Next to the wolf, the cat is one of humanity’s oldest pets. On International Cat Day, the world celebrates the most popular pet on the planet. Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s blue-eyed Persian is probably the most famous kitty in spy history. Less well known is the true story of the CIA US$ 20 million cyborg acoustic kitty. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_TODAY

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera [UPDATE — Lockerbie Hearing: Alleged Confession Allowed as Evidence]

Posted on August 7, 2026 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might be expected to match it.”

SCCRC
Report on Lockerbie

Lockerbie evidence: PI/449 and PK/206

July 1, 2025 — Some so-called “Lockerbie experts” — including former FBI officials — have hailed the recent DNA evidence as a major forensic breakthrough. In reality, it is nothing of the sort. In CIA parlance, this case has just gone from SNAFU to full-blown FUBAR — and fast. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — From Victory to Atrocity : Remembering the War Crimes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on August 6, 2026 by L

 “I voiced to him [U.S. Secretary of War Stimson] my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a nuclear weapon.”

General Dwight Eisenhower

August 10, 2026 — Eight decades have passed since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). The true motivations behind these attacks remain fiercely debated among historians. What is certain is that prominent U.S. military leaders — including General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral William D. Leahy — opposed their use. Recently declassified documents suggest that, much like the unnecessary devastation of Dresden, the atomic bombings were driven less by military necessity than by a desire to send a chilling warning to the Soviet Union. As grim as it is to acknowledge, that may be the closest we have to the truth. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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