New Book — The Havana Syndrome: Secret Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time

Posted on September 14, 2026 by L

“This is the book America needs right now. . . . This work by Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados is not just a thriller. It is a tour de force of journalism, among the highest examples of what our profession is and can be. (…) The Havana Syndrome should be read by every American who respects or doubts the power and veracity of ‘shoe leather’ journalism.”

Scott Pelley
60 Minutes correspondent

September 14, 2026 — A new book by investigative journalist Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados examines the mysterious illness first reported among U.S. diplomats in Havana and the 10-year investigation into what became known as “Havana Syndrome.” This is an outstanding book and a must-read for all students of intelligence. Drawing on extensive reporting and newly uncovered material, the authors explore the competing explanations, the intelligence implications, and the extraordinary mystery surrounding these cases. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA Memorial Wall — The powerful ending of “13 HOURS” is DEAD WRONG ! [Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — Benghazi, Libya – September 12, 2012]

Posted on September 13, 2026 by L

“Also being twice in that great building, I was drawn to the Memorial Wall both times. On Friday [March 27, 2015], I realized that the last two stars were Tyrone and Glen. I would like to end the film with a wide shot of the wall, including the flags on either side, and then cut on a close up of the last two stars, and fade out.”

Michael Bay
Email to the CIA
(April 1, 2015)

September 12, 2025 — 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (also known simply as 13 Hours) is a 2016 American biographical action-thriller film directed and produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan. The script is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s 2014 book of the same name. The film’s historical accuracy has been disputed. Today, I will not weigh on this issue, but I can ensure you that the ‘powerful end scene’ is DEAD WRONG. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — 1,000 Boeing 747 Jumbo Plane Produced (September 10 1993) [Update : Why I ruled out the Lockerbie bomb theory] [UPDATE II— Synchronicity?]

Posted on September 10, 2026 by L

“There was a single primary return received (…) 16 seconds before SSR returns were lost. […] No explanation can be offered for its presence.”

Pan AM 103
AAIB Report

September 10, 2020 — Boeing has delivered more than 1,500 of these jets since 1970. The 747 has been involved in 60 hull losses, resulting in 3,722 fatalities. The destruction in flight of three Boeing-747 remains the subject of intense debates to this day: AIR INDIA 182, PAN AM 103, and TWA 800. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Five Years Ago — Crypto AG : Was Boris Hagelin Jr. Murdered by the CIA? [UPDATE : The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine]

Posted on September 9, 2026 by L

“Even the vice president of the BND assumed that Boris Hagelin Jr. was not the victim of an accident. It was an intelligence murder.”

Erich Schmidt-Eenboom
Intelligence Expert

The Hagelin family in 1962. In front: Boris Hagelin, his wife Annie and their daughters. Back, from left to right: Boris Jr., Karl Wilhelm and Carl. Courtesy from Sixten Svensson [Copyright]

September 9, 2021 — Two decades ago, I argued that Crypto AG had rigged the equipment used by diplomats around the world allowing US Intelligence Agencies to decode in real-time their messages. Many years later, Swiss Media Group SRF Rundschau, German public broadcaster ZDF and the Washington Post eventually confirmed many details of the story after gaining access to a classified, comprehensive CIA history of the operation codenamed “Thesaurus” and later “Rubicon”. There are many issues to discuss. I will address them one at the time. In this post, I will review the suspicious circumstances regarding the death of Boris Hagelin Jr. just a few months after the Swiss Company was sold to the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Havana Syndrome — What Are the Frequencies Used by US Intel for Microwave Spying? [UPDATE : From Snowden to Kyiv: The Intelligence Hidden in a Spectrum Analyser]

Posted on September 8, 2026 by L

“LOUDAUTO is extremely useful for picking up room audio. It can pick up speech at a standard, office volume from over 20′ away. (NOTE: Concealments may reduce this distance.) It uses very little power (~15 uA at 3.0 VDC), so little, in fact, that battery self-discharge is more of an issue for serviceable lifetime than the power draw from this unit. The simplicity of the design allows the form factor to be tailored for specific operation requirements. All components at COTS and so are non-attributable to NSA.”

From the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalogue

September 17 2018 — Why is the Washington Post telling his readers that “Microwave Weapons” do not exist? Why do they ridicule a known technology — patented in the US and used by the NSA according to documents leaked by Snowden — as fake news? Why was the initial report regarding the mysterious illness affecting the US diplomats in Havana “lost” for six months, thus badly delaying the start of the US investigation? And why has the CDC never been contacted to investigate this case? Do not worry. It will eventually make sense.

First thing first. Obviously, I would like to know what frequencies are used today for “Microwave spying”? Well, Snowden gave us a few clues regarding the NSA/CIA gadgets. Tiny steps for tiny feet. Snowden revelations include a very much ignored information regarding an Audio-based RF retro-reflector — codenamed LOUDAUTO — which provides room audio from targeted space using radar and basic post-processing. Let us try to make sense of it!  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Golda Meir Orders Operation Wrath of God (September 7 1972) [UPDATE: Evidence of Support from Western Intelligence Services]

Posted on September 7, 2026 by L

“There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.”

Prime Minister Golda Meir

September 7, 2026 — On September 7 1972, two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon. Prime Minister Golda Meir also created Committee X — a small group of government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response — with herself and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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50 Years Ago — Russian Defector Viktor Belenko Lands MiG-25 in Japan (September 6, 1976)

Posted on September 6, 2026 by L

“Americans have tolerance regarding other people’s opinion. In certain cultures, if you do not accept the mainstream, you would be booted out or might disappear. Here we have people, you know, who hug trees, and people who want to cut them down — and they live side by side!”

Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
Interview (2000)

Viktor Belenko — Soviet military identification photo

September 6, 2026 — On 6 September 1976, Viktor Ivanovich Belenko defected to the West, flying his MiG-25 “Foxbat” jet fighter to Hakodate, Japan. George H. W. Bush, the Director of Central Intelligence at the time, called the opportunity to examine the plane up close an “intelligence bonanza” for the West. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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120 Years Ago — Ludwig Boltzmann Ends His Life (February 20 1844 – September 5 1906)

Posted on September 5, 2026 by L

“Bring forward what is true.
Write it so that it is clear.
Defend it to your last breath!”

Ludwig Boltzmann

Boltzmann’s grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, with bust and entropy formula

September 5 2026 — Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics, which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms determine the physical properties of matter. Boltzmann invented the concept of entropy and derived the entropy equation, which was later used by Claude Shannon to build the foundations of information theory. Follow us on Twitter @INTEL_TODAY

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Legal Dispute over Lockerbie Evidence Tags [UPDATE — The Mystery of the New Evidence Deepens]

Posted on September 2, 2026 by L

“Now, when we magnify the photograph of the label, Mr. Gilchrist, we can see, can we not, that it has been altered?”

“I can see writing underneath it.”

“Exactly. And if we look carefully at the writing underneath the word ‘debris,’ we can make out, can we not, the word ‘cloth,’ with the C being under the D, the L under the E, an O under the B of ‘debris,’ and a T under the R, and a H under the S?”

“It’s possible, yes, sir.”

“It’s more than possible, Mr. Gilchrist. It’s perfectly obvious, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

— Transcript of the Lockerbie trial

August 29, 2026 — The August 11 court filing in the Masud case has brought an apparently mundane issue to the forefront: the importance of the evidence tags attached to the physical evidence. The prosecution argues that these tags help demonstrate that the evidence was handled according to rigorous procedures and can establish the origin and integrity of the items. The defence takes a fundamentally different view. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Korean Airliner Flight 007 Shot Down (September 1 1983) [UPDATE : KAL 007 and the Crypto AG Question]

Posted on September 1, 2026 by L

“KE-007 was a victim of the cold war. Another casualty, always war’s first, was the Truth. The story of KE-007 will be remembered pretty much the way the Americans told it in 1983 and not the way it really happened. (…) The moral of the story is that all governments, including our own, lie when it suits their purposes. The key is to lie first.”

Alvin A. Snyder
Warriors of Disinformation

KE007-2

September 1 2023 — Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL 007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul. On September 1st 1983, the airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor, near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan. President Reagan described the attack as a “massacre” and a “crime against humanity”. In fact, the US Intelligence Community knew full well that the Russians had not been able to identify the airliner and truly believed that it was a spy plane. The tape presented as evidence at the UN had been edited to remove 5′ documenting the relevant exchanges between the pilot and the Russian authorities. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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