“If the defense challenges the provenance and chain of custody of PT/35(b), the fragment of bomb timer circuitry that became a central element in the case against Libya, the prosecution could face a potentially devastating evidentiary problem.”
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Ahmed Khalifa Niasse and French President Nicolas Sarkozy
August 27, 2026 — Just 24 hours before jury selection, the Lockerbie trial was postponed because of evidence previously unknown to the parties. Nearly four decades after the tragedy, this development is baffling. But it may not be as coincidental as it seems. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“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
“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
“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 AAIBReport
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
“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
“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
“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 MinisterGolda 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
“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
“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
“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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