Monthly Archives: July 2017

IRA suspect issues apology for the Birmingham pub bombings — “Bad Science and Bad Scientists”

Posted on July 12, 2017 by L

“Exactly the same forensic scientists who produced the wrongful conviction of Guiseppe Conlon, the Maguire family and of Danny McNamee, and had been stood down for the role they played. Yet here they were. Without them, there wouldn’t have been … Continue reading →

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Former CIA Officer Back to Italy to Face Sentence

Posted on July 11, 2017 by L

“The message that this scenario sends to civilian government employees serving this country on tours of duty abroad is a potentially demoralizing one.” U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell Former CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa is back to Italy where … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Rainbow Warrior — 10 July 1985

Posted on July 10, 2017 by L

“The truth is cruel. Agents of the French secret service sank this boat. They were acting on orders.” Prime Minister Laurent Fabius — September 22 1985 The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior — codenamed Opération Satanique — was a bombing operation … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — Pan Am 103 Quotes

Posted on July 10, 2017 by L

“I regard the Lockerbie verdict against Megrahi as a ‘Grand Monument to Human Stupidity’.  Indeed, the written opinion of the Lockerbie judges is a remarkable document that claims an ‘honoured place in the history of British miscarriages of justice.’ If the … Continue reading →

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Mother, Daughter, Sister, SPY – Women of the CIA

Posted on July 9, 2017 by L

“My first son was my 1993 World Trade Centre bombing baby. I call my second son my “Khobar Towers baby” (born shortly after the 1996 bombing of a military housing complex in Saudi Arabia); my third child, a daughter, is my “African embassy bombing baby” (she … Continue reading →

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Former CIA Operative’s Memoir Sparks Outrage in Pakistan

Posted on July 8, 2017 by L

” ‘The Contractor’ is not the story of one man called Raymond Davis who shot three Pakistanis in Lahore in 2011 and how he, literally, got away with murder. It is actually a story of love and hate between the … Continue reading →

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The CIA Psychologists — A Letter from Annie Sparrow

Posted on July 7, 2017 by L

“I think any normal, conscionable man would have to consider carefully doing something like this. I deliberated with great, soulful torment about this, and obviously I concluded that it could be done safely or I wouldn’t have done it.” Dr … Continue reading →

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Sir John Chilcot: “Tony Blair ‘not straight’ with UK over Iraq”

Posted on July 7, 2017 by L

“When I briefed Tony Blair, it was quite clear that he felt this was a necessity, that there was a just cause, that we had to do something about this. How he portrayed that politically… I do not think he … Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — July 7 2017

Posted on July 7, 2017 by L

Tony Blair ‘not straight’ with UK over Iraq, says Chilcot — Russian ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hacker Anikeev jailed for two years — How Similar Are WannaCry And Petya Ransomware? — Former CIA Agent Will Go to Italy to Serve Kidnapping Sentence

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9/11 — Two Unanswered Questions

Posted on July 6, 2017 by L

“What we do know is that government officials decided not to inform a lawfully constituted body, created by Congress and the president, to investigate one of the greatest tragedies to confront this country. We call that obstruction.” Thomas H. Kean … Continue reading →

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