Monthly Archives: June 2019

Lockerbie — Lobster Magazine : The View From The Bridge by Robin Ramsay

Posted on June 10, 2019 by L

“More than eighteen years after the original wrong verdict, the Scottish Crown office is now talking to former Stasi officers. This suggests that, so long as the Scottish legal system can say that they are still ‘pursuing leads’, it won’t … Continue reading →

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NYT Apologizes For Misreporting On Skripal Incident

Posted on June 9, 2019 by L

“I made a significant error in my April 16 profile of Gina Haspel. It took a while to figure out where I went wrong. Here is the correction: […] The intelligence about the ducks and children were based on an … Continue reading →

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Remembering the U.S.S. Liberty — June 8 1967 [2019]

Posted on June 8, 2019 by L

“There has been a lot of media coverage mostly written by Israelis or American Jews regarding Israel’s ‘victory’ fifty years ago during the so-called Six Days War directed against its Arab neighbors but I have yet to see an account … Continue reading →

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Remembering Alan Turing [23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954]

Posted on June 7, 2019 by L

“I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.” Alan Turing “I … Continue reading →

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Fred Burton & The Lockerbie Case [POLL]

Posted on June 6, 2019 by L

“There is no concrete indication that any piece of luggage was unloaded from Air Malta 180, sent through the luggage routing system at Frankfurt airport, and then loaded on board Pan Am 103.” FBI Briefing Paper “I would rather have … Continue reading →

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How Did Spygate Begin?

Posted on June 5, 2019 by L

 “Spygate is the first American scandal in which the government wants the facts published transparently but the media want to cover them up.” British journalist John O’Sullivan — Tweet (May 24 2019) “Russiagate is the worst and (considering the lack … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — CIA Recruiting ‘AN US’ — Russian Speaking — Citizen [UPDATE : Agency Officers Lost in Translation?]

Posted on June 4, 2019 by L

“Are you an US citizen with a college degree? Seriously CIA?” Sujai Shukla @sujaishukla “Seriously?? I think your first order of business should be to hire a proofreader. You made yourselves look like fools. Are you still concerned with the … Continue reading →

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The Dark Past of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller — The Bulger Gang, Lockerbie, Anthrax… An Exceptional Failure All Round. [UPDATE IV – Alan Dershowitz : “Mueller overstepped his bounds as a prosecutor.”]

Posted on June 4, 2019 by L

“Robert Mueller was chosen as Special Counsel not because he has integrity but because he will do what the powerful want him to do. Mueller didn’t speak the truth about a war he knew to be unjustified. He didn’t speak … Continue reading →

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The CIA Book of Honor — Star 81 : Gregg Wenzel

Posted on June 3, 2019 by L

“IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY” Memorial at the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia “Gregg was born on the 18th, this event in his honor is … Continue reading →

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Animal Spies & Warriors — WWII : British Hawks vs Nazi Pigeons [2019]

Posted on June 2, 2019 by L

“But the sad truth is that the only pigeons they [the MI5 British hawks] managed to kill were British ones because hawks don’t have a friend or foe identification system. An MI5 report at the end of the war noted that … Continue reading →

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