Monthly Archives: January 2020

Martin Luther King Day (January 20 2020) [The FBI Suicide Letter]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by L

“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated: Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of … Continue reading →

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Libya Civil War — World Leaders Vow to Uphold UN Arms Embargo

Posted on January 20, 2020 by L

“The commitment by foreign backers of the conflict – which include Russia, Egypt and Turkey – to respect the UN arms embargo on Libya will only be taken seriously if the UN Security Council acts on violations. This is something … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Tehran Releases 52 US Hostages After 444 Days (January 20 1981) [2020]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by L

“It is now very clear that there were two separate agreements, one the official agreement with Carter in Algeria, the other, a secret agreement with another party, which, it is now apparent, was Reagan. They made a deal with Reagan … Continue reading →

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On This Day — U.S. Admits CIA Payments to Noriega (January 19 1991) [2020]

Posted on January 19, 2020 by L

“US officials in Central America failed to address this drug issue for fear of jeopardising the war efforts against Nicaragua… and senior US policymakers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras’ … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Former DCI Admiral Stansfield Turner Dies (January 18 2018) [2020]

Posted on January 18, 2020 by L

“Turner’s most disturbing discovery was the harsh questioning and illegal imprisonment that the Agency’s Counterintelligence Staff had imposed for several years on Soviet defector Yuri Nosenko. This convinced him that CIA could be a dangerous organization if not kept closely … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago — Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Is Suicided (December 5 1963 – January 18 2015)

Posted on January 18, 2020 by L

“Over the next few weeks, every Argentine seemed to have an opinion about how Nisman had died; the case became the Latin-American equivalent of the J.F.K. assassination, grist for conspiracy theories involving spies and foreign governments and conniving politicians. Posters … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Reagan Approves Covert Arms Sales to Iran (January 17, 1986) [2019 Fake News Award]

Posted on January 17, 2020 by L

“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between [the U.S. and Iran] with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917) [2020]

Posted on January 16, 2020 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”   War Department Office … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Wikipedia Is Born. And The Spooks Love It! (January 15 2001) [2020]

Posted on January 15, 2020 by L

“People that I would say are trolls sort of took over Wikipedia. The inmates started running the asylum.” Larry Sanger — Wikipedia co-founder On January 15 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. According to Alexa Internet, Wikipedia is … Continue reading →

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Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling Wins 2020 Sam Adams Award

Posted on January 14, 2020 by L

“Operation Merlin is the perfect example of powerful bureaucratic interests running amok and creating the intelligence necessary to justify their operations. The net result is that Jeffrey Sterling was unjustly imprisoned and that the United States has gone down a … Continue reading →

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