Monthly Archives: August 2020

On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [2020]

“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading

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35 Years Ago — West German Spy Chief Defects to East (August 23 1985)

“Naturally I am a traitor, I cannot deny that.” Hans Joachim Tiedge August 23 2020 — The West German spy chief’s defection was made public by the East German authorities on August 23 1985. Follow us on Twitter; @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — J. Edgar Hoover Becomes FBI Deputy Director (August 22 1921) [2020]

“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.” “Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have … Continue reading

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Lockerbie Appeal — Fiction, Half-Truths and Downright Lies

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded … Continue reading

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On This Day — US Marine Clayton J. Lonetree Convicted in Sexpionage Case (August 21 1987) [2020]

“[Lonetree’s motivation] was not treason or greed, but rather the lovesick response of a naive, young, immature and lonely troop in a lonely and hostile environment.”  General Alfred M. Gray — Commandant of the Marine Corps “They wanted to kill … Continue reading

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Alexander Yuk Ching Ma — Former CIA Officer Accused of Spying for China

“The charges announced today are a sobering reminder to our communities in Hawaii of the constant threat posed by those who seek to jeopardize our nation’s security through acts of espionage. Of particular concern are the criminal acts of those … Continue reading

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On This Day — The Iranian Coup d’État (August 19 1953 – CIA Operation TP/AJAX) [2020]

“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Who Is The Mysterious GOLFER? — Part III : Unmasking the Devil [UPDATE — Who Paid GOLFER for His Lies?]

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Charles Baudelaire — “Le Joueur Généreux” (1864)   June 21 2019 — According to the information disclosed in the SCCRC Report, GOLFER is a former Strathclyde … Continue reading

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4 Years Ago — The FAREWELL DOSSIER

“There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations: the ones that are widely known to have failed—usually because of almost unbelievably crude errors—and the ones that are not yet widely known to have failed.” Edward Luttwak “If some … Continue reading

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On This Day — The Crash of PAK-1 (August 17 1988) [2020]

“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) … Continue reading

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