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Monthly Archives: June 2021
Breaking News — Ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
“Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know … Continue reading
June 30 2021 — International Asteroid Day [Tunguska — June 30 1908]
“We really need an internationally agreed and coordinated strategy for the development of asteroid litigation technology and very importantly the implementation of procedures for an emergency deflection scenario.” Alan Harris June 30 2019 — Asteroid Day (also known as International … Continue reading
40 Years Ago — The Hafte Tir Bombing (June 28 1981) [Pompeo, Tehran and a Mysterious Murder in the Netherlands]
“Today, the Iranian Quds Force conducts covert assassination operations in the heart of Europe.” Mike Pompeo — US Secretary of State (May 21 2018) June 28 2018 — Mike Pompeo’s claim that the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is carrying out “assassination … Continue reading
Posted in Iran
Tagged CIA, Hafte Tir Bombing, Iran, Mike Pompeo, Mohammad Reza Kolahi
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Two Years Ago — NYT Apologizes For Misreporting On Skripal Incident [UPDATE — TV Series : The Salisbury Poisonings]
“Which story is worse? (…) The answer is they’re both as bad. In both scenarios, an utterly false picture of what happened in Salisbury was given to the skeptical President to twist his arm into taking action he didn’t want … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Gina Haspel, Salisbury attack, Sergei Skripal
Tagged CIA, Gina Haspel, Salisbury attack, Sergei Skripal
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On This Day — Remembering Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (USTICA – June 27 1980)
“We still hope the truth will come out. We know that very probably the plane was struck down by a missile. Too many people have been keeping this secret for too long but we will not give up until we … Continue reading
On This Day — “Ich bin ein Berliner” (June 26 1963) [2021]
“Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was ‘Civis Romanus Sum’. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner!’ … All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as … Continue reading
Posted in Berlin, Germany, History, JFK, Kennedy, Remembering
Tagged Berlin, History, Ich Bin Ein Berliner, JFK
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On This Day — The First NSA Defection : William H. Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell (June 25 1960) [2021]
“The United States Government is as unscrupulous as it has accused the Soviet Government of being. Our main dissatisfaction concerned some of the practices the United States uses in gathering intelligence information … deliberately violating the airspace of other nations … Continue reading
Posted in NSA, Whistleblowers
Tagged Bernon F. Mitchell, Defectors, NSA, William H. Martin
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The search for the “Fifth Man” — Spooks and Chess Players [UPDATE — Intel Today Analysis Quoted in Top Russian Newspaper]
“They began a mad search for enemies inside the organisation itself – seeking to find more hidden traitors who could be used to explain why MI5 kept failing to do its job properly. It was the search for the “Fifth … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, KGB, MI5
Tagged Blunt, Burgess, Chess, Christine Keeler, Graham Mitchell, John Profumo, McLean, MI5, Philby, Sir Roger Hollis, Stephen Ward, UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
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Remembering Alan Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) [UPDATE — Alan Turing £50 note enters circulation]
“A new inquiry is long overdue, even if only to dispel any doubts about the true cause of his death—including speculation that he was murdered by the security services (or others). I think murder by state agents is unlikely. There … Continue reading
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