Monthly Archives: November 2022

On this Day — At Long Last, FBI Admits No Evidence of Foul Play in 1996 TWA 800 Crash (November 18 1997) [Get ready for Unwelcome Truth.]

Posted on November 18, 2022 by L

“The FBI didn’t want to hear about anything but a missile or a bomb, because otherwise there was no FBI case. Their conduct was disturbing from the very beginning.” Chuck Grassley — Chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on administrative oversight … Continue reading →

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On this Day — US President Richard Nixon : “I am Not a Crook” (November 17 1973) [UPDATE : 5 Decades of Deep Throat]

Posted on November 17, 2022 by L

“And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Thatcher Names Blunt as “The Fourth Man” (November 16 1979)

Posted on November 16, 2022 by L

“I believe Thatcher did it because she didn’t see why the system should cover things up. This was early in her prime ministership. I think she wanted to tell the civil service that the politicians decide policy, not the system. She … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Russian Spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (July 11, 1903 – November 15, 1971)

Posted on November 15, 2022 by L

James Donovan — You have been charged with three counts and nineteen overt acts. Conspiracy to transmit United States defence and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets, and failing to register as a foreign agent. Rudolf … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie : US & UK indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah (November 14 1991) [UPDATE : New Documentary is Another Wasted Opportunity]

Posted on November 14, 2022 by L

“After writing about the ‘ravers’ who regularly turn up at lectures to claim that President Bush/the CIA/the Pentagon/Mossad etc perpetrated the crimes against humanity of 11 September, I received a letter this week from Marion Irvine, who feared that members … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Western Union Cable Announces Armistice to North Americans (November 10 1918)

Posted on November 10, 2022 by L

“There had never been a known leak from the Western Union telegraph office on Court Street before that day, but this news was simply too good to keep quiet. As you might guess, they were overjoyed, so that word very quickly … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) [UPDATE : A simple method to hide Havana Syndrome attacks]

Posted on November 9, 2022 by L

“We began talking about the war, which, in the late summer of 1940, was looking most extremely black. Hedy said that she did not feel very comfortable, sitting there in Hollywood and making lots of money when things were in … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Richard Sorge is Executed for Espionage (November 7 1944) [“The spy who changed the world”]

Posted on November 7, 2022 by L

“Richard Sorge’s brilliant espionage work saved Stalin and the Soviet Union from defeat in the fall of 1941, probably prevented a Nazi victory in World War II and thereby assured the dimensions of the world we live in today.” American … Continue reading →

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70 Years Ago — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952)

Posted on November 1, 2022 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower November 1st 2022 — On November 1st 1952, the United States detonated the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the … Continue reading →

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