Monthly Archives: July 2023

FBI — False Spying Accusations Damage American Science [UPDATE — Foreign Policy : “Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States”]

Posted on July 31, 2023 by L

“The FBI interrogators knew nothing about how science is done, and they saw routine academic activities as criminal. (…) The charges against me were not only false, they were laughable.”  Physicist Xiaoxing Xi —  Temple University2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize April … Continue reading →

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US National Whistleblower Day (July 30 2023) — “I, John Reidy, Declare…” [CIA Debacle in Iran & China] [UPDATE : Director William Burns : “CIA rebuilding spy networks in China”]

Posted on July 30, 2023 by L

“I cannot talk about the 2007 incident. It is classified. I risk incarceration. I have a family. If you are contemplating whistleblowing … you’re going to sit there and say, ‘If I go through that system, it will not end … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Richard Sorge is Executed for Espionage (November 7 1944) [“The spy who changed the world”] — UPDATE : A Fresh Look at a Legendary Spy (New Japanese Translation of Richard Sorge’s Reports from Tokyo)

Posted on July 29, 2023 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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3 Years Ago — Lockerbie – Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! [Chapter XI : J’Accuse!]

Posted on July 28, 2023 by L

“Cretton [Real name : Swiss Inspector Hans Knaus] expressed his concerns (…) The first was that the CIA had planted the chip [PT/35(b)] in the wreckage found at Lockerbie. [Detective Superintendant (SIO) Stuart] Henderson and I told him this thought … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Genesis of the Havana Syndrome (July 27 2016)

Posted on July 27, 2023 by L

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” Donald TrumpPresidential candidate July 27 2016 July 27 2023 — On July 27 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — “What a Hornets’ Nest I had Stirred!” [Wikipedia edited by the CIA – July 26 2007]

Posted on July 26, 2023 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has … Continue reading →

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Remembering French Investigative Journalist Pierre Péan (March 5 1938 – July 25 2019) [UPDATE : From Lockerbie to Avianca 203 — The same fake ‘scientists’…]

Posted on July 25, 2023 by L

“It is striking to note the similarity of the ‘scientific’ evidence discovered by the FBI’s Tom Thurman in both the Lockerbie and UTA cases. Of the tens of thousands of pieces of debris collected at each disaster site, one lone … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Crash of Swissair Flight 111 & The Mystery of the Lost Picasso (September 2 1998) [UPDATE : Letter from a reader]

Posted on July 24, 2023 by L

“There was sufficient grounds to suspect a criminal device on that plane. I am convinced that the investigation was improperly done.” Retired RCMP Tom Juby Arson investigator assigned to the Swissair file September 2 2020 — On September 2 1998, … Continue reading →

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CIA director Burns to become Cabinet member [If History is any guide…]

Posted on July 23, 2023 by L

“I am pleased to announce that I have invited the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Bill Burns, to serve as a member of my Cabinet.”President Joe Biden (July 21 2023) July 23 2024 — On Friday, President Joe Biden … Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY: “I Shall Return.”

Posted on July 22, 2023 by L

“In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.” Theodore Roosevelt July 22 2023 – As you know, I took a long time off. I needed to work out a few things. In … Continue reading →

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