Monthly Archives: July 2025

On This Day — French Captain Alfred Dreyfus Is Convicted of Treason (January 5 1895) [Politicization of Intelligence] UPDATE — Honoring Truth and Justice: France Adds July 12 to National Commemorations

Posted on July 12, 2025 by L

“Officers new to counterintelligence and overwhelmed by the scope of what they need to learn often ask the same question: ‘Where do I start?’ The best place might be the Dreyfus affair.” The Lessons for Counter-Intelligence of the Dreyfus Affair CIA … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Havana Syndrome: Moscow Death Ray vs. CIA Hoax [UPDATE : Brennan to Face Justice? FBI Investigates Former CIA Chief Over Russiagate Deception]

Posted on July 9, 2025 by L

“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”CIA Director John Ratcliffe (July 2, 2025) July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical … Continue reading →

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1975: The Year of Intelligence [What the Church and Pike Investigations Revealed — and Why Their Warnings Still Matter]

Posted on July 8, 2025 by L

“If this government ever became a tyranny… the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.” Senator Frank Church1975 July 8, 2025 … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Havana Syndrome: Moscow Death Ray vs. CIA Hoax [New Revelations on John Brennan & Russiagate]

Posted on July 6, 2025 by L

“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”CIA Director John Ratcliffe (July 2, 2025) July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical … Continue reading →

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Poetry as a Lens for Intelligence Work [What Intel Analysts Could Learn from Madsen’s Poetry?]

Posted on July 5, 2025 by L

“If you stare into the smoke long enough,you start to see a better lifeburning on the other side. I’ve been clean, but never clear.”Venice Poets Night Michael Madsen(1957 – 2025) July 5, 2025 — As I have explained many times … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Iran Flight 655 (July 3 1988) [UPDATE : FBI Feared Iranian Retaliation After Flight 655 — But Found No Evidence]

Posted on July 3, 2025 by L

“I will never apologize for the United States — I don’t care what the facts are… I’m not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.” George H. W. Bush August 7 1988 July 3 2019 — On July 3 1988, Iran Air … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Hounded by the FBI, Nobel Prize Ernest Hemingway Ends His Life (July 2, 1961)

Posted on July 2, 2025 by L

“The FBI’s surveillance substantially contributed to his anguish and his suicide.” A. E. Hotchner — Hemingway’s friend and collaborator over the last 13 years of his life July 2 2021 — On October 28 1954, the Nobel Prize in Literature … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Kim Philby Revealed as Cambridge Five Member (July 1 1963) [UPDATE : The Hunt for the Seventh Man: Operation Wedlock]

Posted on July 1, 2025 by L

“Tell them Jesus Christ only had twelve, and one of them was a double agent.” FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover — Upon learning that Philby was a spy for the Russians January 23 2021 — On January 23 1963, Kim … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera

Posted on July 1, 2025 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might … Continue reading →

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