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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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Lockerbie DNA Evidence: The Umbrella That Wasn’t There

Posted on June 30, 2025 by L

“Allen Feraday should not be allowed to present himself as an expert.”Lord Chief JusticeJuly 2005 June 30, 2025 — Nearly four decades after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland — a tragedy that claimed 270 lives … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence: The Last Trick

Posted on June 29, 2025 by L

“If you’ve got his DNA [in the suitcase] … it would knock down the building blocks of his potential defence.” Dick MarquiseFormer lead FBI agent on the Lockerbie investigation June 29, 2025 — Nearly four decades after the tragedy of … Continue reading →

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Eisenhower’s Last Warning Ignored: The Dangerous Folly of NATO’s 5% Defense Spending Target

Posted on June 29, 2025 by L

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address … Continue reading →

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Fake News, Real Questions

Posted on June 28, 2025 by L

“Fake news has become a catch-all term for misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, but its defining feature is that it mimics news media in form but not in organizational process or intent.” Lazer et al., Science (2018) June 28, 2025 — … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — The Eyewitness Evidence Against Megrahi : Exclusive Q&A with Pr Elizabeth Loftus [UPDATE : The Tiger’s Illusion and the Lockerbie Mirage: Perception vs. Reality]

Posted on June 27, 2025 by L

“One cannot help but wonder whether the outrage over his release might be tempered if those angry individuals were to seriously examine the suspicious eyewitness testimony (…) My examination has led me to seriously wonder: Is the Lockerbie bomber still … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — BBC and Netflix release first-look pictures of new documentary [UPDATE : From Irony to Reality]

Posted on June 26, 2025 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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