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RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election. Who will run Biden’s CIA? [FINAL UPDATE — Haspel Goodbye Tweet]

Posted on January 19, 2021 by L

“A couple of people at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would have to go, absolutely. Probably Gina Haspel would have to go, too. Gina is a good woman, but she would have to go.” Michael Hayden — … Continue reading →

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Final Move : Will Trump Nuke Iran? [UPDATE : Is Iran now safe from an attack?]

Posted on January 19, 2021 by L

“I have little doubt that such contingency planning, directed by the Oval Office, for provoking, if necessary, an excuse for attacking Iran while this administration is still in office exists right now, in safes and computers in the Pentagon, CIA … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years Ago — U.S. Admits CIA Payments to Noriega (January 19 1991)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by L

“US officials in Central America failed to address this drug issue for fear of jeopardizing the war efforts against Nicaragua… and senior US policymakers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras’ … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Former DCI Admiral Stansfield Turner Dies (January 18 2018)

Posted on January 18, 2021 by L

“Turner’s most disturbing discovery was the harsh questioning and illegal imprisonment that the Agency’s Counterintelligence Staff had imposed for several years on Soviet defector Yuri Nosenko. This convinced him that CIA could be a dangerous organization if not kept closely … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Is Suicided (December 5 1963 – January 18 2015) [2021]

Posted on January 18, 2021 by L

“Over the next few weeks, every Argentine seemed to have an opinion about how Nisman had died; the case became the Latin-American equivalent of the J.F.K. assassination, grist for conspiracy theories involving spies and foreign governments and conniving politicians. Posters … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie Third Appeal — Judges uphold guilty verdict [UPDATE : Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum]

Posted on January 18, 2021 by L

“On March 11 2020, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] decided to refer the Lockerbie case back to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. As a result of the Commission’s decision, Mr. Megrahi’s family was therefore entitled to … Continue reading →

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60 Years Ago — Patrice Lumumba is assassinated (January 17 1961)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by L

“Classified U.S. government documents, including a chronology of covert actions approved by a National Security Council (NSC) subgroup, reveal U.S. involvement in — and significant responsibility for — the death of Lumumba.” Stephen R. Weissman — Staff director of the … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Reagan Approves Covert Arms Sales to Iran (January 17, 1986) [2021]

Posted on January 17, 2021 by L

“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between the U.S. and Iran with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must … Continue reading →

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Internet of Things — Hacker Demands Bitcoin Ransom to Unlock Chastity Cage

Posted on January 17, 2021 by L

“The only way to get out is to cut through the steel. Given where it’s at, it’s going to be quite hard to get out of.” Ken Munro — Pen Test Partners January 17 2021 — The COVID lockdown is … Continue reading →

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RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election. Who will run Biden’s CIA? [UPDATE — David Cohen returns as CIA deputy director]

Posted on January 16, 2021 by L

“A couple of people at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would have to go, absolutely. Probably Gina Haspel would have to go, too. Gina is a good woman, but she would have to go.” Michael Hayden — … Continue reading →

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