Author Archives: L

MEDINT — So just how healthy is Joe Biden?

Posted on March 20, 2021 by L

“Nothing more than a misstep on the stairs.” Kate Bedingfield — White House communications director March 20 2021 — On Friday, Joe Biden stumbled three times on his way up a staircase to the Air Force One presidential aircraft. Beware … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Wikipedia : A Disinformation Operation?

Posted on March 19, 2021 by L

“A nuclear scientist and reporter Ludwig De Braeckeleer suggested that intelligence agents may have infiltrated Wikipedia to remove undesirable information from Wikipedia articles. The design and application of WikiScanner technology proved such suspicions to be well founded.” Internet Brigades in … Continue reading →

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Spy Glossary — On the Origin of “GLOMAR Response” [March 18 1975]

Posted on March 18, 2021 by L

“We can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the information requested but, hypothetically, if such data were to exist, the subject matter would be classified, and could not be disclosed.” CIA — March 18 1975 March 18 2021 — … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Great Gardner Museum Heist (March 18 1990)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by L

“I have spoken to former IRA members who say it was common knowledge these paintings were probably in hands of the organization.” Arthur Brand — Dutch investigator and art adviser based in Amsterdam March 18 2021 — On March 18 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Bombing of the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires (March 17 1992) [New Revelations Exonerate Tehran]

Posted on March 17, 2021 by L

“In 2014, the public learned that a former spy who had infiltrated the Jewish community in Buenos Aires on behalf of Argentina’s Federal Police had revealed to two investigative journalists that he had been ordered to turn over blueprints of … Continue reading →

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On This Day — CIA William Francis Buckley is Kidnapped in Beirut (March 16 1984) [2021]

Posted on March 16, 2021 by L

“Less than a month after Buckley’s kidnapping, then-US president Ronald Reagan signed an order that put in motion what would become known as the Iran Contra Affair. Justified as a program to barter the release of American hostages held by … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Brighton Bombing (October 12 1984) [UPDATE — Brighton Bomber : “Ireland will soon be reunited.”]

Posted on March 16, 2021 by L

“Mrs. Thatcher will now realise that Britain cannot occupy our country and torture our prisoners and shoot our people in their own streets and get away with it. Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — The Douma Conspiracy : France Role in Rigging the OPCW Report [UPDATE : 5 Former OPCW Officials Call Out Cover-Up]

Posted on March 15, 2021 by L

“The dimensions, characteristics and appearance of the cylinders, and the surrounding scene of the incidents, were inconsistent with what would have been expected in the case of either cylinder being delivered from an aircraft. In each case the alternative hypothesis … Continue reading →

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CIA : “Our failures are known. Our successes are not.” [Joke]

Posted on March 14, 2021 by L

“There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations: the ones that are widely known to have failed—usually because of almost unbelievably crude errors—and the ones that are not yet widely known to have failed.” Edward Luttwak March 14 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Dugway Sheep Incident (March 13 1968) [Porton Down 1953, Skull Valley 1968, Salisbury 2018, Wuhan 2019] // UPDATE — A credible COVID inquiry requires China’s full cooperation

Posted on March 13, 2021 by L

“There had been three open-air nerve agent events on March 13 (1968), one of which was a test involving an F-4 fighter airplane operating two TMU-28B spray tanks, each holding 160 gallons of VX — a persistent nerve agent.” Al … Continue reading →

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