Author Archives: L

RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election. Who will run Biden’s CIA? [UPDATE — Key Democrat warns Biden not to nominate Mike Morell]

Posted on November 26, 2020 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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Lockerbie Third Appeal — Day 2 (November 25 2020)

Posted on November 26, 2020 by L

“Now you come to me and you say ‘Don Corleone, give me justice’, but you don’t even ask with respect. You don’t offer friendship. You don’t even think to call me Godfather.” The Godfather. November 25 2020 — A third appeal … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Dr Gus W. Weiss Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances (November 25 2003) [2020]

Posted on November 25, 2020 by L

“If some double agent told the KGB the Americans were alert to Line X and were interfering with their collection by subverting, if not sabotaging, the effort, I believed the United States still could not lose. The Soviets, being a … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie Third Appeal — Day 1 (November 24 2020)

Posted on November 25, 2020 by L

“It’s interesting the lack of interest in a case relating to what, is still, the worst terrorist attack in British history. I suppose it feels like ancient history now, and we live in the age of Covid, but still surprising … Continue reading →

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The CIA Book of Honor — Star 79 : Johnny Micheal Spann (March 1, 1969 – November 25, 2001) [First CIA STAR Post 9/11]

Posted on November 25, 2020 by L

“Johnny Micheal Spann led one of our teams into Afghanistan, then under the sway of a dictatorship aligned with global murder.  There, he tracked the authors and allies of terror.  There, while fighting for the future of the American people, … Continue reading →

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New York Times Hiring Moscow Correspondent [UPDATE — How MSM Select Their Foreign Correspondents]

Posted on November 24, 2020 by L

“Nobody reading this could have any doubt about what the editors of the New York Times expect of candidates for this post. Objective, balanced coverage of Russian realities is clearly not a priority. The chosen correspondent is to look at … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Former FSB Officer Alexander Litvinenko Dies (November 23 2006) [2020]

Posted on November 23, 2020 by L

“The evidence suggests that the only credible explanation is, in one way or another, that the Russian state is involved in Litvinenko’s murder.” Scotland Yard lawyer — Court hearing in London (2015)   November 23 2020 — On November 1st 2006, … Continue reading →

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Fake News — Obama Tells One Whopper Of A Lie [Halabja chemical attack — March 16 1988]

Posted on November 23, 2020 by L

“Unlike some, I actually try to state facts. I believe in facts. I believe in a fact-based reality and a fact-based politics. I don’t believe in just making stuff up. I think you should actually say to people what’s true.” … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Leslianne Shedd (September 15 1968 – November 23 1996) [2020]

Posted on November 23, 2020 by L

“When my sister Leslianne Shedd was killed in the 1996 crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane, my family not only went into mourning. We also continued to keep a secret: Leslianne didn’t work for the U.S. State Department, as … Continue reading →

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New York Times Hiring Moscow Correspondent [Job description]

Posted on November 22, 2020 by L

“Nobody reading this could have any doubt about what the editors of the New York Times expect of candidates for this post. Objective, balanced coverage of Russian realities is clearly not a priority. The chosen correspondent is to look at … Continue reading →

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