Author Archives: L

On This Day — Thatcher Names Blunt as “The Fourth Man” (November 16 1979) [2020]

Posted on November 16, 2020 by L

“I believe Thatcher did it because she didn’t see why the system should cover things up. This was early in her prime ministership. I think she wanted to tell the civil service that the politicians decide policy, not the system. She … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former Norway Border Inspector Frode Berg Is Released In Spy Swap [November 15 2019]

Posted on November 15, 2020 by L

“The time spent in prison has been a large burden for Frode Berg and his family. We are happy that he can now be reunited with his family.”  Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg November 15 2020 — On November 15 … Continue reading →

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Remembering Russian Spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (July 11, 1903 – November 15, 1971) [2020]

Posted on November 15, 2020 by L

James Donovan — You have been charged with three counts and nineteen overt acts. Conspiracy to transmit United States defence and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets, and failing to register as a foreign agent. Rudolf … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie : US & UK indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah (November 14 1991) [2020]

Posted on November 14, 2020 by L

“After writing about the ‘ravers’ who regularly turn up at lectures to claim that President Bush/the CIA/the Pentagon/Mossad etc perpetrated the crimes against humanity of 11 September, I received a letter this week from Marion Irvine, who feared that members … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago — The Paris Attacks (November 13 2015)

Posted on November 13, 2020 by L

“A jihadi loves a vacuum, as Syria demonstrates. Belgium as a state, and Belgium as the heart of the European Union are as close to a vacuum as Europe offers these days. (…) There is a vacuum. Vacuums are dangerous.” … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 — From Mathematical Modelling to Policy Making

Posted on November 12, 2020 by L

“Few scientific fields have a single metric that both insiders and outsiders obsess over as much as infectious disease epidemiology’s basic reproductive number, .” Professor Alison Hill — Institute for Computational Medicine and the infectious disease dynamics group at Johns … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — CIA’s Adventures in Africa : Senegal Shenanigans [New Evidence]

Posted on November 11, 2020 by L

“They had been trapped by Ahmed Khalifa Niasse, who first led them to Benin, before taking them to Senegal, while keeping us informed at all times.” President Abu Diouf — Mémoires November 11 2020 — On February 20 1988, two … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Western Union Cable Announces Armistice to North Americans (November 10 1918) [2020]

Posted on November 10, 2020 by L

“There had never been a known leak from the Western Union telegraph office on Court Street before that day, but this news was simply too good to keep quiet. As you might guess, they were overjoyed, so that word very quickly … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Who Killed Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman? And Why?

Posted on November 10, 2020 by L

“I am not going to speculate because I do not know who killed him but, yes, there are possibly ‘dark forces’ at work in this country.” Horacio Verbitzky — Argentina’s most prominent journalist and human rights campaigner   November 9 2017 — … Continue reading →

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Remembering Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) [2020]

Posted on November 9, 2020 by L

“We began talking about the war, which, in the late summer of 1940, was looking most extremely black. Hedy said that she did not feel very comfortable, sitting there in Hollywood and making lots of money when things were in … Continue reading →

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