Author Archives: L

On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917) [2020]

Posted on January 16, 2020 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”   War Department Office … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Wikipedia Is Born. And The Spooks Love It! (January 15 2001) [2020]

Posted on January 15, 2020 by L

“People that I would say are trolls sort of took over Wikipedia. The inmates started running the asylum.” Larry Sanger — Wikipedia co-founder On January 15 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. According to Alexa Internet, Wikipedia is … Continue reading →

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Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling Wins 2020 Sam Adams Award

Posted on January 14, 2020 by L

“Operation Merlin is the perfect example of powerful bureaucratic interests running amok and creating the intelligence necessary to justify their operations. The net result is that Jeffrey Sterling was unjustly imprisoned and that the United States has gone down a … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Radio Pyongyang Resurrects its ‘NUMBERS STATION’. How does it work anyway?

Posted on January 14, 2020 by L

“Some are worried it signals that North Korean might be planning some type of operation, alerting its spies by sending the coded broadcast. But for that to be true, North Korean agents would have had to have been listening at … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Zola : “J’accuse…!” (January 13 1898) [2020]

Posted on January 13, 2020 by L

“The Dreyfus affair was not only the first modern Counter-Intelligence case, but it was also the first modern Counter-Intelligence  disaster — that is, not just an investigative and legal error, but one that spilled over from the intelligence world into the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr Udo Ulfkotte (January 20 1960 – January 13 2017) [2020]

Posted on January 12, 2020 by L

“I’ve been a journalist for about 25 years and I was educated to lie, to betray and not to tell the truth to the public. The truth will come out one day, the truth won’t die.” “No German mainstream journalist … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Surgeon General Report Links Tobacco and Cancer (January 11 1964) [5G & Cancer]

Posted on January 11, 2020 by L

“We don’t smoke that shit. We just sell it. We reserve the right to smoke for the young, the poor, the black and stupid.” R.J. Reynolds executive’s reply when asked why he didn’t smoke according to Dave Goerlitz, lead Winston … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — Has Iran President Just Admitted Responsibility?

Posted on January 10, 2020 by L

“Those who refer to the number 52 should also remember the number 290. #IR655. Never threaten the Iranian nation.” President Hassan Rouhani  —  Tweet (January 6 2020)  “The accidental shoot-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 convinced Khomeini to … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Takes Many Secrets to His Grave (January 8 2017)

Posted on January 9, 2020 by L

“With what is happening in the U.S. and the possible instability that is going to come in U.S. policy you needed a voice of reason and pragmatism that had some heft to it. He was that voice. Losing that voice … Continue reading →

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Intel Today — Knowns & Unknowns of the 2020 Intelligence Calendar

Posted on January 8, 2020 by L

“Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know … Continue reading →

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