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On this Day — French Military Government Finds Mata Hari Guilty of Espionage (July 25 1917)

Posted on July 26, 2019 by L

“A harlot? Yes, but a traitor, never!” Phrase attributed to Mata Hari during the trial “Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.” … Continue reading →

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On This Day — “What a Hornets’ Nest I had Stirred!” [Wikipedia edited by the CIA – July 26 2007] (2019)

Posted on July 26, 2019 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Navy Cryptanalyst Agnes Meyer Driscoll (July 24, 1889 – September 16, 1971) [2019]

Posted on July 25, 2019 by L

“Once the pursuit of truth begins to haunt the mind, it becomes an ideal never wholly attained.” “We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities.” Agnes Meyer Driscoll “In her thirty-year … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Radio Pyongyang Resurrects “NUMBERS STATION”

Posted on July 24, 2019 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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Havana Syndrome — Toronto Professor : “Diplomats are not suffering from mass psychogenic illness” — [UPDATE : Brain scans show “significant neuroimaging differences”]

Posted on July 24, 2019 by L

“It is a disservice to the men and women of the United States and Canadian diplomatic services to suggest they are suffering from a ‘mass psychogenic illness’ arising from their tenure in Havana.” Professor Edward Shorter — University of Toronto … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — Appeal Decision Delayed Until 2020

Posted on July 23, 2019 by L

“I regard the Lockerbie verdict against Megrahi as a ‘Grand Monument to Human Stupidity’.  Indeed, the written opinion of the Lockerbie judges is a remarkable document that claims an ‘honoured place in the history of British miscarriages of justice.’ If the … Continue reading →

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The CIA Book of Honor — Star 84 : James McGrath (October 24, 1927 – January 1957)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by L

“IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY” Memorial at the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia “James McGrath joined CIA in 1951 … He was searching for a … Continue reading →

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Animal Spies & Warriors — Operation Acoustic Kitty

Posted on July 21, 2019 by L

“They slit the cat open, put batteries in him, wired him up. The tail was used as an antenna. They made a monstrosity. They tested him, and tested him. They found he would walk off the job when he got … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Terror Attacks — Imam was CNI Informant [UPDATE]

Posted on July 20, 2019 by L

“The imam did, in fact, stay in Belgium, but he was not known to the judicial authorities.” Thierry Werts — Spokesman of the Office of the Public Prosecutor November 18 2017 — Abdelbaki Es Satty — the Imam from the small … Continue reading →

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CIA — The Language of Espionage : Lockerbie & The CIA Darkest Blunder [UPDATE]

Posted on July 19, 2019 by L

“We’re investing in foreign-language excellence as a core attribute for our officers. We’re strengthening our language training to ensure that our people are more capable and better attuned to the cultures in which they operate.” CIA Director Gina Haspel “[Our … Continue reading →

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