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On This Day — Whitey Bulger Sentenced to Two Terms of Life Imprisonment. (November 14, 2013) So, why the death sentence? [UPDATE: “Indiana Jones of art” Strikes Again]

Posted on November 19, 2018 by L

“Prison officials dropped the ball by transferring him to the notoriously violent Hazelton facility and mixing him with the general population. It’s like sending somebody to death row. (…)We all know that you can’t put somebody high-profile like Whitey Bulger … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Terry Waite Is Released by “Islamic Jihad” (November 18 1991)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by L

“I was taken out, blindfolded again, put into the boot of a car, then another car, and when they took the blindfold off I was with a Syrian intelligence operative, who drove me to the Syrian intelligence headquarters.” Terry Waite … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former Double Agent : “Self-destruction of humankind has been put back on the agenda”

Posted on November 18, 2018 by L

“I believe that you will serve our common cause selflessly and courageously. I believe in the final victory over the treacherous enemy. This belief has given me strength. [The men and women of the SVR] must save the world in … Continue reading →

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On this Day — FBI : No Evidence of Foul Play in 1996 TWA 800 Crash (November 18 1997)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by L

“Aviation investigations are replete with accident scenarios that couldn’t happen. And given the lack of bomb evidence so far, neither scenario has been ruled out, officials said. First is the possibility that the doomed plane’s front section, which has a … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Barcelona Terror Attacks : Imam was CNI Informant

Posted on November 17, 2018 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 17 2017 — Abdelbaki Es Satty , the Imam from the small … Continue reading →

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On this Day — Nixon : “I am Not a Crook” (November 17 1973)

Posted on November 17, 2018 by L

“And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Libyan Nuke Program Was CIA-MI6 Sting Op

Posted on November 16, 2018 by L

“We were very happy the [Libyan nuclear] files were destroyed.” Senior intelligence official in Washington, D.C. “Washington wanted the evidence collected in raids on the Tinners’ home and offices, including computer files, hard drives, disks and documents, to be destroyed … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Thatcher Names Blunt as the “Fourth Man” (November 16 1979)

Posted on November 16, 2018 by L

“I believe she [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. … Continue reading →

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International Law — Acts of War in Cyberspace (2018)

Posted on November 15, 2018 by L

“One of the big problems we face with cyber is that it hasn’t really been discussed internationally about what is the acceptable use of cyber-powers, where the red lines are and what happens when those red lines are crossed.” Sir … Continue reading →

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MALTA — 3 DGSE Officers Killed in the Crash (UPDATE – Weapons in Libya: The French connection)

Posted on November 15, 2018 by L

“Malta is the Casablanca of the 40s. Malta is the backroom base for all Libyan operations. The French, the English, the Italians, the Americans … everybody is there.” Unnamed expert in Libyan affairs “Contrary to what had been said in … Continue reading →

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