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On This Day — West German Spy Chief Defects to East (August 23 1985)

Posted on August 23, 2018 by L

“Naturally I am a traitor, I cannot deny that.” Hans Joachim Tiedge The West German spy chief’s defection was made public by the East German authorities on August 23 1985. Follow us on Twitter; @INTEL_TODAY

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Two Years Ago — TRUMP & the CIA Briefings

Posted on August 23, 2018 by L

“There were so many things I did not know when I became President.” US President Harry Truman (1952) “By his words and his actions, Mr Trump is putting our national security and our collective futures at grave risk.” Former CIA … Continue reading →

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CIA to Recruit Korean Speakers — Do you know your ABC?

Posted on August 23, 2018 by L

“Fluent in Korean? US citizen with a 4 yr college degree? Interested in national security? Your skills are needed here!” CIA Directorate of Operations — Twitter (August 17 2018) “We referred to North Korea as the hardest of the hard … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — BELGIUM : “No Link between Barcelona Imam and the 2016 Brussels Attacks”

Posted on August 22, 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 “But this is also a story of missed clues and intelligence failings, because … Continue reading →

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On This Day — J. Edgar Hoover Becomes FBI Deputy Director (August 22 1921)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by L

“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.” “Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — “Till Truth Do Us Part” [The Legend of the Iranian Payment]

Posted on August 22, 2018 by L

“I asked de Villiers about his next novel, and his eyes lighted up. ‘It goes back to an old story,’he said. Lockerbie. The book is based on the premise that it was Iran — not Libya — that carried out … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Marine Clayton J. Lonetree Convicted in Sexpionage Case (August 21 1987)

Posted on August 21, 2018 by L

 “[Lonetree’s motivation] was not treason or greed, but rather the lovesick response of a naive, young, immature and lonely troop in a lonely and hostile environment.”  General Alfred M. Gray — Commandant of the Marine Corps “They wanted to kill … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — CIA Dr Richards J. Heuer: “Information Collection vs Analytical Methods”

Posted on August 21, 2018 by L

“Do You Really Need More Information? The US Intelligence Community invests heavily in improved intelligence collection systems while managers of analysis lament the comparatively small sums devoted to enhancing analytical resources, improving analytical methods, or gaining better understanding of the cognitive … Continue reading →

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The True Story of the CIA Debacle in China — UPDATE

Posted on August 21, 2018 by L

“There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations: the ones that are widely known to have failed—usually because of almost unbelievably crude errors—and the ones that are not yet widely known to have failed.” Edward Luttwak “To give … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago –The KRYPTOS Sculpture — SECTION I : A KEYED Vigenère Cipher [And why the CIA lies so much about it?]

Posted on August 20, 2018 by L

“I have developed much too thick a skin to be surprised, let alone upset, by people telling me how that great CIA tells us the truth. If an organisation accustomed to lying tells you it is telling the truth, where … Continue reading →

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