Author Archives: L

On This Day — Reagan jokes about bombing Russia (August 11 1984) [MEDINT — Did Ronald Reagan Have Alzheimer’s Disease While in Office?]

Posted on August 11, 2023 by L

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” President Ronald Reagan (August 11, 1984) August 11 2023 — President Ronald Reagan made the … Continue reading →

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International Cat Day (August 8 2023) — Remembering CIA Operation Acoustic Kitty

Posted on August 9, 2023 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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Homage to Claude Shannon — The Bit Player [Update : The Cost of Ignorance]

Posted on August 8, 2023 by L

“In fact, the science of thermodynamics began with an analysis, by the great engineer Sadi Carnot, of the problem of how to build the best and most efficient engine, and this constitutes one of the few famous cases in which … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Molly C. H. Hardy (Dec. 15 1946 – Aug. 7 1998)

Posted on August 7, 2023 by L

“For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Hiroshima (August 6 1945)

Posted on August 6, 2023 by L

 “I voiced to him [U.S. Secretary of War Stimson] my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories — A Night in August (August 5 1962) [Marilyn Monroe & Nelson Mandela]

Posted on August 5, 2023 by L

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela(July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013) August 5 2023 — Marilyn … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago –The August 4 2020 Beirut Explosion : Debunking the FBI Conspiracy Theory [UPDATE : FBI Junk-Science Report disappears mysteriously from Wikipedia]

Posted on August 4, 2023 by L

“The amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was one fifth of the shipment unloaded there in 2013, the FBI concluded after the blast, adding to suspicions that much of the cargo had gone missing.” … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Sir Roger Casement (September 1 1864 – August 3 1916) — “Hanged on a Comma”

Posted on August 3, 2023 by L

“If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure that it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in … Continue reading →

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FBI — False Spying Accusations Damage American Science [UPDATE — Foreign Policy : “Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States”] — Postscript : “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

Posted on August 1, 2023 by L

“The FBI interrogators knew nothing about how science is done, and they saw routine academic activities as criminal. (…) The charges against me were not only false, they were laughable.”  Physicist Xiaoxing Xi —  Temple University2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize April … Continue reading →

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FBI — False Spying Accusations Damage American Science [UPDATE — Foreign Policy : “Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States”]

Posted on July 31, 2023 by L

“The FBI interrogators knew nothing about how science is done, and they saw routine academic activities as criminal. (…) The charges against me were not only false, they were laughable.”  Physicist Xiaoxing Xi —  Temple University2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize April … Continue reading →

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