Author Archives: L

KRYPTOS Week — Introduction : Sculpture Dedication Ceremony at the CIA (November 3 1990)

Posted on November 4, 2023 by L

“Maybe you’re mistaken–maybe this first part of the Kryptos code is really not a polyalphabetic Vigenere Tableau after all — maybe it’s a different type of code entirely. Or maybe it is a Vigenere code, but it’s been double or … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Iran-Contra Scandal Revealed (November 3, 1986)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by L

“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between [the U.S. and Iran] with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must … Continue reading →

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On This Day — THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE (CIA, November 28 1947)

Posted on November 2, 2023 by L

“Armed hostilities between Jews and Arabs will break out if the UN Genral Assembly accepts the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States as recommended by the UN Special Committee on Palestine.” CIA (November 28 1947) November 02 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952)

Posted on November 1, 2023 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower   November 1st 2023 — On November 1st 1952, the United States detonated  the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the island … Continue reading →

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007 Years Ago — Suspicious Aviation Tragedies [Don’t Forget the Past. Learn from It!]

Posted on October 31, 2023 by L

“Governments lie. They do it all the time. And, much as we’d like to believe otherwise, the US government is no exception.” Ted Koppel“The USS Vincennes: Public War, Secret War.” ABC News July 1, 1992 October 31 2023 — Time … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Hemingway Wins Nobel Prize (October 28 1954) — Hemingway was pushed to suicide by the FBI. Is Elon Musk next?

Posted on October 28, 2023 by L

“Hemingway may have said ‘yes’ to the Soviet recruitment pitch, but unless there is some additional trove of material in the NKVD archives that argues otherwise, it is clear Hemingway was never a productive Soviet agent.” Intelligence in Literature and … Continue reading →

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20 Years Ago — The CIA Book of Honor — Stars 82 & 83 : Christopher Glenn Mueller and William “Chief” Carlson [KIA October 25 2003]

Posted on October 27, 2023 by L

“The bravery of these two men cannot be overstated. Chris and Chief put the lives of others ahead of their own. That is heroism defined.” George J. Tenet Director of Central Intelligence(May 2004) October 27 2023 — Mueller and Carlson … Continue reading →

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35 Years Ago — Operation Autumn Leaves (Germany — October 26 1988) [The legend of the 5th device]

Posted on October 26, 2023 by L

“What became of the fifth device is not known.” Wikipedia “I was aware that during the ‘Autumn Leaves’ operation, the Police in Germany had recovered four fully constructed improvised explosive devices and a partially constructed improvised explosive device.” Inspector John McGowan … Continue reading →

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Do you believe in Free Will? [Poll]

Posted on October 24, 2023 by L

“The world is really screwed up and made much, much more unfair by the fact that we reward people and punish people for things they have no control over. We’ve got no free will. Stop attributing stuff to us that … Continue reading →

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40 Years Ago — The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983) [Hezbollah or Islamic Jihad?]

Posted on October 23, 2023 by L

“Though he never said so explicitly, President Ronald Reagan ended America’s military commitment to a strategic mistake that was peripheral to America’s interests. Three-and-a-half months after the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. military personnel … Continue reading →

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