Author Archives: L

On This Day — Reagan Approves Covert Arms Sales to Iran (January 17, 1986) [The Lockerbie Solution — Timeline]

Posted on January 17, 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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MLK Day — Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15 1929 – Assassinated April 4 1968) [The FBI Suicide Letter]

Posted on January 16, 2023 by L

“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated. Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917)

Posted on January 16, 2023 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”  War Department Office of … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Lockerbie Third Appeal : Judges uphold guilty verdict [Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum]

Posted on January 15, 2023 by L

“On March 11 2020, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] decided to refer the Lockerbie case back to the High Court of Justiciary for determination.As a result of the Commission’s decision, Mr. Megrahi’s family was therefore entitled to instruct … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Zola : “J’accuse…!” (January 13 1898) [Will a US President ever pardon Julian Assange?]

Posted on January 14, 2023 by L

“The Dreyfus affair was not only the first modern Counter-Intelligence case, but it was also the first modern Counter-Intelligence  disaster — that is, not just an investigative and legal error, but one that spilled over from the intelligence world into the … Continue reading →

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Corporate Intelligence — How accurate were EXXON predictions about Global Warming? [UPDATE : Intel Today analysis plagiarized by SCIENCE Magazine]

Posted on January 13, 2023 by L

“Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became a public issue… This knowledge did not prevent the company from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation — … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr Udo Ulfkotte (January 20 1960 – January 13 2017) [Mind Control & The Spiral of Silence]

Posted on January 12, 2023 by L

“I’ve been a journalist for about 25 years and I was educated to lie, to betray and not to tell the truth to the public. The truth will come out one day, the truth won’t die.” Dr. Udo Ulfkotte Journalist … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Surgeon General Report Links Tobacco and Cancer (January 11 1964) — Disinformation : Why does it work? [UPDATE : Sugaring Wikipedia]

Posted on January 11, 2023 by L

“Global cigarette use seems to have peaked at about 6 trillion cigarettes sometime after the turn of the new millennium, but the deadly effects of this epidemic will still be felt for decades — even if global use continues to … Continue reading →

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Emanuela Orlandi — Vatican Bone Fragments Could Hold Clue to 35 Year Old Mystery [UPDATE — Vatican reopens investigation]

Posted on January 10, 2023 by L

“The disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi has been widely linked either to organised crime or to an attempt to force the release from prison of Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in … Continue reading →

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20 Years Ago — Ana Montes Is Arrested (September 21 2001) [UPDATE : Montes released early from prison]

Posted on January 9, 2023 by L

“I believe that the morality of espionage is relative. The activity always betrays someone, and some observers will think that it is justified and others not, in every case.” Ana Montes Private letter to a friend September 21 2021 — Ana … Continue reading →

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