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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera [UPDATE — Breaking News — Lockerbie: A Very Coincidental Death]

Posted on August 26, 2026 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera [UPDATE — Breaking News — Lockerbie Trial Postponed on New Evidence]

Posted on August 25, 2026 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might … Continue reading →

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On This Day — J. Edgar Hoover Becomes FBI Deputy Director (August 22 1921) [UPDATE : A Century Later: Can the FBI Still Command Public Trust?]

Posted on August 22, 2026 by L

“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Psychologist Richards “Dick” J. Heuer, Jr. (July 15 1927 – August 21 2018) [UPDATE : Heuer in the Age of AI]

Posted on August 21, 2026 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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Lockerbie – Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! Chapter VIII : PT/35(b) — The Most Expensive Forgery in History [Lockerbie Trial: Judge Challenges Prosecution Evidence]

Posted on August 20, 2026 by L

“Without PT/35(b), there would have been no indictment.” Richard Marquise — FBI agent who lead the Lockerbie investigation “PT/35(b) was extremely, extremely dodgy. It was very, very suspicious. The way it suddenly appeared, embedded in a shirt collar, with the … Continue reading →

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On This Day — CIA Operation TP/AJAX : The Iranian Coup d’ État (August 19 1953) [UPDATE — Is Trump Planning A Nuclear Strike on Iran?]

Posted on August 19, 2026 by L

“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera [UPDATE — When Justice Becomes a Bet]

Posted on August 18, 2026 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Crash of PAK-1 (August 17 1988) [A Case of Exploding Mangoes]

Posted on August 17, 2026 by L

“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago — Afghanistan : The Humiliating End of America’s Longest War

Posted on August 16, 2026 by L

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.” Rudyard Kipling The Young … Continue reading →

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 24 : Wayne J. McNulty (Laos – August 15, 1968)

Posted on August 15, 2026 by L

“As of 15 August 1968, McNulty was in charge of an Air America helicopter on a mission to a forward area in Laos. His mission was to contact and brief a battalion engaged in a major offensive operation aimed at … Continue reading →

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