Author Archives: L

CIA : “Our failures are known. Our successes are not.” Really?

Posted on March 12, 2022 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 … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Lockerbie : SCCRC Refers Case Back to Court [March 11 2020]

Posted on March 11, 2022 by L

“Oliver Cromwell died in 1658. His body was exhumed in 1661 to be hanged in chains. Later, he was decapitated and his head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Hall until 1685. There is a pole waiting for Megrahi’s … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Crypto AG & The Ghost of Danny Casolaro

Posted on March 10, 2022 by L

“An NSA employee allegedly told a journalist about his involvement in manipulating the Crypto AG devices. This NSA man and the journalist died the same year from non-natural cause.” Minerva Files (Released Feb. 2020) March 10 2020 — The Minerva … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Former FBI Robert A. Levinson Vanishes in Iran (March 9 2007) [FBI Washington Field Office Statement on the 15th Anniversary of the Abduction of Robert A. Levinson]

Posted on March 9, 2022 by L

“We share our deepest sympathy with his family which has suffered from his absence for over a decade. We will not rest until the Levinson family is whole again. Iran committed to cooperating with the United States to assist us … Continue reading →

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2022 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community [Havana Syndrome]

Posted on March 9, 2022 by L

“This report reflects the collective insights of the Intelligence Community (IC), which is committed every day to providing the nuanced, independent, and unvarnished intelligence that policymakers, warfighters, and domestic law enforcement personnel need to protect American lives and America’s interests … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering CIA Jacqueline K. Van Landingham (1962 – March 8 1995) [Why was Gary Durrell not honored with a Star?]

Posted on March 8, 2022 by L

“An attack in Karachi, Pakistan, during which another NSA employee Gary C. Durrell was shot in March 1995  is believed to be related to Crypto AG.” MINERVA — A History [Released Feb. 11 2020] March 8 2022 — Jacqueline K. … Continue reading →

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UKRAINE — Would TINTIN really side with Ukraine?

Posted on March 7, 2022 by L

“Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that … Continue reading →

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OSS Society : “Don’t believe the BS from The Good Shepherd.” [JOKE]

Posted on March 6, 2022 by L

“Don’t believe the BS from ‘The Good Shepherd.’ Donovan recruited lots of first- and second-generation Americans like himself. He said no country in the world had more citizens with knowledge of other countries. The best example are the OSS Operational … Continue reading →

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The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis [UPDATE — William Burns 2008 Cable : “NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA’S NATO ENLARGEMENT REDLINES”]

Posted on March 5, 2022 by L

“My argument is that the West, especially the United States, is principally responsible for this disaster. But no American policymaker is going to acknowledge that line of argument. So they will say that the Russians are responsible.” John Mearsheimer (February … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Operation Flavius [Death on the Rock] (March 6 1988) — It’s Time to Revisit Lockerbie!

Posted on March 5, 2022 by L

“For the government to claim the right to kill British people, based on highly unreliable secret intelligence and a secret declaration of legality, is so shocking I find it difficult to believe it is happening even as I type the … Continue reading →

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