Author Archives: L

Afghanistan — America’s war ends in humiliating debacle

Posted on August 15, 2021 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 … Continue reading →

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KRYPTOS — The Mystery of the MORSE Messages

Posted on August 14, 2021 by L

“At the entrance to the New Headquarters building, the sculpture begins with two red granite and copperplate constructions which flank the walkway from the parking deck. These stones appear as pages jutting from the earth with copperplate ‘between the pages’ … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 — From Mathematical Modelling to Policy Making [UPDATE — CDC Report : “COVID delta variant is as transmissible as Chicken Pox.”] [MEDINT]

Posted on August 13, 2021 by L

“Few scientific fields have a single metric that both insiders and outsiders obsess over as much as infectious disease epidemiology’s basic reproductive number, R0.” Professor Alison Hill — Institute for Computational Medicine and the infectious disease dynamics group at Johns … Continue reading →

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The Origin of Covid-19 — The Definitive Conclusion of the U.S. Intelligence Community 90-days Investigation (August 24 2021) [UPDATE — Classified Report in Review Process. What’s the Conclusion?]

Posted on August 12, 2021 by L

“I have now asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days.” Biden (May 26 2021)  June 3 … Continue reading →

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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, 2021 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 2021 — President Ronald Reagan made the … Continue reading →

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The August 4 2020 Beirut Explosion — Debunking the FBI Conspiracy Theory [OSINT]

Posted on August 10, 2021 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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Havana Syndrome — CIA still investigating cause of ‘Havana Syndrome’ ailments affecting U.S. diplomats [UPDATE : DNI Haines Holds Joint Intelligence Community Council Meeting]

Posted on August 9, 2021 by L

“We do not know who, if anyone, is actually responsible, state actor, individuals. This is exactly what we’re trying to get to the bottom of.” Secretary of State Tony Blinken August 3 2021 — Judy Woodruff and Nick Schifrin discuss … Continue reading →

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Deadly Floods in Belgium & Germany — A Monumental Intelligence Failure? [UPDATE : Deluge of Disinformation from a Sinister Minister]

Posted on August 9, 2021 by L

“The fact that people didn’t evacuate or get the warnings suggests that something is going wrong. If you’ve got some information about what risk you’re at and you can understand it, you can take action to protect yourself. These floods … Continue reading →

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Happy International Cat Day (August 8 2021) — Remembering CIA Operation Acoustic Kitty

Posted on August 8, 2021 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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Remembering CIA Molly C. H. Hardy (Dec. 15 1946 – Aug. 7 1998) [2021]

Posted on August 7, 2021 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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