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Category Archives: CIA
40 Years Ago — The Intelligence Identities Protection Act (June 23 1982)
“The legislation ultimately will harm, not help, our national security interests (…) If left to stand, it will curtail legitimate journalistic scrutiny of a particularly important and sensitive area of government, creating the possibility that wrongdoing or wrong-headedness could flourish in … Continue reading
CIA Director — A Biography of Gina Haspel [UPDATE : Haspel Personally Observed Torture at Secret CIA Black Site]
“I wrote a letter to the CIA on my manual college typewriter. I mailed it to CIA with my résumé. I didn’t have an address. So I just put: CIA. Washington, D.C. And here I am.” DCIA Gina Haspel — … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Gina Haspel
Tagged CIA, General William “Wild Bill” Donovan, Gina Cheri Haspel
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On This Day — USAF Bombs Chinese Embassy in Belgrade (May 7 1999)
“The attack was a mistake. Let me emphasise our investigation has determined that no one, and I repeat, no one knowingly targeted the Chinese Embassy. Speculation to the contrary is simply unfounded. No one at any stage in the process … Continue reading
Jane Wallis Burrell — First CIA Officer to Have Died While in Service [Declassified : Eagle & Swastika]
“Jane Wallis Burrell was in the OSS from 1943-1945, and was a case officer in X-2 in France and Germany. She segued into the SSU, the CIG, and then the CIA, and was recognized as the first CIA officer to … Continue reading
On This Day — CIA Launches Project MK-ULTRA (April 13, 1953) [UPDATE — Reaping Tragic Legacy From CIA Drugs]
“The CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence organized the project, code-named Project MK-ULTRA, in coordination with the U.S. Army Biological Warfare Laboratories. In some cases, academic researchers were funded through grants funneled to them from CIA front organizations while remaining unaware … Continue reading
Sunday Jokes — The Cultural Differences among US Intel Agencies [Unclassified Summary of Assessment on COVID-19 Origin]
“Variations in analytic views largely stem from differences in how agencies weigh intelligence reporting and scientific publications, and intelligence and scientific gaps.” Unclassified Summary of Assessment on COVID-19 Origin — ODNI (August 27 2021) March 20 2022 — Thank God, … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoon, CIA, FBI, John Brennan, MollyHale
Tagged CIA, FBI, James Comey, John Brennan, Jonathan Zdziarski, Just Ask Molly Hale
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CIA : “Our failures are known. Our successes are not.” Really?
“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.” … Continue reading