Category Archives: CIA

On This Day — Did the CIA Kill Father Louis Thomas Merton? (December 10 1968)

Posted on December 10, 2021 by L

“The very thoughts of a person like me are crimes against the state. All I have to do is think, and immediately I become guilty.” Father Louis Merton —  A Signed Confession of Crimes against the State December 10 2021 — … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Senate report calls CIA torture tactics “deeply flawed” (December 9 2014)

Posted on December 9, 2021 by L

“One of the most memorable details from The Report is Jones’ insistence on access to a printer, and how many safes were in his office. He later told a lawyer that this was because documents kept mysteriously disappearing from the … Continue reading →

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5 Years Ago — Declassified Files Shed Light on the VELA Incident [UPDATE — Havana Syndrome: What if?]

Posted on December 8, 2021 by L

“Now, 40 years later, there is a scientific and historical consensus that it was a nuclear test and that it had to be Israeli.” Avner Cohen (September 22 2019) December 08 2021 — A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Did The CIA Murder US Army Scientist Frank Olson? And Why? (November 28 1953) [2021]

Posted on November 28, 2021 by L

“If this would have been a suicide, it would have been very difficult to accomplish. There was motive to kill him. He knew the deepest, darkest secrets of the cold war. Would the American government kill an American citizen who … Continue reading →

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25 Years Ago — Remembering CIA Leslianne Shedd (September 15 1968 – November 23 1996)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by L

“When my sister Leslianne Shedd was killed in the 1996 crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane, my family not only went into mourning. We also continued to keep a secret: Leslianne didn’t work for the U.S. State Department, as … Continue reading →

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30 Years Ago — Robert Gates Becomes 15th CIA Director (November 6 1991) [Test your “Spy Knowledge” with our CIA Directors Quiz!]

Posted on November 6, 2021 by L

“If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of.” Former CIA Director Robert Gates   November 6 2021 … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — RUMINT : DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election [Biography]

Posted on October 26, 2021 by L

“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 →

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CIA legendary ‘Dark Prince’ forced to retire [Michael D’Andrea]

Posted on October 20, 2021 by L

“Michael D’Andrea has been revealed to be the Chief of the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center for the last many years. He replaced Robert L. Grenier as head of CTC in 2006. He is well known as the originator of the … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — The True Story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market [UPDATE — Father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme dies aged 85.]

Posted on October 11, 2021 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 Luttwak May 3 … Continue reading →

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US National Whistleblower Day (July 30 2021) — “I, John Reidy, Declare…” [CIA Debacle in Iran & China] [UPDATE : Recent CIA cable confirms Intel Today long-standing suspicion]

Posted on October 6, 2021 by L

“I cannot talk about the 2007 incident. It is classified. I risk incarceration. I have a family. If you are contemplating whistleblowing … you’re going to sit there and say, ‘If I go through that system, it will not end … Continue reading →

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