Category Archives: CIA

Spy Quotes — Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Posted on October 20, 2020 by L

“Listen. I work for the CIA. I am not a spy. I just read books! We read everything that’s published in the world. And we… we feed the plots – dirty tricks, codes – into a computer, and the computer … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — CIA Director Pompeo Delivers Opening Keynote at 2017 Conference on Ethos and Profession of Intelligence

Posted on October 13, 2020 by L

“The truth is, CIA has always had a bias for quick, decisive action. It’s a tradition that goes back to World War II and our predecessors in the OSS. As former CIA Director William Casey put it, in the OSS, … Continue reading →

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Spy Quotes — US President Harry S. Truman [#8]

Posted on October 12, 2020 by L

“I think it has become necessary to take another look at the purpose and operations of our Central Intelligence Agency. (…) There is something about the way the CIA has been functioning that is casting a shadow over our historic … Continue reading →

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Russia Hoax — Declassified CIA Memo Reveals Clinton Role

Posted on October 8, 2020 by L

“All of this underscores that the great scandal of 2016 wasn’t Russian collusion. It was the unleashing of America’s premier law enforcement agency against a presidential campaign based on Russian disinformation midwifed and financed by the Clinton campaign. The public … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Rachel A. Dean (April 10 1981 – September 30 2006) [2020]

Posted on September 30, 2020 by L

“Rachel was a warm and compassionate young woman, and an officer of unbounded potential. We miss her still and will remember her always. She is our 87th star.” CIA Director General Michael V. Hayden — May 21 2007 “From the … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former CIA Chief of Disguise : “No Priest, No Peace Corps & No Journalist”

Posted on September 29, 2020 by L

“Peter Kornbluh of the invaluable National Security Archive has called Posada [Luis Posada Carriles] a CIA-created Frankenstein, and the historical record indicates that Kornbluh may be low-balling it. This is a guy who disguised himself as a priest to break … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The VELA Incident (September 22 1979)

Posted on September 22, 2020 by L

“There was indication of a nuclear explosion in the region of South Africa—either South Africa, Israel using a ship at sea, or nothing.” President Jimmy Carter — White House Diary (September 22 1979) [1] “Shortly before sunrise on Sept. 22, … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling : “Letter From Prison” [Was there a Second Snowden?]

Posted on September 17, 2020 by L

“For now, I’m confined to the black TV room at the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, Colorado. When I am free, I don’t want to feel that I’m merely going from one prison to another.” Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling “Sterling’s … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Former CIA Boss John McLaughlin : “So, that’s it.” (September 11 2001) [2020]

Posted on September 11, 2020 by L

“I typed a single sentence, a memo to myself: Nothing will ever be the same.” John McLaughlin — Former CIA Deputy Director & Acting Director (2000 to 2004) September 11 2020 — “The hijacked planes hit the twin towers at … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Wormwood : Why Did The CIA Murder US Army Scientist Frank Olson? [POLL]

Posted on September 7, 2020 by L

“In all my years in the hotel business, I never encountered a case where someone got up in the middle of the night, ran across a dark room in his underwear, avoiding two beds, and dove through a closed window … Continue reading →

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