Category Archives: CIA

Two Years Ago — New York Times vs. CIA : “An Old Debate Wrapped in New Clothes” [UPDATE — Trump Whistleblower Is CIA Officer]

Posted on September 27, 2019 by L

“Because it’s a military operation, I don’t think we can completely treat the people who run it purely as intelligence operatives. It moves into a different realm in the discussion as far as I’m concerned. It’s not like you’re exposing … Continue reading →

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40 Years Ago — The VELA Incident (September 22 1979)

Posted on September 22, 2019 by L

“We had operational successes, most importantly regarding Pretoria’s nuclear capability. My sources collectively provided incontrovertible evidence that the apartheid government had in fact tested a nuclear bomb in the South Atlantic in 1979, and that they had developed a delivery … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — New York Times vs. CIA : “An Old Debate Wrapped in New Clothes”

Posted on September 20, 2019 by L

“Because it’s a military operation, I don’t think we can completely treat the people who run it purely as intelligence operatives. It moves into a different realm in the discussion as far as I’m concerned. It’s not like you’re exposing … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Dr A. Q. Khan : The Bomb, the Swiss and the CIA

Posted on September 18, 2019 by L

“If you put the [A. Q. Kahn] puzzle together, you get the whole picture.”  Swiss magistrate Andreas Müller “If the Swiss can safeguard billions in hundreds of thousands of numbered accounts, they can guard a few CDs. The destruction of the documents … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling : “Letter From Prison”

Posted on September 16, 2019 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) [2019]

Posted on September 11, 2019 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) “The hijacked planes hit the twin towers at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Wormwood : Why Did The CIA Murder US Army Scientist Frank Olson? [UPDATE]

Posted on September 7, 2019 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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On This Day — William E Colby Becomes 10th Director of CIA (September 4 1973) [2019]

Posted on September 4, 2019 by L

“We disbanded our intelligence [after both world wars] and then found we needed it. Let’s not go through that again. Redirect it, reduce the amount of money spent, but let’s not destroy it. Because you don’t know 10 years out … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Dutch Intelligence Services Operated with the CIA Behind the Iron Curtain

Posted on September 2, 2019 by L

“The fact that the Dutch Intelligence Services participated with the CIA in these operations is now clear to me. But why? I cannot answer that question yet.” Cees Wiebes — Senior Research Fellow at the Ad de Jonge Institute for … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — CIA Asset Dr Richard Fuisz : TEREX & Lockerbie

Posted on September 1, 2019 by L

Lawyer: “You were being told by members of the Syrian government that [Ahmed] Jibril, and or members of the PFLP-GC were taking credit for the [Lockerbie] bombing?” Dr Richard Fuisz: “Yes.” US court deposition by Dr Richard Fuisz (Early 2001) … Continue reading →

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