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Category Archives: CIA
On This Day — Did The CIA Murder US Army Scientist Frank Olson? And Why? (November 28 1953)
“The most efficient accident, in simple assassination, is a fall of 75 feet or more onto a hard surface.” CIA assassination manual (1953) “What Wormwood tries to do is tell a story about how we know what we know and how reliable … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Frank Olson, Korea
Tagged Biological weapons, CIA, Frank Olson, Korea, Korean War, Wormwood
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On This Day — English Archaeologist Howard Carter Opens Tutankhamun Tomb (November 26 1922)
“With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner… widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in… at first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Cryptography, KRYPTOS
Tagged CIA, Cryptography, David Stein, Jim Sanborn, KRYPTOS
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Remembering Fidel Castro — The Man Who Dodged 638 CIA Assassination Plots (November 25 2016)
“If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.” Fidel Castro “I joined the people; I grabbed a rifle in a police station that collapsed when it was rushed by a crowd. I witnessed the … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Cuba, Fidel Castro
Tagged assassination, CIA, Cuba, Fidel Castro, GOSINT
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Remembering CIA Leslianne Shedd (September 15 1968 – November 23 1996)
“Leslianne received a star on the CIA Memorial Wall in 1996 and was posthumously awarded the Agency’s Exceptional Service medallion. Her name was unveiled in the Book of Honor in 2012.” CIA Website — Remembering CIA’s Heroes “Leslianne Shedd—a young, … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, CIA Memorial Wall, Women
Tagged CIA, CIA Memorial Wall, GOSINT, Leslianne Shedd, Women
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One Year Ago — Former CIA Director John Brennan: “Trump Criticism Is A Badge of Honor.”
“CIA Director John Brennan seems to have concluded that with his patron/president gone, he (Brennan) will be “thrown under the bus,” as smart people say – and do – in Washington. If the Trump administration folks are as vindictive as Brennan … Continue reading
Two Years Ago — Cold War Polish CIA Source Posthumously Promoted to General
“The gesture would be a token of obvious gratitude for Kuklinski for his dangerous and intensive work for Poland’s independence.” Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz ”Nobody and nothing could possibly change my mind or lead me off the chosen path. . … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Poland
Tagged Andrzej Duda, Antoni Macierewicz, CIA, Poland, Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński
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One Year Ago — Former CIA Sabrina de Sousa to do community service for cleric kidnap
“It looks like the White House wanted to help… And then, the ‘swamp’ kicked in.” “The Italian Intelligence Oversight Committee has contacted my lawyer in Italy asking that I come testify on a CIA operation. Several members have been pushing … Continue reading
Two Years Ago — Why the CIA & MI6 Love to Hate Putin
“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia … Continue reading
On This Day — Robert Gates Becomes 15th CIA Director (November 6 1991) [Test your “Spy Knowledge” with our CIA Directors Quiz!]
“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 Robert Gates was nominated … Continue reading
On This Day — KRYPTOS Sculpture Dedication Ceremony at the CIA (November 3 1990)
“Maybe you’re mistaken–maybe this first part of the Kryptos code is really not a polyalphabetic Vigenere Tableau after all–maybe it’s a different type of code entirely. Or maybe it is a Vigenere code, but it’s been double or triple encoded–or … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Cryptography, David Stein, Jim Sanborn, KRYPTOS
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