Category Archives: CIA

Two Years Ago — Prison Officials Respond to CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s Health Complaint

“Stirling grew up really feeling that he was going to make it out of the situation that is so often consigned to poor, black Americans, and so he really was resolute, from everything I understand, that he wasn’t going to … Continue reading

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Two Years Ago –Trump and the Attempted Coup in Turkey : “13 CIA senior officers helped in Failed Coup”

“I’ve got fresh evidence 13 CIA senior officers helped in Turkey failed Coup. I will divulge the names in the coming days.” Donald Trump — 15 August 2016 “I have not set foot in or even near Turkey in five … Continue reading

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The CIA in China

“To give our compromise context, the U.S. communications infrastructure was under siege. Once we understood this compromise several of the mysteries we encountered in our operations came sharply into focus. Our operational interests were known. The damage did not stop … Continue reading

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Two Years Ago — TRUMP & the CIA Briefings

“There were so many things I did not know when I became President.” US President Harry Truman (1952) “By his words and his actions, Mr Trump is putting our national security and our collective futures at grave risk.” Former CIA … Continue reading

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CIA to Recruit Korean Speakers — Do you know your ABC?

“Fluent in Korean? US citizen with a 4 yr college degree? Interested in national security? Your skills are needed here!” CIA Directorate of Operations — Twitter (August 17 2018) “We referred to North Korea as the hardest of the hard … Continue reading

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One Year Ago — CIA Dr Richards J. Heuer: “Information Collection vs Analytical Methods”

“Do You Really Need More Information? The US Intelligence Community invests heavily in improved intelligence collection systems while managers of analysis lament the comparatively small sums devoted to enhancing analytical resources, improving analytical methods, or gaining better understanding of the cognitive … Continue reading

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The True Story of the CIA Debacle in China — UPDATE

“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 “To give … Continue reading

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One Year Ago –The KRYPTOS Sculpture — SECTION I : A KEYED Vigenère Cipher [And why the CIA lies so much about it?]

“I have developed much too thick a skin to be surprised, let alone upset, by people telling me how that great CIA tells us the truth. If an organisation accustomed to lying tells you it is telling the truth, where … Continue reading

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On This Day — 1953 Iranian Coup d’État [August 19 – CIA Op TP/AJAX]

“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my … Continue reading

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The True Story of the CIA Debacle in China

“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 “To give … Continue reading

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