Category Archives: CIA

One year Ago — Bob Woodward: “Trump Dossier Is a Garbage Document. Intelligence Chiefs Should Apologize to Trump”

Posted on January 24, 2018 by L

“To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted so as to be most useful, I should answer, ‘by restraining it to true facts and sound principles only.’ Yet I fear such a … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, CIA Briefing, CIA Director, Leon Panetta, Michael Hayden, Michael Morell, Philip Giraldi, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump Dossier | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wormwood — Searching the Truth to the Bitter End

Posted on January 23, 2018 by L

“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 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Breaking News — Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling Released to a Halfway House [UPDATE]

Posted on January 23, 2018 by L

“Sterling’s case drew nationwide attention because the Obama-era Department of Justice unsuccessfully tried to force the reporter, James Risen, to divulge the identity of his sources for ‘State of War’, a book in which he revealed the CIA had botched a covert … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Jeffrey Sterling | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

CIA Director Mike Pompeo Top 10 Lies — #1 : “We don’t do it to help American businesses.”

Posted on January 21, 2018 by L

“What is the recent flap regarding Echelon and U.S. spying on European industries all about? We’ll begin with some candor from the American side. Yes, my continental European friends, we have spied on you. And it’s true that we use … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, CIA Director, Mike Pompeo | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

One Year Ago — Obama’s Cryptic Comment on the DNC Leaks

Posted on January 20, 2018 by L

“The conclusions of the intelligence community with respect to the Russian hacking were not conclusive as to whether WikiLeaks was witting or not in being the conduit through which we heard about the DNC e-mails that were leaked.” President Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Assange, Barack Obama, CIA, Craig Murray, DNC & Podesta Leaks, FBI, Hacking, Hillary Clinton, James R. Clapper, NSA, NYT, Obama, ODNI, Putin, Ray McGovern, Wikileaks | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Statement from CIA Director Pompeo on Former DCI Admiral Stansfield Turner

Posted on January 20, 2018 by L

“I think Mike Hayden is extremely well qualified for the job, but there is this big question mark over the legality of the wiretapping that was done under his supervision. I happen to think it was illegal.” Former DCI Admiral … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, MK-ULTRA, Stansfield Turner | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

One Year Ago — Obama’s Crackdown on National Security Leaks

Posted on January 19, 2018 by L

“The current state of whistleblowing prosecutions under the Espionage Act makes a truly fair trial wholly unavailable to an American who has exposed classified wrongdoing. Legal scholars have strongly argued that the US Supreme Court – which has never yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Assange, Barack Obama, CIA, FBI, Kiriakou, Mike Pompeo, NSA, Obama, Operation 'MERLIN', Pompeo, Snowden, US Espionage Act, waterboardong | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Spying for China

Posted on January 19, 2018 by L

“The disclosure [of this information] could have caused exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the United States.” Anonymous FBI investigator “Some former officials who reviewed the evidence described the case against Mr. Lee as strong but circumstantial, not bulletproof. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in China, CIA | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

One Year Ago — No Presidential Pardon for Ex-CIA Jeffrey Sterling

Posted on January 18, 2018 by L

“At the same time that Mr. Obama commuted the sentence of Ms. Manning, a low-ranking enlisted soldier at the time of her leaks, he also pardoned James E. Cartwright, the retired Marine general and former vice chairman of the Joint … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, James Risen, Jeffrey Sterling, NYT, Obama, Snowden | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Breaking News — Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling Released to a Halfway House

Posted on January 16, 2018 by L

“We welcome the forthcoming release of Jeffrey Sterling into a halfway house, but hope that he can be reunited with his family soon. His conviction was a breach of First Amendment protections. Simply being in contact with a journalist does … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Jeffrey Sterling | Tagged , | Leave a comment