Category Archives: CIA

KRYPTOS Week — Introduction : Sculpture Dedication Ceremony at the CIA (November 3 1990)

Posted on November 4, 2023 by L

“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 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE (CIA, November 28 1947)

Posted on November 2, 2023 by L

“Armed hostilities between Jews and Arabs will break out if the UN Genral Assembly accepts the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States as recommended by the UN Special Committee on Palestine.” CIA (November 28 1947) November 02 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 30, 2023 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 September 30 2023 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 23, 2023 by L

“Now, 40 years later, there is a scientific and historical consensus that it was a nuclear test and that it had to be Israeli.” Avner Cohen (September 22 2019) September 22 2023 — A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded … Continue reading →

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Seven Years Ago — Trump and the Attempted Coup in Turkey : “13 CIA senior officers helped in Turkey failed Coup”

Posted on August 24, 2023 by L

“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 August 15 2016 August 24 2016 — In a message posted on August 15 2016, Trump claimed … Continue reading →

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5 Years Ago — Remembering CIA Psychologist Richards “Dick” J. Heuer, Jr. (July 15 1927 – August 21 2018) [COVID-19 & The Analysis of Competing Hypotheses]

Posted on August 21, 2023 by L

“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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70 Years Ago — CIA Operation TP/AJAX : The Iranian Coup d’État (August 19 1953) [UPDATE — Former Foreign Secretary : “The UK should finally acknowledge its leading role in the 1953 Iran Coup”]

Posted on August 19, 2023 by L

“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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7 Years Ago — The FAREWELL DOSSIER [Happy 007 Anniversary!]

Posted on August 18, 2023 by L

“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 August 18 … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Molly C. H. Hardy (Dec. 15 1946 – Aug. 7 1998)

Posted on August 7, 2023 by L

“For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories — A Night in August (August 5 1962) [Marilyn Monroe & Nelson Mandela]

Posted on August 5, 2023 by L

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela(July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013) August 5 2023 — Marilyn … Continue reading →

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