On This Day — Gerald Bull Is Assassinated in Brussels (March 22, 1990) [2021]

Posted on March 22, 2021 by L

“Who murdered the 62-year-old artillery genius? (…) No one has stepped forward to claim responsibility. However, senior Israeli intelligence officials in several recent interviews with us have claimed responsibility for the slaying. (…) The killing was ordered after Mossad, Israel’s secret foreign-intelligence service, gathered information that Bull was working with Iraq in the production and acquisition of mass destruction weapons for Iraq.”

William Scott Malone and David H. Halevy — Washington Post (February 10, 1991)

March 22 2021 — Gerald Vincent Bull was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon “super-gun” for the Iraqi government. Bull was assassinated outside his apartment in Brussels, Belgium on March 22 1990. The case was never solved. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Internet of Things — Swedish Internet Foundation : “Most passwords Not Protective.”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by L

“Your DICK isn’t hard enough.”

SSF Campaign for Stronger Passwords

The most common password in Sweden is “123456” and other in the top 25 included words like “mum” (mamma) and expletives such as “fucking” (knulla) and “dick” (kuken).

March 21 2021 — A new outdoor campaign is reminding the Swedes that their passwords are literally “shit.” Yes, the s-word is the 16th most common internet password used in Sweden. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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MEDINT — So just how healthy is Joe Biden?

Posted on March 20, 2021 by L

“Nothing more than a misstep on the stairs.”

Kate Bedingfield — White House communications director

March 20 2021 — On Friday, Joe Biden stumbled three times on his way up a staircase to the Air Force One presidential aircraft. Beware the Ides of March and the March of Illness… Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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One Year Ago — Wikipedia : A Disinformation Operation?

Posted on March 19, 2021 by L

“A nuclear scientist and reporter Ludwig De Braeckeleer suggested that intelligence agents may have infiltrated Wikipedia to remove undesirable information from Wikipedia articles. The design and application of WikiScanner technology proved such suspicions to be well founded.”

Internet Brigades in Wikipedia — Wikipedia

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“The strange thing about this story is that this was proven to be true. And there was no denying it. Then later on, a few people started to deny it and claim that it was merely a rumor. Wikipedia has no excuse to hide this.”

Anonymous [Wikipedia user Blissyu2]

March 19 2021 — The Swiss Propaganda Research Group (SPR), founded in 2016, is an independent non-profit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda in Swiss and international media. In their last published work, SPR warns that Wikipedia is anything but an open, transparent and reliable source of information. This story brings back quite a few memories. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Spy Glossary — On the Origin of “GLOMAR Response” [March 18 1975]

Posted on March 18, 2021 by L

“We can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the information requested but, hypothetically, if such data were to exist, the subject matter would be classified, and could not be disclosed.”

CIA — March 18 1975

March 18 2021 — American spies don’t just talk American English. They have their own spy lingo. Did you ever wonder what a “GLOMAR” answer is? On March 18, 1975, one of CIA’s greatest intelligence coups, Project AZORIAN, was fully exposed through a nationally broadcast syndicated report. Jack Anderson’s syndicated television report revealed the truth about the Glomar Explorer and its connection to a secret intelligence operation. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — The Great Gardner Museum Heist (March 18 1990)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by L

“I have spoken to former IRA members who say it was common knowledge these paintings were probably in hands of the organization.”

Arthur Brand — Dutch investigator and art adviser based in Amsterdam

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)

March 18 2021 — On March 18 1990, two men posing as police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 pieces, including three Rembrandts, among them his only seascape “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee”, Vermeer’s “The Concert”, and works by Flinck, Manet, and Degas. Despite a $10 million reward and promises of immunity, none of the pieces has been recovered. Thirty years later, nobody has ever been charged with the crime. In 1990, the FBI estimated the value of the haul at $200 million. This estimate was raised to $500 million by 2000. Today, these pieces could be worth US $1 billion. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — The Bombing of the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires (March 17 1992) [New Revelations Exonerate Tehran]

Posted on March 17, 2021 by L

“In 2014, the public learned that a former spy who had infiltrated the Jewish community in Buenos Aires on behalf of Argentina’s Federal Police had revealed to two investigative journalists that he had been ordered to turn over blueprints of the AMIA building to his Federal Police case officer. The spy was convinced the building plans were used by the real culprits behind the bombing. His stunning revelation prompted a series of articles in the Argentine press.”

How a police spy’s stunning testimony threatens the official US -Israeli AMIA bombing narrative — Gareth Porter (July 26 2020)

March 17 2021 — After years of research, independent investigative journalist Gareth Porter has concluded  that revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The evidence suggests a cover-up by dirty war elements may have let the real culprits off the hook. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — CIA William Francis Buckley is Kidnapped in Beirut (March 16 1984) [2021]

Posted on March 16, 2021 by L

“Less than a month after Buckley’s kidnapping, then-US president Ronald Reagan signed an order that put in motion what would become known as the Iran Contra Affair. Justified as a program to barter the release of American hostages held by Iranian-linked Hezbollah, the program saw the United States sell Iran missiles through Israel in exchange for the release of kidnapped Americans in Lebanon. By the time the first such sale was made in August 1985, however, Buckley was already dead.”

MICHAEL OMER-MAN — Jerusalem Post (March 11 2012)

 

In the early morning of March 16, 1984, William Francis Buckley, political officer/station chief for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped outside his residence. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Brighton Bombing (October 12 1984) [UPDATE — Brighton Bomber : “Ireland will soon be reunited.”]

Posted on March 16, 2021 by L

“Mrs. Thatcher will now realise that Britain cannot occupy our country and torture our prisoners and shoot our people in their own streets and get away with it. Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always. Give Ireland peace and there will be no more war.”

IRA Statement (October 13 1984)

Margaret Thatcher and husband Denis leave the Grand Hotel following the bombing.

On October 12 1984, Patrick Magee made an audacious attempt to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet by exploding a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference. The Prime Minister was unharmed but five people were killed in the attack and many more injured. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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One Year Ago — The Douma Conspiracy : France Role in Rigging the OPCW Report [UPDATE : 5 Former OPCW Officials Call Out Cover-Up]

Posted on March 15, 2021 by L

“The dimensions, characteristics and appearance of the cylinders, and the surrounding scene of the incidents, were inconsistent with what would have been expected in the case of either cylinder being delivered from an aircraft. In each case the alternative hypothesis [The Douma attack was staged.] produced the only plausible explanation for observations at the scene.”

OPCW Fact Finding Mission in Douma, Syria

Carla Ortiz in Douma (Ghouta), Syria — May 2018

January 22 2020 — An engineering sub-team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) fact-finding mission in Douma came to conclusions which differ wildly from the OPCW’s official findings on the Douma incident. Contrary to the conclusion of the official report, these engineers believe that the alleged “Douma attack” has been staged. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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