On This Day (June 4, 1989) — The Tiananmen Massacre [Boeing’s Dilemma and The Lockerbie Shadow]

Posted on June 4, 2025 by L

“To get the Chinese vote, Bush senior agreed to have his infamous meeting in New York with premier Li Ping, the Butcher of Beijing, the official in charge of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.”

Francis Boyle
International Law professor

Despite the horrors of Tiananmen, the George H.W. Bush administration renewed China’s MFN status every year and vetoed bills that attempted to revoke MFN or link it to human rights. Boeing easily convinced the administration to exempt a scheduled $200 million delivery of four B757s to China from military sanctions.

June 4, 2025 — Marco Rubio, the US’s top diplomat, rightly points out that the Chinese government still tries to erase the Tiananmen Square Massacre from its own history. But while Beijing hides the past, the US government isn’t exactly transparent about the backroom deals and geopolitical maneuvering that followed this dark chapter. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — French Captain Alfred Dreyfus Is Convicted of Treason (January 5 1895) [Politicization of Intelligence] — UPDATE: Posthumous Promotion to General. Justice Delayed, But Not Denied.

Posted on June 3, 2025 by L

“Officers new to counterintelligence and overwhelmed by the scope of what they need to learn often ask the same question: ‘Where do I start?’ The best place might be the Dreyfus affair.”

The Lessons for Counter-Intelligence
of the Dreyfus Affair

CIA Website

Alfred Dreyfus (January 9, 1859 — July 12, 1935)

January 5 2023 — On January 5 1895, Dreyfus was summarily convicted in a secret court-martial, publicly stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island in French Guiana. Following French military custom of the time, Dreyfus was formally degraded by having the rank insignia, buttons and braid cut from his uniform and his sword broken, all in the courtyard of the École Militaire before silent ranks of soldiers, while a large crowd of onlookers shouted abuse from behind railings. Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today

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Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken! [Marilyn Monroe & Nelson Mandela]

Posted on June 2, 2025 by L

“She’s not really beautiful. Put her in a potato sack, and no one would look at her twice.”

American columnist
Edith Gwynn

June 1, 2025 — — Marilyn Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose late in the evening of Saturday, August 4, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered before dawn on Sunday, August 5. On the same day, Nelson Mandela was arrested in Durban, South Africa. Almost everyone has heard the conspiracy theory about Monroe being murdered by the CIA. Sadly, almost no one knows that the arrest of Nelson Mandela was made possible by a tip-off from the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Lockerbie — BBC and Netflix release first-look pictures of new documentary [UPDATE : Trial of Abu Agila Masud Likely Delayed Until Spring 2026]

Posted on May 31, 2025 by L

“Cretton [Real name : Swiss Inspector Hans Knaus] expressed his concerns (…) The first was that the CIA had planted the chip [PT/35(b)] in the wreckage found at Lockerbie. [Detective Superintendant (SIO) Stuart] Henderson and I told him this thought had also crossed our minds. Neither of us believed the CIA or any government official would do such a thing, but we had discussed the possibility.”

FBI Agent Richard Marquise

Dick Marquise (Patrick J Adams); DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells); Tom McCulloch (Kevin McKidd) (Image: Mark Mainz/BBC/Netflix)

March 28 2025 — The BBC and Netflix have released first-look pictures of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, the forthcoming drama based on the “true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988” and the quest to bring the perpetrators to justice. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Law Is Not Justice: A Dangerous Illusion [Codifying Corruption]

Posted on May 27, 2025 by L

“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.”

Montesquieu

May 27, 2025 — In an editorial (Les deux lignes rouges) published in Belgian Newspaper La Libre, Dorian de Meeûs argues that laws are always, necessarily, and inherently good. But history tells a different story. Laws are not moral truths. They are instruments — tools created by people, reflecting the values and intentions of those who write, pass, and interpret them. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Truth and Consequence : CBS 60 Minutes, Gary Webb, and the Cost of Telling the Truth

Posted on May 22, 2025 by L

“Truth is the daughter of Time, not Authority.

If life is worth living, Truth must be one of its raisons d’être. Collect the facts carefully and analyse them logically. Let your work be known. Engage with others, whether or not they agree with your findings.

And, most importantly, expect nothing in return. Truth is its own reward.”

Intel Today Diary

May 22, 2025 — The world may feel like it’s spiraling into madness, but every now and then, a glimmer of hope reminds us why truth still matters. In times like these, the pursuit of knowledge and honest journalism offers a lifeline. From Lockerbie to Havana Syndrome, one thing remains clear: those who know the truth often have the greatest interest in keeping it hidden. Journalists may be silenced — but truth never dies. One way or another, it always finds its way out. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Lockerbie — BBC and Netflix release first-look pictures of new documentary [UPDATE – Defending the Indefensible? Eddie Marsan’s Comments on Discredited FBI Agent Tom Thurman Raise Eyebrows]

Posted on May 19, 2025 by L

“Cretton [Real name : Swiss Inspector Hans Knaus] expressed his concerns (…) The first was that the CIA had planted the chip [PT/35(b)] in the wreckage found at Lockerbie. [Detective Superintendant (SIO) Stuart] Henderson and I told him this thought had also crossed our minds. Neither of us believed the CIA or any government official would do such a thing, but we had discussed the possibility.”

FBI Agent Richard Marquise

Dick Marquise (Patrick J Adams); DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells); Tom McCulloch (Kevin McKidd) (Image: Mark Mainz/BBC/Netflix)

March 28 2025 — The BBC and Netflix have released first-look pictures of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, the forthcoming drama based on the “true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988” and the quest to bring the perpetrators to justice. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Boeing 747 : The End of an Era? [UPDATE : U.S. DoJ Non-Prosecution Agreement for Boeing Sparks Outrage]

Posted on May 17, 2025 by L

“I am expecting a gold watch from Boeing at the end of my presidency for being a top salesman.”

President Obama
(July 21 2016)

July 22 2020 — On Friday (July 17 2020), British Airways announced that it would be retiring its iconic fleet of Boeing 747’s with immediate effect. Today, after almost 50 years, Qantas’ last 747 went on a farewell tour to retirement. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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50 Years Ago — Golda Meir Orders Operation Wrath of God (September 7 1972) [UPDATE: Evidence of Support from Western Intelligence Services]

Posted on May 16, 2025 by L

“There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.”

Prime Minister Golda Meir

September 7 2022 — On September 7 1972, two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon. Prime Minister Golda Meir also created Committee X — a small group of government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response — with herself and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 3 : Wilburn S. Rose (Groom Lake, Nevada – May 15, 1956)

Posted on May 15, 2025 by L

“The first fatality directly related to flying the U2 occurred on 15 May 1956, when test pilot Wilburn S. Rose, flying Article 345A, had trouble dropping his pogos.”

THREE FATAL CRASHES IN 1956
History Staff
Central Intelligence Agency (1992)

May 15, 2025 — Wilburn S. Rose was a former Air Force pilot recruited by the CIA to fly U-2 spy missions over the Soviet Union. He died during his first training flight at the Ranch. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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