On This Day — Former FBI Robert A. Levinson Vanishes in Iran (March 9 2007) [White House : “We hold Iran accountable for his abduction, detention, and probable death.”]

Posted on March 9, 2021 by L

“We share our deepest sympathy with his family which has suffered from his absence for over a decade. We will not rest until the Levinson family is whole again. Iran committed to cooperating with the United States to assist us in bringing Robert Levinson home and we call on Iran to fulfill this commitment.”

Heather Nauert  — State Department Press Secretary (March 9 2018)

March 9 2021 — Today marks the fourteen-year anniversary of Robert Levinson’s disappearance from Kish Island, Iran. The FBI has offered a $5 million reward for any information that could lead to his safe return. On November 4 2019, the Trump administration announced a major increase in reward money ($20 million) for information on the whereabouts of  Robert Levinson. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Happy International Women’s Day 2021 [Tweets from MI6, CIA & CSIS]

Posted on March 8, 2021 by L

“Why are women hired at a lower grade than men? Do you think that women are given sufficient recognition in the CIA? And as the new Director of CIA, are you going to do something about the professional discrimination against women?”

The Wise Gals (1953) — Questions to CIA Director Allen W. Dulles

On January 6, 1948, Jane Burrell was killed in an airplane crash while on official travel, at Gonesse, France, on a flight from Brussels to Le Bourget Airfield, (outside of Paris, France). Thus, she became the first CIA officer to die while in service.

March 8 2021 — International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. MI6, the CIA, CSIS and many other Intelligence Agencies tweeted interesting messages to celebrate IWD 2021. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Remembering CIA Jacqueline K. Van Landingham (1962 – March 8 1995) [Why was Gary Durrell not honored with a Star?]

Posted on March 8, 2021 by L

“An attack in Karachi, Pakistan, during which another NSA employee Gary C. Durrell was shot in March 1995  is believed to be related to Crypto AG.”

MINERVA — A History

[Released Feb. 11 2020]

The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. Today, there are 135 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. At least eleven represent women.

March 8 2021 — Jacqueline K. Van Landingham joined the CIA in July 1985 as a clerk-typist, working in the Directorate of Operations (now the National Clandestine Service), Near East (NE) Division, Logistics Branch. She was gunned down on March 8, 1995 in Karachi, Pakistan. On May 22, 2012, her name was added to the Book of Honour.

According to Time Magazine of March 20, 1995, CIA employee Durrell was the primary target of the attack.Time Magazine reporters believe that Van Landingham only died because she was sitting beside Durrell and came in the line of fire. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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JOKE — OSS Society : “Don’t believe the BS from The Good Shepherd.”

Posted on March 7, 2021 by L

“Don’t believe the BS from ‘The Good Shepherd.’ Donovan recruited lots of first- and second-generation Americans like himself. He said no country in the world had more citizens with knowledge of other countries. The best example are the OSS Operational Groups, predecessors to SF.”

The OSS Society — Tweet (February 25 2020)

Sunday March 1 2021 — Thank God, It is [Joke & Parody] Sunday! There is no doubt that the recent tweet from the Office of Strategic Service [OSS] Society is a about a very serious issue: the diversity of the CIA workforce. I promise to (seriously) discus this topic soon. But we have been a bit too serious in recent weeks, and it is time to return to our tradition of Sunday jokes, parodies and animal spy stories. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Operation Flavius [Death on the Rock] (March 6 1988) [2021]

Posted on March 6, 2021 by L

“For the government to claim the right to kill British people, based on highly unreliable secret intelligence and a secret declaration of legality, is so shocking I find it difficult to believe it is happening even as I type the words. Are we so cowed as to accept this?”

Craig Murray — Former UK Ambassador

March 6 2021 — On March 6 1988, three unarmed members of the IRA were shot dead on the territory of Gibraltar by British Special Air Service (SAS) troops. The killings of Sean Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad Farrell sparked two weeks of increasingly macabre happenings in the trio’s native Belfast. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Three Years Ago — The Skripals Drama Begins (March 4 2018) [UPDATE : From Novichok to SPUTNIK V]

Posted on March 5, 2021 by L

“This is a carefully constructed drama as part of the propaganda campaign that has been building now for several years in order to justify the actions of NATO, Britain the United States, towards Russia. That’s a fact. The whole role of Porton Down has been integral to the Cold War apparatus of this. And this is so dangerous, with Russia being effectively pushed into a corner with these accusations, it’s part of a propaganda campaign. I can tell you that, I’m a journalist who has spent almost all my career working in the mainstream [media] in Britain. This is a propaganda campaign promoted specifically in the media and in the Government.”

Journalist John Pilger

March 4 2021 — No one who has looked into the case in any detail can possibly be satisfied that the account given by the UK Government and The Metropolitan Police is correct. The narrative put out by the Metropolitan Police is not simply questionable, it is plain impossible. I believe that this affair is a carefully constructed drama to push Russia in a corner and justify Western foreign policies in various places such as Ukraine, Iran and Syria. Who really tried to assassinate Sergei Skripal? And why? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Remembering SISMI General Nicola Calipari (June 23, 1953 – March 4, 2005)

Posted on March 4, 2021 by L

“Out of the 30 cars that came to the blocking position, why was this the only car fired upon that night?”

Mel Sembler — US Embassy in Rome (May 5 2005)

 

March 4 2021 — Nicola Calipari (June 23, 1953 – March 4, 2005) was an Italian major-general and SISMI military intelligence officer. Calipari was killed by American soldiers while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, to Baghdad International Airport. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago — US 1918 Sedition Act Repealed (March 3 1921)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by L

“In addition to conventional spying, however, the Espionage Act has also been used to prosecute those who delivered confidential governmental information not to foreign governments, but to the press. Whistleblowers charged with violating the Espionage Act include Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, WikiLeaks contributor Chelsea Manning, and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Now there are threats that it may be used against the groups that publish that information.”

Electronic Frontier Foundation (June 14 2017)

March 3 2021 — On June 15 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act into law. The Espionage Act was further modified by the Sedition Act of 1918 but those amendments were ultimately overturned on March 3 1921. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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World Cocktail Day 2020 — “Vodka Martini. Shaken, Not Stirred” [UPDATE : Happy birthday to Daniel Craig!]

Posted on March 2, 2021 by L

“There is strong and consistent evidence that James Bond has a chronic alcohol consumption problem at the ‘severe’ end of the spectrum. He should seek professional help and try to find other strategies for managing occupational stress.”

Medical Journal of Australia (December 2018)

May 13 2020 — World Cocktail Day is a global celebration of cocktails. It marks the publication date of the first definition of a cocktail on May 13 in 1806. The Oxford Dictionaries define cocktail as “An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream”.  My favorite cocktail is the Long Island Iced Tea. [LIIT] What is yours? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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One Year Ago — Crypto AG : The Missing Piece of the Snowden Puzzle

Posted on March 2, 2021 by L

“An attack in Karachi, Pakistan, during which another NSA employee Gary C. Durrell was shot in March 1995  is believed to be related to Crypto AG.”

MINERVA — A History

Crypto AG salesman Werner Graf

March 2 2020 — Why has the Washington Post decided not to tell their readers that the Minerva Files contain disturbing information about a series of suspicious deaths? Could it be that the Post acted under instructions from the CIA? Let us therefore pull this thread, and see where it leads. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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