On this Day — US President Richard Nixon : “I am Not a Crook” (November 17 1973) [2020]

Posted on November 17, 2020 by L

“And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got.”

US President Richard Nixon  (November 17 1973)

“I answered them (Questions from special counsel Robert Mueller) very easily.” — US President Donald Trump (November 17 2018)

November 17 2020 — On this day, US President Richard Nixon famously stated that “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.” The rest is History. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Thatcher Names Blunt as “The Fourth Man” (November 16 1979) [2020]

Posted on November 16, 2020 by L

“I believe Thatcher did it because she didn’t see why the system should cover things up. This was early in her prime ministership. I think she wanted to tell the civil service that the politicians decide policy, not the system. She wanted them to know who was the boss.”

Sir Bernard Ingham — Thatcher’s press secretary

November 16 2020 — On November 16 1979, Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher named Sir Anthony Blunt — a former security service officer and personal adviser on art to the Queen —  as the “fourth man” in the Cambridge spy ring. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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One Year Ago — Former Norway Border Inspector Frode Berg Is Released In Spy Swap [November 15 2019]

Posted on November 15, 2020 by L

“The time spent in prison has been a large burden for Frode Berg and his family. We are happy that he can now be reunited with his family.” 

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

November 15 2020 — On November 15 2019, Russia released Frode Berg and two Lithuanians convicted of espionage in a swap that also saw Lithuania free two Russians jailed for spying. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Remembering Russian Spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (July 11, 1903 – November 15, 1971) [2020]

Posted on November 15, 2020 by L

James Donovan — You have been charged with three counts and nineteen overt acts. Conspiracy to transmit United States defence and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets, and failing to register as a foreign agent.

Rudolf Abel — Do many foreign agents register?

Bridge of Spies  (2015) 

 

(Original Caption) Photo shows Rudolf Abel, accused spy arriving to have a conference with his court appointed attorney James B. Donovan, on the right of Abel is Federal Marshall William E. Smith.

November 15 2020 — Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, real name Vilyam “Willie” Genrikhovich Fisher, (July 11, 1903 – November 15, 1971) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He adopted his alias when arrested on charges of conspiracy by FBI agents in 1957. He  was exchanged for captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie : US & UK indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah (November 14 1991) [2020]

Posted on November 14, 2020 by L

“After writing about the ‘ravers’ who regularly turn up at lectures to claim that President Bush/the CIA/the Pentagon/Mossad etc perpetrated the crimes against humanity of 11 September, I received a letter this week from Marion Irvine, who feared that members of her family run the risk of being just such ‘ravers’ and ‘voices heard in the wilderness’. Far from it. For Mrs Irvine was writing about Lockerbie, and, like her, I believe there are many dark and sinister corners to this atrocity. I urge anyone who is aware of government lies over Flight 103 to come forward.”

Robert Fisk — Do you know the truth about Lockerbie?

November 14 2020 — On this day (November 14 1991), the Lord Advocate (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie) and the acting United States Attorney General (William P Barr) jointly announced that they had obtained warrants for the arrest of Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Five Years Ago — The Paris Attacks (November 13 2015)

Posted on November 13, 2020 by L

“A jihadi loves a vacuum, as Syria demonstrates. Belgium as a state, and Belgium as the heart of the European Union are as close to a vacuum as Europe offers these days. (…) There is a vacuum. Vacuums are dangerous.”

Roger Cohen — The Islamic State of Molenbeek (The New York Times, April 11 2016)

November 13 2020 — The November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that took place on Friday November 13 2015 in Paris, France and the city’s northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Five years after the attacks, there are still many dark corners to that affair. Oussama Atar is dead, but many questions regarding his activities in Belgium remain unexplained. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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COVID-19 — From Mathematical Modelling to Policy Making

Posted on November 12, 2020 by L

“Few scientific fields have a single metric that both insiders and outsiders obsess over as much as infectious disease epidemiology’s basic reproductive number, R_0 .”

Professor Alison Hill — Institute for Computational Medicine and the infectious disease dynamics group at Johns Hopkins University

November 12 2020 — All over the world, major intelligence agencies are involved in the fight to end the current pandemic. I intend to discuss these efforts in the future posts but first, I must define a few concepts. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Lockerbie — CIA’s Adventures in Africa : Senegal Shenanigans [New Evidence]

Posted on November 11, 2020 by L

“They had been trapped by Ahmed Khalifa Niasse, who first led them to Benin, before taking them to Senegal, while keeping us informed at all times.”

President Abu Diouf — Mémoires

November 11 2020 — On February 20 1988, two Libyan citizens were arrested in Dakar. According to the official narrative, they were carrying with them a Swiss timer identical to the one blamed for the Lockerbie bombing. I have long argued that this story is a fabrication. In truth, this event was a sting operation run by the CIA in collaboration with the French DGSE and the office of the President of Senegal. On Saturday (Nov. 7 2020), Sheikh Omar Niasse kindly sent me a key piece of information that corroborates my findings regarding this event. The consequences are far reaching. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Western Union Cable Announces Armistice to North Americans (November 10 1918) [2020]

Posted on November 10, 2020 by L

“There had never been a known leak from the Western Union telegraph office on Court Street before that day, but this news was simply too good to keep quiet. As you might guess, they were overjoyed, so that word very quickly leaked into the community and the party was on.”

Richard Rose — Chair of the November 10 commemoration committee with the North Sydney Historical Society

 

The North Sydney Historical Museum houses the telegraph machine that received the oversea message announcing an armistice would be signed on November 11, 1918.

November 10 2020 — On November 10 1918, the Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia received a Morse coded message from Europe stating that all fighting — on land, sea and in the air — would cease the next day. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Who Killed Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman? And Why?

Posted on November 10, 2020 by L

“I am not going to speculate because I do not know who killed him but, yes, there are possibly ‘dark forces’ at work in this country.”

Horacio Verbitzky — Argentina’s most prominent journalist and human rights campaigner

 

Alberto-Nisman

November 9 2017 — A political scandal has erupted in Argentina over the mysterious death of special prosecutor Albert Nisman. The 52-year-old was found dead in his apartment on January 18 2015. On the next day, Nisman was scheduled to testify before Congress that Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (along with members of her government) had attempted to cover-up a deal that protected the perpetrators of the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish cultural center.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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