LOCKERBIE — US DOJ to unseal charges against 3rd Libyan [UPDATE — Blast from the Past]

Posted on December 19, 2020 by L

“In 1991, I made a pledge to you on behalf of the American law-enforcement community: ‘We will not rest until all those responsible are brought to justice.’ That is still our pledge. For me personally, this is still very much unfinished business.”

US Attorney General William Barr [Arlington, VA — December 21, 2019]

December 17 2020 — The US DoJ is due to unseal charges against a third Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. This announcement will surprise many but not the readers of this blog as I have long ago predicted this new development. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Spy Glossary — On the Origin of “GLOMAR Response” [UPDATE — John Le Carré’s Lexicon]

Posted on December 18, 2020 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 2020 — 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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LOCKERBIE — US DOJ to unseal charges against 3rd Libyan

Posted on December 17, 2020 by L

“In 1991, I made a pledge to you on behalf of the American law-enforcement community: ‘We will not rest until all those responsible are brought to justice.’ That is still our pledge. For me personally, this is still very much unfinished business.”

US Attorney General William Barr [Arlington, VA — December 21, 2019]

December 17 2020 — The US DoJ is due to unseal charges against a third Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. This announcement will surprise many but not the readers of this blog as I have long ago predicted this new development. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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One Year Ago — Robert A. Levinson Rewards Upped to US $ 25M (November 4 2019) [UPDATE : FBI blames Iran for the presumed death of former FBI agent]

Posted on December 16, 2020 by L

“Today, the Department of State Rewards for Justice Program announced a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to the safe location, recovery, and return of Bob Levinson.”

RFJ — November 4 2019

Robert Levinson is pictured with his daughters in 2006, about seven months before his kidnapping

November 4 2020 — On November 4 2019, the Trump administration announced a major increase in reward money for information on the whereabouts of  Robert Levinson. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death by Hanging (December 15 1961) [2020]

Posted on December 15, 2020 by L

“I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.”

SS officer Adolf Eichmann

 

Adolf Eichmann in his cell in Galami Prison in Israel as he awaits his trial.

On December 15 1961, Adolf Eichmann — one of the primary organizers of the Holocaust — was sentenced to death. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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John Le Carré Dies Aged 89 — “And how would I like to be remembered?” (30 January 2020)

Posted on December 14, 2020 by L

“Reading and thinking about Palme makes you wonder who you are. And who you might have been, but weren’t. And where your moral courage went when it was needed. You ask yourself what power drove him – golden boy, aristocratic family, brilliant scion of the best schools and the best cavalry regiment – to embrace from the outset of his career the cause of the exploited, the deprived, the undervalued and the unheard?”

 David Cornwell — Olof Palme Award acceptance speech (January 30 2020)

(October 19, 1931 – December 12, 2020)

October 27 2020 — David John Moore Cornwell — also known by the pen name John le Carré — won the 2019 Olof Palme Prize. Here is the text of his acceptance speech. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — US Staff in Moscow Warned to Avoid PAN AM 103 (December 13 1988) [2020]

Posted on December 13, 2020 by L

“There was a real push in the embassy community to make sure that everybody was aware that there had been a terrorist threat made, and that people flying Western carriers going through Frankfurt should change their tickets.”

Karen Decker — Consular Official at the Moscow US Embassy (November 30 1989)

 

December 13 2020 — On December 13 1988, William Kelly, the Moscow US embassy administrative counsellor, drafted a memo addressed to “All Embassy Personnel” and posted on the staff notice board the next day. “Sometimes, during the next two weeks, there would be a bombing attempt against Pan Am airliner flying from Frankfurt to the United States.” On December 21 1988, Pan Am 103 — a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York — exploded over Lockerbie. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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35 Years Ago — Remembering Arrow Air Flight 1285 (December 12 1985)

Posted on December 12, 2020 by L

“Hours after the crash the Islamic Jihad – a Shiite Muslim extremist group – claimed it destroyed the plane to prove [its] ability to strike at the Americans anywhere.”

UPI — Anonymous caller to a French news agency in Beirut

The “Silent Witness” Arrow Air Flight 1285 memorial at Gander Lake, with a DC-8 taking off in the background

December 12 2020 — On the morning of December 12 1985, shortly after take-off from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, Arrow aircraft 1285 crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members on board.  Investigators blamed icing. But many experts think otherwise. Was it really an accident? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — CIA Director John Brennan Defends Torture Methods (December 11 2014) [2020]

Posted on December 11, 2020 by L

“Torture has perhaps saved some at the expense of honor, by uncovering thirty bombs, but at the same time it has created fifty new terrorists who, operating in some other way and in another place would cause the death of even more innocent people.”

Albert Camus

Former CIA Director John Brennan

December 11 2020 — On December 11 2014, speaking at CIA headquarters, John Brennan conceded that some CIA officers used “abhorrent” interrogation techniques. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Remembering Gary Webb “DARK ALLIANCE” (August 31 1955 – December 10 2004)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by L

“Dark Alliance, the San Jose Mercury News’s bombshell investigation into links between the cocaine trade, Nicaragua’s Contra rebels, and African-American neighborhoods in California, remains one of the most explosive and controversial exposés in American journalism.”

The Intercept

December 10 2020 — On December 10 2004, investigative journalist Gary Webb died of two .38 caliber gunshot wounds to the head. The coroner ruled the death a suicide. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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