Australia — Is Wang Liqiang a Chinese Spy or a Fraudster? [UPDATE]

Posted on January 6, 2020 by L

“Wang obviously is not a Chinese secret agent. Wang’s lies are grossly unprofessional and demonstrated an extremely shallow understanding of the Chinese intelligence establishment.”

Weng Yanqing — Former deputy director of Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau

“Since school, Wang Liqiang has deceived his friends, schoolmates and then me and now foreigners abroad. All this proves that Wang is a 100 percent natural fraudster.”

Wang’s last employer in China

December 18 2019 — In November 2019, Wang Liqiang sought political asylum in Australia. Wang claims to be a spy who was involved in the People’s Republic of China’s intervention in the affairs of Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan (ROC). Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — North Korea Tests H Bomb in “Self-Defence Against US” (January 6 2016) [2020]

Posted on January 6, 2020 by L

“It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons. The DPRK’s fate must not be protected by any forces but DPRK itself.”

North Korean State Television Broadcast (January 6 2016)

On January 6 2016 (at 10:00:01 UTC+08:30), North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear detonation at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — French Captain Alfred Dreyfus Is Convicted of Treason (January 5 1895) [2020]

Posted on January 5, 2020 by L

“I swear that I am innocent. I remain worthy of serving in the Army. Long live France! Long live the Army!”

Alfred Dreyfus (January 5 1895)

“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

“The Dreyfus affair was not only the first modern Counter-Intelligence case, but it was also the first modern Counter-Intelligence  disaster — that is, not just an investigative and legal error, but one that spilled over from the intelligence world into the sphere of mass politics, with consequences for culture and society as well.”

John Ehmman

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

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 Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Assassination of Qassem Soleimani (January 3 2020)

Posted on January 4, 2020 by L

“If you think the war in Iraq was hard, an attack on Iran would, in my opinion, be a catastrophe. Iranian capacity to wage a series of terror attacks across the Middle East aimed at us and our friends, and dramatically worsen the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and elsewhere is hard to overestimate.”

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (March 2012)

“Soleimani joined his martyred brothers, but we will take vigorous revenge on America.”

Former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaee (January 3 2020)

January 4 2020 — General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated on 3 January 2020 around 1 am local time (22:00 UTC on 2 January), after missiles shot from American drones targeted his convoy near Baghdad International Airport. This attack raises dozen of questions, and none can be answered today. But one thing is certain. Iranians will never forget General Qassem Soleimani. 2020 is going to be a very dangerous year for American people all over the world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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TOP INTEL TODAY 2019 STORIES — #1 : Lockerbie — Dr Jim Swire : “Let this be the year when the Scottish criminal justice system gives clarity on Lockerbie.”

Posted on January 2, 2020 by L

“More than 31 years after the atrocity the Government’s documents relating to it are still being sequestered in a special category of security in the National Archives where they are not accessible to requests under FOI [Freedom Of Information] nor from the media. Why would they do that? Government in secrecy is not democracy, any more than justice delayed is justice. Let us make the clearing up of these cruel mysteries our vision for 2020.”

Dr Jim Swire — Open Letter (The Herald – January 1st 2020)

Dr Herbert ‘Jim’ Swire

January 2 2020 — In a recent document (dated December 9 2019) seen by Intel Today, Gerard Sinclair — the Chief Executive of the SCCRC [Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission] — states that he is hopeful that a final decision will be reached before the end of this financial year, which is the end of March 2020. A letter from Dr Jim Swire was published by The Herald yesterday. I fully agree with every word he wrote. In the heart of my heart, I hope that 2020 will be the Year of the Truth! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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2020 — Happy New Year! Truth, Freedom and Justice!

Posted on January 1, 2020 by L

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”

                            Oscar Wilde

January 1st 2020 — I wish you all a very Happy New Year! May 2020 be the Year of the Truth, Freedom and Justice! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Saddam Hussein is Executed (December 30 2006) [2019]

Posted on December 31, 2019 by L

“No one can know what would have happened to Iraq had Saddam stayed in power. With that question unanswerable, many Iraqis look back at the death and destruction of the past 15 years, and in a haze of nostalgia for the stability of dictatorship, believe they would have been better off with Saddam.”

Jane Arraf — NPR (April 2018)

“In a now famous interview with the Iraqi leader, U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam, ‘[W]e have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait.’ The U.S. State Department had earlier told Saddam that Washington had ‘no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait.’ The United States may not have intended to give Iraq a green light, but that is effectively what it did.”

Foreign Policy (2003)

Following his capture on December 13 2003, the trial of Saddam took place under the Iraqi Interim Government. On November 5 2006, Saddam was convicted by an Iraqi court of crimes against humanity related to the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi’a, and sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30 2006. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago — Remembering CIA Elizabeth Hanson ( February 14 1979 – December 30 2009 )

Posted on December 30, 2019 by L

“Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism. We owe them our deepest gratitude, and we pledge to them and their families that we will never cease fighting for the cause to which they dedicated their lives—a safer America.”

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta — December 31, 2009

“Elizabeth Hanson was a gifted innovator in fighting terrorists; a woman with boundless energy and a quick wit who relished the challenge of her work and was committed to excellence and integrity in everything she did.”

CIA Website

Elizabeth Hanson (February 14 1979 – December 30 2009)

Elizabeth Hanson was one of seven CIA agents killed December 30 2009 in a suicide bombing while gathering intelligence on al-Qaida at a remote base in the mountains of Afghanistan. All operatives killed in the attack were memorialized with a star on the agency’s Memorial Wall at its headquarters. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago — Remembering CIA Jennifer Matthews ( December 6 1964 – December 30 2009 )

Posted on December 30, 2019 by L

“Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism. We owe them our deepest gratitude, and we pledge to them and their families that we will never cease fighting for the cause to which they dedicated their lives—a safer America.”

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta — December 31, 2009

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. There are 133 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. At least ten represent women.

On December 30 2009, Jennifer Lynne Matthews was wounded when a Jordanian doctor — who she hoped could lead them to top al-Qaida operatives — blew himself up as he came to meet with the intelligence agents. She died in a helicopter on the way to a hospital. Matthews was the CIA chief at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a station near the mountainous Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — President Obama Announces Sanctions Against Russia For Elections Interference (December 29 2016)

Posted on December 30, 2019 by L

“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners.

Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations.

In addition, the secretary of the treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information.”

President Obama (December 29 2016)

On December 29 2016, US President Barack Obama retaliated against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing harsh sanctions. Surprisingly, Russia did not respond in kind. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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