Three Years Ago — Turkey Coup : “CIA Plotters’ Meeting” in Büyükada

Posted on August 27, 2019 by L

“Sixteen foreigners entered Büyükada Island just before the coup in a clandestine manner and booked hotel rooms on the island, but they left the island immediately as the coup failed.

This covert group was led by Henri Barkey, an expert on Turkey’s affairs and former CIA agent. The primary feature of this undercover group was to analyze and acquire knowledge on the matters surrounding Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt.

The members of this secret group did everything to avoid surveillance cameras on the island. Right after the abortive coup, some of the members left the island on July 15th and the rest on July 17th.”

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Muhammed Fethullah Gülen

August 27 2016 — Turkish media have reported stories about a group of ‘CIA plotters’ having supervised the attempted Coup from a hotel on the island of Büyükada during the 15 July events. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lord Louis Mountbatten Killed by IRA (August 27 1979) [2019]

Posted on August 27, 2019 by L

“The IRA claim responsibility for the execution of Lord Louis Mountbatten. This operation is one of the discriminate ways we can bring to the attention of the English people the continuing occupation of our country. (…) The death of Mountbatten and the tributes paid to him will be seen in sharp contrast to the apathy of the British government and the English people to the deaths of over three hundred British soldiers, and the deaths of Irish men, women, and children at the hands of their forces.”

IRA Official Statement (August 27 1979)

August 27 2019 — Forty years ago — on August 27 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were assassinated by a bomb set by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Senator John McCain : “CIA Torture Policies Stained Our National Honor”

Posted on August 26, 2019 by L

“Ms. Haspel’s role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans is disturbing. Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination.”

US Senator John McCain

August 26 2018 — U.S. Senator John McCain (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) — the former Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee — stood tall till the end of his career. He was one of the very few Republican who called on Senate to reject CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — French government Denies Knowledge of Attack on Rainbow Warrior (August 26 1985) [2019]

Posted on August 26, 2019 by L

“The truth is cruel.. Agents of the DGSE sank this boat [Rainbow Warrior]. They acted on orders.”

French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius  (September 22 1985)

“Governments lie. They do it all the time. And, much as we’d like to believe otherwise, the US government is no exception. There were times when we may have believed otherwise. But after Vietnam and Watergate, we know better.”

Ted Koppel : “The USS Vincennes: Public War, Secret War.” —  ABC News (July 1, 1992)

August 26 2019 — On August 26 1985, the French government denied any knowledge of the attack on Rainbow Warrior. A month later, the French Prime Minister confessed the role of the DGSE, the French Foreign Intelligence agency. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Former CIA Robert Baer: “We Deserve The Truth” [9/11 & The 28 Pages Report]

Posted on August 25, 2019 by L

“There was an awful lot of participation by Saudi individuals in supporting the hijackers, and some of those people worked in the Saudi government. Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia.”

John F. Lehman — Republican member of the 9/11 commission

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Former CIA Robert Baer

August 25 2016 — The so-called “28 pages” report suggests a much larger web of connections between al-Qaida and the Saudi royal family than had previously been known. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Happy Birthday Sean Connery! (25 August 1930) [2019]

Posted on August 25, 2019 by L

“You eckshpect me to talk?”

“No, Mr Bond, I expect you to DIE!”

Goldfinger (1964)

“More than anything else, I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.”

Sean Connery

“Fleming found he had a love for espionage, and combined with his support for all things British, provided purpose to his life. But after WWII ended, he found himself at loose ends, and took a job with a newspaper. He hated the drudgery that went with the position, and often found himself daydreaming while admiring a picture of Jamaica near his desk. After several vacations to the island, he decided to move there permanently and, drawing on his family’s income, built a home for himself. He called it ‘Goldeneye.’ Fleming told friends he had always wanted to write a spy novel…and now with time on his hands, he did exactly that.”

Ian Fleming: The Man Behind the Most Famous Spy — CIA Website (May 2018)

August 25 2019 — Sean Connery, the sexiest man on earth and the only real James Bond in many people’s eyes, has said a lot of things over the years. Here are 15 memorable quotes from the legendary Scotsman. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN!  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Belgium — World Top Arms Dealer Sentenced to 4 Years. Not Jailed for Now. [UPDATE : Jacques Monsieur Transferred to Belgium]

Posted on August 24, 2019 by L

“The reason I’ll be released is the same reason you think I’ll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss – the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year – sometimes it’s embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can’t be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I’m a necessary evil.”

Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) — Lord of War (2005)

Brussels (October 22 2018) — Last week, Jacques Monsieur, one of the most notorious arms dealer in the world, was  given a tougher sentence on appeal than he had received in his original trial. UPDATE — Jacques Monsieur has been arrested in Portugal on August 14 2019 and was transferred to Belgium on August 22 2019.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [2019]

Posted on August 24, 2019 by L

“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and I began to think, you know, about how much the radius of the Hiroshima bomb damage was and so forth. (…) I would see people building a bridge, or they’d be making a new road, and I thought, they’re crazy, they just don’t understand, they don’t understand. Why are they making new things? It’s so useless.”

Richard Feynman — Physics Nobel Prize

August 24 2019 — Canopus (also known as “Opération Canopus” in French) was the code name for France’s first two-stage thermonuclear test, conducted on August 24, 1968, at Fangataufa atoll. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — TRUMP & the CIA Briefings

Posted on August 23, 2019 by L

“There were so many things I did not know when I became President.”

US President Harry Truman (1952)

“By his words and his actions, Mr Trump is putting our national security and our collective futures at grave risk.”

Former CIA Director John Brennan (August 2017)

August 23 2016 — When asked by Fox News if he trusts the US Intelligence Community, Trump responded : “Not so much from the people who have been doing it for our country.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — West German Spy Chief Defects to East (August 23 1985) [2019]

Posted on August 23, 2019 by L

“Naturally I am a traitor, I cannot deny that.”

Hans Joachim Tiedge

August 23 2019 — The West German spy chief’s defection was made public by the East German authorities on August 23 1985. Follow us on Twitter; @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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