“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.”
“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.”
J. Edgar Hoover
August 22 2019 — Though never elected to any office, for nearly 50 years J. Edgar Hoover’s power was unmatched. As head of the FBI, he knew what everyone else wanted to keep hidden. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“[Lonetree’s motivation] was not treason or greed, but rather the lovesick response of a naive, young, immature and lonely troop in a lonely and hostile environment.”
General Alfred M. Gray — Commandant of the Marine Corps
“They wanted to kill him. We had individual Marines volunteering to be on the firing squad. We know the jury thought they were being lenient when they gave him a 30-year sentence.”
Michael Stuhff — Lonetree’s attorney
August 21 2019 — On August 21 1987, US Marine Clayton J. Lonetree was convicted of espionage in a military court in Quantico, Virginia. The “sex for secrets” scandal led to the recall of the entire 28- member contingent of Marine guards from the Moscow embassy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“The problem with the Lockerbie trial has been that the man who supplied the timer for the bomb which brought down the aircraft was never put on trial. Western intelligence agencies knew of the activities of Edwin Bollier as far back as 1971. The envelope which should have brought Edwin Bollier’s career to an end — he was then an agent for the Stasi East German intelligence — was handed to MI6 in the summer of 1971. I know because I handed the envelope containing the evidence to “W”, my MI6 controller, retired Perth Detective Superintendent, in an office in Guild Street, Aberdee”
Paul Harris — The Herald (February 1st 2001)
“If we were going to libel him [Edwin Bollier] we would have done so, these issues have been considered. The decision not to include him as a co-conspirator is not a recognition that he has nothing to do with the matter. The extent of his involvement is yet to be developed in evidence. It may be he has involvement in what occurred, but unless the Crown is able to adduce evidence that places him in the conspiracy, it is not appropriate to libel him as a co-conspirator.”
Alan Turnbull QC — Prosecuting Counsel at the Lockerbie Trial
“Bollier had more ‘get out of jail free cards’ than a Monopoly game!”
Richard Marquise — Head of the FBI investigation into the Lockerbie bombing
Of course, I still care about this appalling miscarriage of justice [Lockerbie]. My view is that Bollier was a CIA agent. That is still my view based on my personal experience.”
Paul Harris — Email to Intel Today (November 16 2017)
This picture of a MST-13 timer was taken by a CIA officer in Senegal. On December 28 1988, AAIB Michael Charles announced that two pieces of metal recovered in the wreckage of PA 103 provided evidence of a plastic explosive. A few days later, (December 31 1988), the Senegalese Police (Gendarmerie) requested the authorization to destroy this timer and other items seized at Dakar airport on February 20 1988. There is however no evidence that this timer was actually destroyed. The CIA ridiculously suggested that iy was given back to Libya! Jean Collin — the Senegal official in charge of the operation– revealed that it ended in the hands of an American Intelligence Agency.
A MEBO Telecommunications timing device — known as a MST-13 timer — is alleged to have been used to trigger the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie on December 21 1988. The investigators attempted to reconstruct as best as possible the story of these timers. The final result is not perfect as many details remain fuzzy. Nevertheless, it is one of the best understood aspect of the Lockerbie saga and, thanks to the testimony of Libyan officials, one that can be factually established.
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If the CIA wanted to frame Libya, Bollier was the perfect ‘target’ and PT/35(b) — the infamous fragment of a MST-13 timer found at Lockerbie — was the perfect ‘evidence’ to plant. I believe that this is exactly what happened. Follow us on TWITTER: @INTEL.COMContinue reading →
“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor and my property. With God’s blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism.”
Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh — Defending himself against a treason charge (December 19, 1953)
August 19 2019 — Mohammad Mosaddegh (16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an author, administrator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, who was elected as the prime minister of Iran in 1951. His administration introduced a wide range of progressive social and political reforms, notably the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. His government was overthrown in a coup d’état orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY”
Memorial at the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia
“For anyone who wants to understand the essence of the CIA, one need look no further than this hallowed wall. These stars, and the memories they hold, will forever inspire and sustain us as we carry on the work to which those whose stars find lasting peace in this finely chiseled constellation devoted their lives.”
Director John O. Brennan — CIA annual ceremony (May 23, 2016)
August 19 2019 — Currently, there are 133 stars carved into the marble of the CIA Memorial Wall: 93 are unclassified. Who are those men and women? When did they die? Why are they honored by a star? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“Within the Central Intelligence Agency’s declassified archives there are two volumes of the ‘Collected Works of Mao Tse-Tung 1917-1949,’ originally translated by the Joint Publications Research Service in 1978 and declassified in 2008. While there’s nothing particularly surprising about the CIA’s interest in Mao’s body of work, it is notable that one of the earliest samples of that work is rather literally about Mao’s body.”
J. Pat Brown — Muckrock (April 29, 2019)
“Confucius died at age 72, and one has never heard of him suffering from health. Buddha travelled incessantly to spread the doctrines, and he also died at an old age. Jesus unfortunately met with an unjust death. Mohammad, with the Koran in his left hand and a sword in his right, conquered the world. They were all sages of ancient times and the greatest thinkers.”
Mao Tse Tung — New Youth (Volume 3, No 21 April 1917)
Mao Tse-Tung, Founding Father of the People’s Republic of China, as a Young Man, C1920S
August 18 2019 — Among the Agency’s earliest translations of Mao Tse Tung’s writings is a 1917 treatise on the benefits of physical education. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) 1988, a tragedy that also claimed the life of the serving American ambassador and most of Zia’s top commanders”.
Barbara Crossette — New York Times South Asia bureau chief from 1988 to 1991
“As a general rule, complex international cases are hard to solve, and nothing about the process of investigating them ever seemed to be straightforward. This was especially true in this crash investigation, where a confluence of suspects and a dearth of information made an already challenging job that much more difficult.”
Fred Burton — Former deputy chief of counterterrorism at the Diplomatic Security Service
“It was the steering mechanism, is the way he described it to me. (…) I had always thought C130s were the workhorses of the air. I was quite surprised when the Air Force described to me what they had discovered.”
Mrs Ely-Raphel — Wife of US States Ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Lewis Raphel
On 17 August 1988, General Zia-ul-Haq, the President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), died in a mysterious C-130 Hercules plane crash. The case was never solved. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“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 Wednesday August 14 2019. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“It’s astounding how often you fail to live up to minimum standards of decency, civility, & probity. Seems like you will never understand what it means to be president, nor what it takes to be a good, decent, & honest person. So disheartening, so dangerous for our Nation.”
Former CIA Director John Brennan (August 14 2018)
“I have decided to revoke the security clearance of John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.”
US President Donald Trump (August 15 2018)
“Spying did occur [on the Trump campaign in 2016]. The question is whether it was adequately predicated. And I’m not suggesting that it wasn’t adequately predicated. But I need to explore that.”
US Attorney General William Barr (April 10 2019)
Either we need a new election or hang former CIA Director John Brennan for putting out disinformation.”
Former CIA operative Robert Baer — Newsweek (January 2017)
Former CIA Director John Brennan
August 15 2018 — Today, U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
“Uribe was considered untouchable and all-powerful until yesterday. This marks a very important precedent.”
Colombian lawmaker Ivan Cepeda (July 25 2018)
“Álvaro Uribe is a very dangerous individual.”
Jaime Garzon
“Lo que nos enseñan a los colombianos no tiene nada que ver con las necesidades que tenemos los colombianos”.
Jaime Garzon
Jaime Hernando Garzón Forero (October 24, 1960 – assassinated August 13, 1999 in Bogotá)
August 13 2019 — Jaime Garzón was a Colombian comedian, journalist, politician, and peace activist. Garzón was assassinated on the streets of Bogotá 20 years ago. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAYContinue reading →
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