On This Day — US 1918 Sedition Act Repealed (March 3 1921)

Posted on March 3, 2019 by L

“In addition to conventional spying, however, the Espionage Act has also been used to prosecute those who delivered confidential governmental information not to foreign governments, but to the press. Whistleblowers charged with violating the Espionage Act include Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, WikiLeaks contributor Chelsea Manning, and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Now there are threats that it may be used against the groups that publish that information.”

Electronic Frontier Foundation (June 14 2017)

On June 15 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act into law. The Espionage Act was further modified by the Sedition Act of 1918 but those amendments were ultimately overturned on March 3 1921. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Schröd¿ngcat : “Sylvester Stallone is a Russian Spy”

Posted on March 3, 2019 by L

“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Duncan Fyfe — The Strange Reason Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction. (You Guessed It: Rasputin!)

Warning: This is Sunday… The world-famous citizen journalism website Schrödingcat has broken many earthshaking stories in the last few years. But their latest scoop is out of this world. Schrödingcat investigators have uncovered incontrovertible evidence that the legendary action movie star Sylvester Stallone — the Italian Stallion — is actually a Russian intelligence military officer. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Paris & Brussels Attacks : Q&A About Oussama Atar in the Belgian Parliament

Posted on March 2, 2019 by L

“With the usual reservations, it seems to indicate that Oussama Atar is dead and, importantly, that the judicial investigation continues. It is essential to continue to try to shed light on this dark affair.”

Georges Dallemagne — Belgian Federal representative (February 28 2018)

“If not for the request by different organizations … Oussama Atar would still be in Iraqi prison.”

Jawad Al-Hindawi — Iraqi Ambassador to Belgium

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don’t rule out malice.”

Hanlon’s Razor

March 2 2018 — Oussama Atar, a Belgian of Moroccan descent believed to be the mastermind of the Paris and Brussels attacks, is dead according to French Intelligence. Now, a Belgian senator asks some questions which Intel Today raised long ago. Better late than never. UPDATE – On November 7 2018, the French DGSE confirmed Atar’s death. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Sweden : Man Arrested For Spying On Tibetan Refugees

Posted on March 2, 2019 by L

“The arrested man is suspected of having, at the request of another country, illegally gathered information about people in the Tibetan community in Sweden. The information has been passed on to intelligence officers working for a foreign power.”

SAPO Press Release

“This is a very serious crime because spying affects very vulnerable people. Refugees must be able to feel confident that they can freely use their constitutional freedoms, for example to protest against a regime without risking persecution or other abuse.”

“The offence is considered gross because it was systematic, in progress for a long time and may have caused many people serious harm.”

Mats Ljungqvist — Sweden state prosecutor

Nyima Sherlhokangsar: “We are shocked over this news… we have not suspected anything.”

March 2 2017 — Sweden has arrested a man suspected of spying on Tibetan refugees for an unnamed foreign power. Update I — The man was paid by China to collect private information on his fellow Tibetans. Update II (June 15 2018) —  Dorjee Gyantsan, 49, was handed a 22-month prison term. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — “Horrifying and Unnecessary” (New York Time Editorial – March 2 2008)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by L

“Some may argue that we would be more effective if we sanctioned torture or other expedient methods to obtain information from the enemy. They would be wrong. Beyond the basic fact that such actions are illegal, history shows that they also are frequently neither useful nor necessary.”

US General David Petraeus

This image of a prisoner, Ali Shallal al-Qaisi, being tortured has become internationally famous, eventually making it onto the cover of The Economist

During the war in Iraq that began in March 2003, personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. On March 2 2008, the New York Time Editorial strongly criticized these violations. The CIA issued a reply on the next day. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Exclusive Q&A with Carla Ortiz from Ghouta, Syria [UPDATE — OPCW : Chlorine likely used in Douma attack]

Posted on March 2, 2019 by L

“I can say the following very confidently. Many officials in our Western governments have really no knowledge of the truth! This is what is so scary. Our decision-makers have been deceived either by misinformation or lies provided by their Intelligence Agencies regarding this conflict.”

Carla Ortiz — Interview with Intel Today (May 23 2018)

Carla Ortiz in Douma (Ghouta), Syria — May 2018

May 25 2018 — Carla Ortiz is a Bolivian actress, producer, documentary maker. She is reporting from Douma (Ghouta), Syria. Mrs Ortiz kindly answered a few questions for INTEL TODAY. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Trump Dossier — Michael Cohen : “I’ve Never Been to Prague”

Posted on March 1, 2019 by L

“We sent reporters through every hotel in Prague, through all over the place, just to try to figure out if he [Cohen] was ever there, and came away empty.”

Greg Miller — Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter

Michael Cohen undercut a key element of the so-called Steele dossier when he testified Wednesday (February 27 2019) before the House Oversight Committee that he has never traveled to Prague — or anywhere in the Czech Republic.  His testimony contradicted an assertion in the controversial compilation of intelligence reports by former British spy Christopher Steele that alleges an “extensive conspiracy” between President Trump’s campaign and Russia. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Remembering Olof Palme (January 30 1927 – February 28 1986)

Posted on February 28, 2019 by L

“This is an open wound in Swedish society. It is extremely important that this is solved.”

Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (May 2018)

“The Anti Apartheid Conference in Stockholm, it is suggested by our Swedish Sources in Uppsala, would present the ideal opportunity to take the necessary action against Mr. Palme and it would be possible to ensure that the action be attributed to other groups.”

South Africa Military Intelligence Report (October 15 1985)

The murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme on February  28 1986 shocked Sweden and had a great impact across Scandinavia. If we can solve today the mystery of the 1961 murder of UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld, then surely we must be able to identify the killers of Prime Minister Olof Palme. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Havana Syndrome — PAFSO President Pamela Isfeld : “The Situation is Deeply Disturbing.”

Posted on February 27, 2019 by L

“The situation facing the 14 Canadians suffering from “Havana Syndrome” is deeply disturbing to all of us in PAFSO and the broader foreign service community. They have our utmost concern and sympathy. The fact that no cause or source of the injuries has been found means that no prevention or protection measures can be put in place. We’re painfully aware that this could happen to any of us, any time.”

Pamela Isfeld — President of the Canadian “Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers”

Pamela Isfeld is the first full-time president of the Canadian “Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers” [PFASO]. The former Canadian diplomat spoke recently about her new job and the ‘Havana Syndrome’ crisis. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Inside the Intrigue of Russia’s Cyberattacks [Breaking News — FSB Col and Kaspersky Scientist Found Guilty]

Posted on February 26, 2019 by L

“Looks like Sergey [Mikhailov] and Ruslan [Ruslan Stoyanov] were looking for various “scapegoats” who were easy to track down and who had a lot of criminal evidence collected against them, and then reported them to iDefence through Kimberly [Zenz]. This was done so that iDefence could get some publicity for themselves by turning this into a global news story. Then the matter was reported by US intelligence to Russia, and then got on Sergey’s desk who made a big deal out of it and then solved the case brilliantly gaining favors with his bosses. iDefence at the same time was getting huge grants to fight russian cyberthreats.”

 Russian businessman Pavel Vrublevsky

shaltayboltay

March 4 2017 — On December 4 2016, the Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested Ruslan Stoyanov, the former head of Kaspersky Lab’s Computer Incident Investigation Department.

On the same day, they also arrested  three FSB officers: Colonel Sergey Mikhailov, his colleague Major Dmitry Dokuchaev, both senior officers of the 2nd Operational Management of FSB Information Security Center, as well as Georgy Fomchenkov. The four men are detained on charges of high treason (Art. 275 of the Russian Criminal Code). Here is their story. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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