Czech Intelligence Chief Receives Top CIA Award

Posted on April 6, 2019 by L

“Since the second quarter of 2014, Europe has been facing a large migration wave from the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Maghreb. In 2015, more than a million refugees arrived in Europe. Their arrival had a negative impact on public order and on security and administrative procedures both in countries along the main migration routes and in destination countries. The Czech Republic is located in a heavily transited area of Central Europe and is faced by the same migration threats as France, Belgium and Germany.”

BIS Annual Report 2015

“If you are not a terrorist or a spy, you do not jeopardize the democratic system, the security and economic interests of the state, you do not disclose classified information, are not involved in organized crime and maintain no contact with people who do not have a clear conscience in these respects, you have no reason to fear that you will attract our interest.”

Who We Are — BIS

April 7 2019 — The head of the Czech counterintelligence service, Michal Koudelka, received the CIA top award: the George Tenet Medal of Honor. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — General Mike Flynn & The Mysterious Svetlana Lokhova [UPDATE — Svetlana Lokhova Speaks Out: “Stefan Halper Behind False Allegations Provided to U.S. Intelligence”]

Posted on April 5, 2019 by L

“Multiple sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the CIA and FBI were discussing this episode, along with many others, as they assessed Flynn’s suitability to serve as national security adviser. The Cambridge meeting was part of a wider pattern of  maverick behaviour which included repeated contacts with Russia.”

Luke Harding, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Nick Hopkins –The Guardian (March 31 2017)

Svetlana Lokhova

April 2 2017 — Long before his nomination as Trump’s National Security Advisor, US and UK Intelligence officials were troubled by Lieutenant-General Michael Flynn’s relationship with a Russian woman. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Norway & Russia — Former Border Inspector Behind Bars in Moscow on Charges of Espionage [UPDATE VIII]

Posted on April 5, 2019 by L

“Frode must come home, and Norwegian authorities must do what they can to get him out. It is not a good signal when such a positive and distinguished bridge-builder like Frode is arrested, it is not a good sign.”

Kirkenes town Mayor Rune Rafaelsen

“Once again we see the effects of big politics hitting us here locally, and we demand an end to that!”

Father Torbjørn Brox Webber

“I would not characterise the case as a global attack on bilateral relations. We have a relationship with Norway which develops in different areas. These kind of things happen, and it is uncomfortable, [but] our national legislation provides for adequate measures.”

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (December 28 2017)

Frode Berg, a 62 retired border inspector, was arrested by Russian security service agents in downtown Moscow on December 5th 2017. He is jailed  in isolation at the high-security Lefortovo prison.

Berg was allegedly caught receiving classified material about the Russian Navy that he is accused of planning to hand over to Norwegian and U.S. intelligence agencies. Berg claims that he was duped into working for Norway’s national intelligence agency.

On October 30 2018, the Moscow City Court has upheld the expanded arrest until December 5 2018. On Friday (November 30 2018), the court decided to prolong his arrest for another two months. On January 30 2019, the Moscow City Court has extended Berg’s detention until April 5 2019. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — Khan Shaykhun Chemical Attack (April 4 2017)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by L

“What I can say for sure herein is that what the country is now being told by the White House cannot be true and the fact that this information has been provided in this format raises the most serious questions about the handling of our national security.”

Theodore Postol — Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy – MIT

“So, if it becomes clear that Al Qaeda tricked President Trump not only would he be responsible for violating international law and killing innocent people, but he and virtually the entire Western political establishment along with the major news media would look like Al Qaeda’s useful idiots.”

Robert Parry — Consortium News

Close up photograph of the crater that has been shown in numerous mainstream media publications that the White House alleges is proof that the source of the nerve agent attack was the Syrian government.

The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack took place on April 4 2017 in the town of Khan Shaykhun, Idlib Governorate of Syria. At the time of the attack, the town was under the control of Tahrir al-Sham, previously known as the al-Nusra Front. The OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism — as well as the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and France — have attributed the attack to the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — UK Scientists Unable to Pinpoint Origin of Novichok [Sergei & Yulia Skripal]

Posted on April 4, 2019 by L

“We understood from the very start that UK government statements on the nerve agent having been produced in Russia were a bluff. Now this has been confirmed by the head of the secret lab. This only proves that all political declarations on the Russian origin of the crime are nothing but assumptions not stemming from objective facts or the course of the investigation.”

Russian Embassy Spokesman in the UK

April 4 2018 — British scientists at the Porton Down defence research laboratory have not been able to establish the origin of  the nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — High Profile Treason Case Assigned to Special Services Investigator Mikhail Svinolup

Posted on April 4, 2019 by L

“Mikhail Svinolup is one of the most experienced employees of the FSB Investigations Directorate and one of the most intelligent. He is an interesting interlocutor, despite the fact that we disagree as opponents.”

Russian Human Rights Lawyer Ivan Pavlov

Russian Human Rights Lawyer Ivan Pavlov

April 4 2017 — The high-profile case of treason involving three FSB officers has been assigned to a well-known and highly experienced officer of the Special Services Investigation Directorate: Mikhail Svinolup. One of the FSB officer will be defended by Ivan Pavlov. Svinolup and Pavlov have met on several high-profile treason cases. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15 1929 – Assassinated: April 4 1968) — The FBI Suicide Letter (2019)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by L

“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated: Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of the conversation swirls around the possibility that agencies like the N.S.A. or the F.B.I. will use such information not to serve national security but to carry out personal and political vendettas. King’s experience reminds us that these are far from idle fears, conjured in the fevered minds of civil libertarians. They are based in the hard facts of history.”

Beverly Gage — Professor of American history at Yale

On November 21 1964, a letter — and a tape recording allegedly of King’s sexual indiscretions — was delivered to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The author appears to suggest that King should commit suicide or else… Although the letter was anonymously written, King suspected the FBI had sent the package He was not wrong. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Dutch Secret Services Wiretapped Lawyers and Journalists

Posted on April 3, 2019 by L

“There are also indications both agencies may have placed journalists under surveillance, thereby compromising their sources.”

CTIVD — Oversight Committee for the Intelligence and Security Services

AIVD Headquarters — Zoetermeer

April 3 2017 — The Dutch Oversight Committee for the Intelligence and Security Services has concluded that both the AIVD and the MIVD have gone beyond the scope of their mandate in their surveillance of lawyers and journalists. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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5G — Brussels Government Gives Up on New Environmental Law

Posted on April 3, 2019 by L

“I cannot welcome such technology if the radiation standards, which must protect the citizen, are not respected, 5G or not. The people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose health I can sell at a profit. We cannot leave anything to doubt.”

Céline Fremault — Brussels Environment Minister (CDH)

In July 2018, the Brussels government concluded an agreement with three Belgian telecom operators. In exchange for a new —  less severe — environmental law, the operators would develop their 5G pilot project in the European Capital. Suddenly, the project is cancelled. What just happened? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — “Gina, She-Wolf of the CIA” by Larry Beinhart

Posted on April 2, 2019 by L

“Gina [Haspel] has her defenders. Some on the left. Some who are very reputable people. They depict her as being very competent, thorough, and professional. But no one ever accused the Nazis of being sloppy, inept, and amateurish. They were accused of war crimes.”

Larry Beinhart

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1975 Canadian Nazisploitation and sexploitation film directed by Don Edmonds, produced by David F. Friedman and written by Jonah Royston.

April 2 2018 — Larry Beinhart has just penned a thoughtful — yet highly entertaining — analysis of Trump’s pick for head of the CIA which I repost here with his kind permission. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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