Breaking News — Air Force One Spotted Over Europe. Trump Visiting Troops?

Posted on December 26, 2018 by L

“Sources telling me Trump’s on his way to visit troops—possibly in Iraq. Better late than never. But also a bit troubling that so many folks seem to already know about this if it hasn’t happened already. #OpSec anyone?”

      Paul (PJ) Rieckhoff (Dec 26, 2018)

December 26 2018 (19:20 GMT) — Trump has not tweeted for over 20 hours? And Air Force One has been spotted over Yorkshire England, despite the fact that President Trump has no trips on his schedule for December 26. What is going on? 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 V]

Posted on December 26, 2018 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. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY — Top 10 Stories of 2018

Posted on December 26, 2018 by L

“They stitch intelligence together that spans 5 decades, but still have pertinence today. Almost all of it is based on open source material, often using recently declassified materials, or foreign sources that are just off the radar of most researchers. It also provides a nice counterbalance to the propaganda the U.S. mainstream media is usually peddling.”

Reddit Intelligence moderator ‘Webdoodle’ about Intel Today

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Here are the top 10 2018 stories that the readers of INTEL TODAY have consulted the most. These stories have attracted more than hundred thousand visitors and reached almost every single country on earth! Most of our visitors come from the Five Eyes countries — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States — Hong Kong (China), as well as Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands France, and … Belgium; surely a reminder that Brussels in now regarded as a city of spies due to its alleged highest density of spooks anywhere in the world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY — Vote for the Most Outrageous Statement of the YEAR (2018 — POLL)

Posted on December 25, 2018 by L

“And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:32

As Ted Koppel once famously said : “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.” (July 1, 1992, ABC News) And yet, some lies are clearly more disgusting than others. Which of these four lies — which Intel Today discussed over the last 12 months– do you find the most outrageous? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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The Dark Past of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller — The Bulger Gang, Lockerbie, Anthrax… An Exceptional Failure All Round. [UPDATE III]

Posted on December 25, 2018 by L

“Robert Mueller was chosen as Special Counsel not because he has integrity but because he will do what the powerful want him to do. Mueller didn’t speak the truth about a war he knew to be unjustified. He didn’t speak out against torture. He didn’t speak out against unconstitutional surveillance. And he didn’t tell the truth about 9/11. He is just ‘their man.'”

Coleen Rowley — Retired FBI special agent and division legal counsel

“The wrong guy was the only guy. Worse, all those who failed to name the actual culprits, thanks to incompetence or intent, face no interrogation. Increasingly, Lockerbie resembles a political-management precursor to our manipulated post-11 September, 2001 world: pick your villain, pick your story, then bend your laws, your politics, and your media to fit Democracy.”

Ian Bell — Trust no-one, believe nothing (August 4 2007)

“In respect of the Lockerbie case, a country, a whole people, a justice system, and the truth were sacrificed in order that the status quo between Edinburgh and London (indeed Washington) was preserved and maintained. Not the status quo around the symbolic political union between the two nations, but the status quo inherent at a far deeper level than the superficial, as I say symbolic, distinctions made in public. The UK and the West’s foreign policy, and the historical perceptions created whether with regards to Libya, Iraq or Iran, are as strategic in their political motivations as they are the very essence of our notions of the noble empire and its ‘democracy’.”

‘Eddie’ (McKechnie) —  (August 5 2015)

Robert Mueller was assistant attorney general in the United States in 1991 when indictments were issued for the two Libyan suspects, Megrahi and Al-amin Khalifa Fimah. A young Mueller is explaining the importance of PT/35(b), a small fragment of a circuit timer that was allegedly found among the debris of Pan Am 103 near the town of Lockerbie. Today, we know that PT/35(b) is a forgery that was planted to blame Libya for the tragedy.

MSM commentators systematically describe Robert Mueller as a stellar and credible law enforcement figure. I find it hard to understand how a man who bungled major investigations — from Lockerbie to the 2001 Anthrax Attacks — is hailed for his impeccable character by much of Official Washington, Democrats and Republicans alike. All this mythological nonsense could hardly be further from the Truth. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Netherlands — Dutch Espionage Station Shut Down by 5G Interference

Posted on December 24, 2018 by L

“There seems to be no other option than relocating the Burum antennas because of the arrival of the 5G. (…) The Cabinet is therefore going to work out the option of relocation.”

State Secretary Keijzer — Letter to the House of Representatives (December 2018)

The NSO satellite dishes in Burum — a Dutch Intelligence listening station — uses the 3.5 GHz frequency band

December 24 2018 — The Dutch government will send a special envoy to partner countries to look whether there are willing to host a Dutch satellite interception station. The spy antennas must be moved out of Burum — North of the country — because the 5G internet will cause too much interference. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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MERRY CHRISTMAS — And the Very Best for 2019 !

Posted on December 24, 2018 by L

“The Holiday Season is a time of festivity and for a cup of cheer or two, but don’t endanger yourself or others as a result. Alcohol is a factor in more than half of all traffic accidents.”

CIA Declassified Holiday Safety Tips

“With our wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

John and Jacqueline Kennedy — Christmas Card (November 1963 / Never sent)

Tinker Tailor Soldier  Spy — Christmas party with John le Carré in right foreground

I wanted to take the time to send you my most sincere Christmas wishes. I hope you have a beautiful Holiday Season! Don’t forget to laugh!  And don’t forget those who need your help. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Courier X : A Puzzle With Too Many Pieces

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L

“Courier X might not be ‘the film the CIA tried to stop’, as its promotional materials claim, but the many-stranded conspiracy drama could’ve been a contender.”

The Hollywood Reporter

“The fatal flaw for Courier-X, aside from its inept writing, directing, and acting, is the fact that it just contains too many pointless threads that lead anywhere. You’d be better off watching Kill the Messenger if you want insight into the work of journalist Gary Webb – that film is merely okay but at least it has a beginning, middle, and end. Typically one can look a conspiracy theory and pick apart the leaps made to connect all the dots. With Courier-X the dots aren’t even connected so trying to pick apart its conspiracy is a fool’s errand. This is a movie that should’ve been heavily redacted before reaching the screen. Maybe the CIA tried to stop this movie as a public service.”

Sean Mulvihill — ‘Courier-X’ is a Wannabe Conspiracy Thriller That Should Be Redacted

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December 23 2016 — Placing elements of the agency in a global web of underworld activity, first-time filmmaker Thomas Gulamerian posits that the CIA engineered the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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UK — National Archives Release Prime Ministerial 1993 Papers, Withhold Lockerbie File // UPDATE

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L

“[Operation El Dorado Canyon] turned out to be a more decisive blow against Libyan-sponsored terrorism than I could ever have imagined. … There were revenge killings of British hostages organized by Libya, which I bitterly regretted. But the much-vaunted Libyan counter attack did not and could not take place … There was a marked decline in Libyan-sponsored terrorism in succeeding years.”

 British prime minister Margaret Thatcher — The Downing Street Years (Memoirs 1993, pp448-9)

“The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for the release of the records at the National Archives, declined to comment on the record when I asked, specifically, why files on the Scott inquiry and Lockerbie were being withheld. (…) That body has not had the inclination, and the staff of the National Archives have not had the clout, to argue with Whitehall departments, and in particular the Cabinet Office, the powerful bastion of official secrecy at the heart of government. Until and unless they do, or the act is reformed, we will continue to be prevented from knowing about, and learning from, our recent history.”

Richard Norton-Taylor — Guardian (July 25 2018)

“The Myth surrounding Libya and Megrahi now quietly slides into history. Political Expedience rules over Truth.”

Richard C. Fuisz M.D. — Email to Intel Today (December 21 2018)

Margaret Thatcher at the scene of the Lockerbie bombing

On July 24 2018, the National Archives released files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office predominantly covering the year of 1993. A Lockerbie file dated 1992-93 has been withheld, as well as four files relating to the Scott arms-to-Iraq inquiry. This amazing ‘coincidence’, unnoticed by the media, deserves some explanation for it may not be a coincidence at all. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — CIA COS Richard Welch Is Assassinated in Athens (December 23 1975)

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L

“Remember Phil Agee, who I consider a traitor to our country? The guy encouraged the publishing of names of those serving under cover, sacrificing their lives. And Counterspy magazine did publish names, including the name of Richard Welch, our station chief in Greece, who shortly thereafter was gunned down in Greece outside his residence.”

President George H. W. Bush (September 17, 1997)

“Today, there are still plenty of Philip Agees in the world, and the harm they inflict on U.S. institutions and personnel is just as serious today as it was back then. They don’t all come from the Intelligence Community, share the same background, or use precisely the same tactics as Agee, but they are certainly his soulmates.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo (April 13 2017)

“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”

William Casey — CIA Director 1981-1987 (Attributed)

“The CIA and the Ford White House quickly saw Welch’s murder as a political windfall. At a time when the CIA was under assault from Congress and Bush’s nomination was in peril in the Senate, there was now a dead CIA hero to mourn.”

James Risen — The Intercept (December 8 2018)

Richard Welch — CIA Chief of Station in Athens

On December 15, 1975, a Senate committee opened hearings on whether George H.W. Bush should be confirmed as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was not going to be a slam dunk. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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