Parody — Jared Kushner Joins Saudi Royal Family

Posted on October 21, 2018 by L

“They assured me they will conduct a complete, thorough investigation of all of the facts surrounding Mr. Khashoggi and will do so in a timely fashion. And that his report itself will be transparent.I told President Trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete that.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

INTEL TODAY investigators suspect that this picture — discovered by Bellingcat researchers — may have been photoshopped. Firstly, it is no secret that Jared can’t grow a beard. But the whole story seems odd… According to a Middle East expert, “Keffiyah” has connotation of being more of a peasant’s garment. In the Gulf it’s a “ghutrah”. While similar, and not wrong in the technical sense, the social significance is very different. It’s weird to refer to the Saudi royals as wearing a kufiyah.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (October 21 2018) —In an effort to be completely transparent about his business deals, a bearded, keffiyeh-clad Jared Kushner announced Friday that he would avoid conflicts of interest by joining the Saudi royal family. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA Declassified : Papyrophilia Widespread Among Company Men

Posted on October 21, 2018 by L

“Listen. I work for the CIA. I am not a spy. I just read books! We read everything that’s published in the world. And we… we feed the plots – dirty tricks, codes – into a computer, and the computer checks against actual CIA plans and operations. I look for leaks, I look for new ideas… We read adventures and novels and journals. I… I… Who’d invent a job like that? ”

Joe Turner (Robert Redford) — Three Days of the Condor  (1975) 

A document pulled from the Central Intelligence Agency’s CREST Archive  pokes some fun at the organization’s compulsive collection of records. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Former CIA Director Mike Morell : “CIA Needs Help and Time to Understand Saudi Missing Journalist Case.” Where is Pompeo Crack Team? (UPDATE)

Posted on October 20, 2018 by L

“They started throwing out the rules long ago.  If the Saudis get away with Istanbul it won’t be long before they start going after journalists inside our borders.”

Former CIA officer Bob Baer — Email to Intel Today (October 13 2018)

“Our relationship with the United States is historic and strategic. Any attempts to undermine that will falter.”

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (February 2017)

Reporter: Did they say that Khashoggi was alive or dead?

Secretary Pompeo: I don’t want to talk about any of the facts. They didn’t want to either.

Robert Maguire

“Do this (torturing Khashoggi) outside; you’re going to get me in trouble.”

 Saudi consul general Mohammed al-Otaibi

The US president said Saudi Arabia’s government deserves “severe punishment” if it killed Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. Former CIA Director Mike Morell says the CIA needs help and time — a few weeks — to understand what actually happened. Not so long ago, CIA Director Mike Pompeo explained how the CIA could solve a far greater puzzle — the 2017 Khan Shaykhoun chemical attack — in just 24 hours by assembling a team of experts. Flashback. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator: “The Caliphate Is Imploding.”

Posted on October 20, 2018 by L

“The big question is this: What will we do with the 2000 ISIS returnees?”

Gilles de Kerkhove

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October 20 2016 — Gilles de Kerchove d’Ousselghem (born 3 October 1956 in Uccle/Ukkel, Belgium) is a Belgian senior European Union official. He is very concerned about the question of the “ISIS returnees”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Belgium — Chinese Spy Arrested; Extradited to the United States

Posted on October 20, 2018 by L

“This indictment alleges that a Chinese intelligence officer sought to steal trade secrets and other sensitive information from an American company that leads the way in aerospace.”

John Demers — Assistant US attorney general for national security

“What the Russians are doing pales in comparison to what China is doing across this country.”

US Vice-President Mike Pence

“Beginning in at least December 2013 and continuing until his arrest, Xu targeted certain companies inside and outside the United States that are recognised as leaders in the aviation field. He identified experts who worked for these companies and recruited them to travel to China, often initially under the guise of asking them to deliver a university presentation.”

US DoJ

Yanjun Xu, a.k.a. Qu Hui or Zhang Hui

A Chinese Intelligence officer was arrested in Belgium in April 2018 and extradited on October 9 2018 to the United States. According to the indictment, the man attempted to steal trade secrets from US aerospace companies. According to the Justice Department, Belgian law enforcement officials provided significant assistance in securing the arrest and facilitating the surrender of Xu from Belgium. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA & Torture — Gina Haspel Thailand Cables Declassified (UPDATE: Detailed Chronology Released)

Posted on October 19, 2018 by L

“These cables confirm the findings of the Senate Intel report, and show why the release of a nominee’s FULL record before confirmation is absolutely necessary. We shouldn’t rely on restricted & incomplete records to evaluate nominees – whether to the Cabinet or the Supreme Court.”

Senator Dianne Feinstein — Twitter (August 10 2018)

“11 cables withheld during Haspel’s confirmation to be CIA Director reveal the brutal and ineffective torture she oversaw.”

 Marcy Wheeler  (emptywheel) — Twitter (August 10 2018)

“Torture remains an unconscionable act ordered by immoral cowards and carried out by the timid whose wicked souls seek the thrill of power wielded over the defenseless. Torture drains the honor of a nation. Torturers stain the soul of a nation.”

Steven Kleinman — Former Intelligence Officer

Gina Haspel sworn in as Director of the CIA

August 11 2018 — Newly released cables obtained by the National Security Archive detail torture techniques the CIA used to interrogate Qaeda captives at a secret prison in Thailand. These cables were written by the current CIA Director Gina Haspel who oversaw these interrogations while she was the chief of Station in Thailand.

UPDATE October 18, 2018 – The National Security Archive’s Freedom of Information lawsuit against the CIA has won release of the previously censored dates and times on cables sent by future CIA director Gina Haspel when she commanded a CIA black site in Thailand in 2002 where interrogators tortured and waterboarded an al-Qaeda suspect, according to the new documents posted on the Archive’s Web site today. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Black Monday (October 19 1987)

Posted on October 19, 2018 by L

“Many people remember the events leading up to October 19, 1987. Unfortunately, very few of them recall the specifics. When many people talk about the dramatic drop in the overall stock market, they either blame a single cause (portfolio insurance) or treat the market fall as if it were something that came from out of the blue. Far from being a lightning strike or an act of God, the crash was a single event caused by a complex series of interconnected events.”

Black Monday — The Motley Fool

“That (the 1988 US shoot down of Iran Air Flight 655), in itself, generates a sequence of events that comes back to haunt us. So it’s interesting to look at these in hindsight. We used to look at them as kind of discrete events, not tied to each other, and seen in a vacuum. But from a distance, I think we can see more of a pattern.”

Vincent Cannistraro — Director of Intelligence Programs for the U. S. National Security Council (1984 to 1987)

In the morning October 19, 1987, two U.S. warships shelled an Iranian oil platform in the Persian Gulf in response to Iran’s Silkworm missile attack on the Sea Isle City. The stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, its largest single-day percentage drop. The day became known as “Black Monday”.

In a FRONTLINE interview, Former CIA Vincent Cannistraro explained his view on the whole affair going from the Iran-Contra scandal (November 3 1986) to the shoot down of Iran Airbus 655 (July 3 1988), and eventually to the Lockerbie tragedy (December 21 1988). Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Former Head of Belgian Security Service: “Terrorists Will Hit Brussels Again”

Posted on October 18, 2018 by L

“We must accept to live with the idea that other attacks are likely, that other attacks will happen. The potential actors are already here.”

Alain Winants — Former Head of the Belgian State Security Service (October 2016)

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October 19 2016 — Today, Alain Winants — Former Head of the Belgian State Security Service — made it very clear: “Brussels is the perfect target for terrorists.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Russia Spy Richard Sorge Arrested in Tokyo (October 18 1941)

Posted on October 18, 2018 by L

“Richard Sorge’s brilliant espionage work saved Stalin and the Soviet Union from defeat in the fall of 1941, probably prevented a Nazi victory in World War II and thereby assured the dimensions of the world we live in today.”

Larry Collins

“The spies in history who can say from their graves, the information I supplied to my masters, for better or worse, altered the history of our planet, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Richard Sorge was in that group.”

Frederick Forsyth

“Somehow, amidst the Bonds and Smiley’s People, we have ignored the greatest of 20th century spy stories – that of Stalin’s Sorge, whose exploits helped change history.”

US Journalist Carl Bernstein

“The (Richard Sorge secret) documents clearly indicate and give a warning about the fact that state institutions tend to hide facts in critical occasions.”

Naoki Ota — Sorge Incident specialist and a professor emeritus of Tokai University (August 2018)

On October 18, 1941, Richard Sorge was arrested in Tokyo. He was hanged on November 7 1944, at 10:20 Tokyo time in Sugamo Prison. A number of famous personalities — from General Douglas MacArthur to James Bond’s father and former MI6 Ian Fleming — considered him one of the most accomplished spies. Sorge is proof that one spy can alter the History of our world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Former CIA Director Mike Morell : “CIA Needs Help and Time to Understand Saudi Missing Journalist Case.” Where is Pompeo Crack Team?

Posted on October 18, 2018 by L

“They started throwing out the rules long ago.  If the Saudis get away with Istanbul it won’t be long before they start going after journalists inside our borders.”

Former CIA officer Bob Baer — Email to Intel Today (October 13 2018)

“Our relationship with the United States is historic and strategic. Any attempts to undermine that will falter.”

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (February 2017)

Reporter: Did they say that Khashoggi was alive or dead?

Secretary Pompeo: I don’t want to talk about any of the facts. They didn’t want to either.

Robert Maguire

“Do this (torturing Khashoggi) outside; you’re going to get me in trouble.”

 Saudi consul general Mohammed al-Otaibi

The US president said Saudi Arabia’s government deserves “severe punishment” if it killed Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. Former CIA Director Mike Morell says the CIA needs help and time — a few weeks — to understand what actually happened. Not so long ago, CIA Director Mike Pompeo explained how the CIA could solve a far greater puzzle — the 2017 Khan Shaykhoun chemical attack — in just 24 hours by assembling a team of experts. Flashback. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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