POLL : “Who do you think played the most important role in defeating the Nazis?”

Posted on November 13, 2018 by L

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

George Santayana —  Philosopher, poet and novelist

“In 1945, most French people thought that the Soviet Union deserved the most credit for Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II — even though the Soviets didn’t play much of a role in France’s liberation, relative to the US and Britain. By 1995 and 2004, however, the French had changed their minds, and were crediting the US as the biggest contributor to victory in Europe.”

Vox — June 2014

April 20 2018 — On 13 Apr 2018, 2565 UK adults were asked that question: “Who do you think played the most important role in defeating the Nazis during World War 2?” Results were weighted to be representative of the GB population. These results are simply baffling. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former CIA Director John Brennan: “Trump Criticism Is A Badge of Honor.”

Posted on November 13, 2018 by L

“CIA Director John Brennan seems to have concluded that with his patron/president gone, he (Brennan) will be “thrown under the bus,” as smart people say – and do – in Washington.  If the Trump administration folks are as vindictive as Brennan fears (and he has given them lot to be vindictive about), there is much to blame Brennan for, including serious crimes.”

Ray McGovern — Former CIA Analyst (January 12 2017)

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Former CIA Director John Brennan

November 13 2017 — Former CIA Director John Brennan says President Trump criticized him — as well as former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former FBI Director James Comey — because the President was trying to delegitimize the intelligence community’s assessment of Russia. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Paris Attacks (November 13 2015)

Posted on November 13, 2018 by L

“The Paris attacks prompted intense scrutiny of ineffective and convoluted governance in Belgium, where a vast majority of the attackers had ties.”

New York Times — December 24 2016

“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

The November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that took place on Friday November 13 2015 in Paris, France and the city’s northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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US/UK — Is The Special Relationship Under Siege?

Posted on November 13, 2018 by L

Benedict Baron (Director General of MI5 / Michael Gambon ) — You’re going to read this and you’re going to think, “Hold on. The Americans are meant to be our allies.”

Johnny Worricker (MI5 analyst / Bill Nighy) — I’ve never suffered from that delusion.

Page Eight —  British political thriller (2011)

The Special Relationship is an unofficial term often used to describe the political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military, and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. The term first came into popular usage after it was used in a 1946 speech by Winston Churchill. A comment from Churchill’s grandson caught my attention this weekend. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — US Media Brand William Binney a “Crackpot” & “Conspiracy Theorist”

Posted on November 12, 2018 by L

“Without Bill Binney, there would be no Ed Snowden.”

Edward Snowden

“You may wish to ask CIA Director Mike Pompeo what he knows about this. Our own lengthy intelligence community experience suggests that it is possible that neither former CIA Director John Brennan, nor the cyber-warriors who worked for him, have been completely candid with their new director regarding how this all went down.

Mr. President, we do not know if CIA’s Marble Framework, or tools like it, played some kind of role in the campaign to blame Russia for hacking the DNC. Nor do we know how candid the denizens of CIA’s Digital Innovation Directorate have been with you and with Director Pompeo. These are areas that might profit from early White House review.”

William Binney — Former NSA Technical Director for World Geopolitical & Military Analysis; Co-founder of NSA’s Signals Intelligence Automation Research Center

Binney

November 11 2017 — William Binney claims the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election is false, and that the DNC e-mails were leaked by an insider instead. On October 24 2017,  Binney met with CIA Director Mike Pompeo for a one hour-long meeting. As the news of that meeting broke, the US media are calling Binney a conspiracy theorist. Make no mistakes. Binney is a great mind and a remarkable individual. Shame on the US media for attacking “A good American.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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A Walk in the White House Garden [Humour]

Posted on November 12, 2018 by L

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.”

Voltaire  — Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville (May 16, 1767)

“Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”

Oscar Wilde — Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories

“It feels like it’s going to be more difficult to mock Trump’s administration. They’re already going out and doing the comedy. It’s not something you can make fun of. It’s tricky and it’s really tricky now as satire has become reality. We were really trying to make fun of what was going on last season but we couldn’t keep up. What was actually happening was way funnier than anything we could come up with. So we decided to just back off and let politicians do their comedy and we’ll do ours.”

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone

The South Lawn of the White House and the Atlas cedar tree covered with snow

People have argued that political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize. [Tom Lehrer] Others believe that satire is not dead. It is alive and living in the White House. [Robin Williams] Here is a joke and two very real stories. I will let you decide… Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Cold War Polish CIA Source Posthumously Promoted to General

Posted on November 11, 2018 by L

“The gesture would be a token of obvious gratitude for Kuklinski for his dangerous and intensive work for Poland’s independence.”

Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz

”Nobody and nothing could possibly change my mind or lead me off the chosen path. . . . I was additionally convinced that I am not alone traveling the road, that the nation desires freedom from the shackles of Communism imposed from the outside.”

Ryszard Kukliński — Letter to CIA case Officer (September 1981)

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November 11 2016 — President Andrzej Duda has posthumously promoted Ryszard Kuklinski, a Polish Army colonel who worked for the CIA during the Cold War, to the rank of brigadier general. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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On This Day — Able Archer 1983 : The Brink of Apocalypse (November 7-11, 1983)

Posted on November 11, 2018 by L

“Information about the peculiar and remarkably skewed frame of mind of the Soviet leaders during those times that has emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union makes me think there is a good chance—with all of the other events in 1983—that they really felt a NATO attack was at least possible and that they took a number of measures to enhance their military readiness short of mobilization. After going through the experience at the time, then through the post-mortems, and now through the documents, I don’t think the Soviets were crying wolf. They may not have believed a NATO attack was imminent in November 1983, but they did seem to believe that the situation was very dangerous. And US intelligence [SNIE 11–9-84 and SNIE 11–10–84] had failed to grasp the true extent of their anxiety.”

Robert Gates — CIA Deputy Director for Intelligence during Able Archer 83

Able Archer 83 is the codename for a command post exercise carried out in November 1983 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Coordinated from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Casteau, Belgium, it involved NATO forces throughout Western Europe. This exercise began on November 7, 1983. and ended on November 11, 1983. Today, many historians believe that the world almost came to a nuclear war on that week. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Havana Syndrome — The Cover-Up Has Begun

Posted on November 11, 2018 by L

“We don’t smoke that shit. We just sell it. We reserve the right to smoke for the young, the poor, the black and stupid.”

R.J. Reynolds executive’s reply when asked why he didn’t smoke according to Dave Goerlitz, lead Winston model for seven years for R.J. Reynolds. [1] 

“It clearly shows that most of the increase in GBM [glioblastoma multiforme] occurred in just two regions of the brain, the temporal and frontal lobes. There’s no reason to believe that better diagnosis would favor one part of the brain over another. I’m not saying it’s necessarily mobile phones, but surely that’s the most obvious possibility. After all, the temporal and frontal lobes are exposed to the most radiation when a phone is held up to the ear. I can’t think of anything else to account for what we are seeing. What else is there?”

Alasdair Philips

Some American diplomats — and their doctors  —  have growing concerns that the U.S. government is trying to downplay whatever happened to them. I am afraid they are entirely correct. Actually, I predicted this cover-up more than a year ago! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former CIA Sabrina de Sousa to do community service for cleric kidnap

Posted on November 10, 2018 by L

“It looks like the White House wanted to help… And then, the ‘swamp’ kicked in.”

“The Italian Intelligence Oversight Committee has contacted my lawyer in Italy asking that I come testify on a CIA operation. Several members have been pushing the Italian intelligence services for release and declassification of documents related to this case.”

“I should not have to serve a sentence for a sanctioned operation and decisions made at the highest levels of USG.”

Former CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa

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Former CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa

Milan November 6 2017 — Sabrina De Sousa’s lawyer said that a court approved a 3-year long community service for his client to teach English to minors in Rome province. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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