On This Day — Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies in Tripoli (May 20 2012)

“Hans Köchler, a United Nations observer, called the trial ‘a spectacular miscarriage of justice,’ words echoed by Mr. Mandela. Many legal experts and investigative journalists challenged the evidence, calling Mr. Megrahi a scapegoat for a Libyan government long identified with terrorism.”

New York Times — May 20 2012

“I regard the Lockerbie verdict against Megrahi as a ‘Grand Monument to Human Stupidity’.  Indeed, the written opinion of the Lockerbie judges is a remarkable document that claims an ‘honoured place in the history of British miscarriages of justice.’ If the [SCCRC] Commission accepts the application for a full review, the infamous Zeist verdict doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving.”

INTEL TODAY — July 5 2017

The case against Megrahi is nonsense, utter nonsense. Despite its complexity, the absurdity of the Lockerbie case is rather obvious for anyone who is willing to approach this affair with an open mind. Here is a crash course. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “War on Terror as a Cosmic Divine Battle”

“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.”

Thomas Jefferson — Letter to Alexander von Humboldt (December 6, 1813)

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2018.

Mike Pompeo — the previous CIA Director and the current US Secretary of State — views politics as a struggle mankind must endure until the “Rapture” comes. If recent events appear to cast some doubts on Pompeo’s ability to act rationally in the best interests of the United States and its allies, it is because this Secretary of State does not act according to reason. Pompeo’s decisions are guided by his belief in a ‘divine mission’. And that is spooky. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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The Rise of the CFC — An Atmospheric Spy Thriller

“It appears that emissions of CFC-11 have increased in recent years, which is quite a surprise given the fact that production has been phased out — reportedly.  I think it’s the most surprising thing I’ve seen in my 27 years of making measurements of trace gases in the atmosphere.”

Stephen Montzka — NOAA scientist 

Data from an NOAA study shows that emissions of CFC-11 — as calculated using two different models — rose after 2012, even though production was supposedly phased out.  (NOAA)

A real life Dr EVIL is producing thousands of tons of a banned chemical, threatening the recovery of Earth’s badly damaged ozone layer. Scientists believe that industrial amounts of CFC-11 are illegally produced ‘somewhere’ in the Northern Hemisphere, perhaps in Eastern Asia since 2012. Notice the irony. Porton Down and OPCW scientists can trace the origin of a few nano-grams of ‘novichok’ to a Russian laboratory in just a few days. But, after 6 years, nobody has identified the production site(s) of thousands of tons of a life-threatening banned chemical. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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U.S. Senate Confirms Gina Haspel as CIA Director

“I knew in my gut when I saw the video of the first plane hitting the tower in Manhattan that it was Bin Laden. I got up from my desk and, like many others, walked over to the Counterterrorism Center and volunteered to help. I didn’t leave for three years.”

Gina Haspel — September 11 2001

May 17 2018 — The US Senate voted (54-45) in favor of Trump’s nominee. Gina Haspel — 61-year-old veteran of the agency’s clandestine services — will be the first woman to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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Lockerbie — The Fairy Tale of the Togo Timers

“Your White House, specifically your national security adviser, constructed an operation whereby the free press in this country was going to be used to convey a false story to the world, namely that Qaddafi was planning new terrorist operations, and that we were going to hit him again, or we might hit him again – full well knowing that this was not true. Now, if that’s the case, then the press is being used, and we will in the future not know when we’re being told information from the White House whether it’s true or it’s not.”

President Reagan’s interview — White House (Oct 2 1986)

“However desirable it may be to get rid of this unstable, dangerous dictator, the chosen technique was worthy of the KGB. To the Reagan Administration’s shame, the disinformation worked all too well, but only here in the land of the free. (…) There is no place in America for those who envy the Communists their deceptions. There is no place in America for disinformation.”

Lies Wound America, Not Libya — NYT (1986)

“I was shown a large amount of military vehicles and hardware that had been seized by the Togo Government following this attempted Coup, but saw that what the perpetrators had intended to use were flash timers, which bear absolutely no relation to MST-13 Timers.”

DI Watson McAteer — Lockerbie Investigator

“You are right on the button with this splendid explanation. I have in my possession one of the original “pageboy” timers which were being used in the briefcase bombs. The USA AUTHORITIES WERE WELL AWARE YEARS BEFORE Lockerbie that MEBO was supplying this kind of circuitry to LIBYA and that knowledge allowed them to act in the manner described in your article. Very well done thank you.”

Lockerbie Investigator George Thomson — Email to Intel Today (Nov 27 2016)

MST-13 Timer recovered in Togo

PT/35(b) — a small fragment of a timer circuit board found among the debris of Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie — was the critical piece of evidence that pointed the investigation towards Libya. As FBI Richard Marquise — who led the US side of the investigation — himself said: “Without PT/35(b), there would have been no indictment.”

PT/35(b) may very well have been necessary to “solve the case”, but it was certainly not sufficient. It was also necessary to match PT/35(b) to the MST-13 timers which had “solely” been supplied by the Swiss company MEBO to Libya.

It turned out that the CIA was “fortunately” in possession of such a MST-13 timer (also known as K1) which had been allegedly brought back to the US by some US Government employees following a visit to Togo in the fall of 1986.

The story of the two Togo timers is weird and murky. And the fact that this occurred during a well documented disinformation operation against Gaddafi can only add to our suspicion. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Dag Hammarskjöld UN Investigation — Former Swedish Ambassador Mathias Mossberg Appointed as Inquiry Chair

“The UN and all its Member States must do everything they can to ascertain what actually happened in connection with Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in Ndola in 1961. We owe it to the families of those who died almost 57 years ago, to the United Nations as an organisation and to all those who work in Dag Hammarskjöld’s spirit today.”

Margot Wallström  — Minister for Foreign Affairs

“Mr Othman has also drawn the conclusion that there is still classified information relevant to the case in intelligence and security service archives, and that the lack of access to all relevant documentation is the greatest obstacle to finally ascertaining what happened.”

Government of Sweden — Official Statement (April 23 2018)

Dag Hammarskjold

Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström will appoint former Ambassador Mathias Mossberg as Inquiry Chair to ensure that all relevant information in Swedish archives has reached the UN investigation into the death of Dag Hammarskjöld. Ambassador Mossberg will submit his report in autumn 2018. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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CIA Director Nominee — Senate Intel Committee Votes 10-5 in Favour of Gina Haspel

“Ms. Haspel’s role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans is disturbing. Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination.”

US Senator John McCain

“I voted NO on the nomination of Gina Haspel in the Senate Intelligence Committee today. The choice for CIA Director sends a clear signal about our values as a country. Senator McCain was right when he stated that her ‘refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying’.”

US Senator Kamala Harris

On Wednesday (May 16 2018), the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10-5 in favour of  Gina Haspel as the new director of the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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CIA VAULT 7 Leak — Suspect Identified, Charged for Child Porn

“This case has been dragging since August 2017. The government should be required to indict so Mr. Schulte has the opportunity to defend himself. Otherwise he is just languishing.”

Sabrina P. Shroff of the federal public defender’s office

“From a statistical point of view, there is no reason to assume that the files were leaked by a ‘millennial’. To the contrary, one would expect the person to be a very disappointed mid-career officer. In my opinion, the US Intel Community has already identified the person(s) responsible for the leak of the VAULT-7 files. And Michael Hayden knows that. Otherwise, his comments would make no sense whatsoever.”

Intel Today — March 17 2017

FBI investigators believe that Joshua A. Schulte — 29-year-old former C.I.A. software engineer — stole the CIA ‘Vault 7’ files and passed them to WikiLeaks. However, they have no evidence to prove it at this point.

After the release of Vault 7, I suggested that the files were genuine. (The CIA would of course neither deny nor confirm.) I also stated that the documents were leaked and not hacked as Trump said at the time. I thought that the insider was a CIA employee, and not a contractor. Finally, I believed that this person was rather young, despite the odds. (On average, IC whistleblowers tend to be mid-career officers.) I was right on all accounts. Flashback.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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White House — A Message in the Snow [Humor]

“The principle of individuality, also known as the principle of uniqueness, forms the basis for handwriting analysis. That is, no two writers share the same combination of handwriting characteristics given sufficient quantity and quality of writing to compare.”

Diana Harrison — FBI handwriting analyst

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

White House – Winter 2019 – While patrolling the South Lawn, agents from the secret services discover with horror that someone has peed a threatening message in the snow near the Atlas cedar: “Impeach Trump Now”. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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Torture — Former CIA Interrogator Responds to Whoopi Goldberg

CIA EITs program was not torture. If it was, I would be in jail. I am just the guy who was asked to do something for his country.”

Dr. James Mitchell

“Although these guys [Mitchell and Jessen] believe that their way is the only way, there should be an effort to define roles and responsibilities before their arrogance and narcissism evolve into unproductive conflict in the field.”

CIA medical professional — Email (June 16, 2003)

“James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen are war criminals.”

John Kiriakou — Former CIA Officer

Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell

‘Enhanced Interrogation’ author Dr. James Mitchell speaks out after ‘The View’ co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized the infamous CIA interrogation programme. While watching the interview, keep in mind that Mitchell earned 81 million US$ for his work with the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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