French Intelligence Report on the Chemical attack of 7 April 2018 (Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by L

“On the basis of this overall assessment and on the intelligence collected by our services, and in the absence to date of chemical samples analysed by our own laboratories, France therefore considers (i) that, beyond possible doubt, a chemical attack was carried out against civilians at Douma on 7 April 2018; and (ii) that there is no plausible scenario other than that of an attack by Syrian armed forces as part of a wider offensive in the Eastern Ghouta enclave.”

French Intelligence Report — April 14 2018

“Our military specialists have visited this place, along with representatives of the Syrian Red Crescent… and they did not find any trace of chlorine or any other chemical substance used against civilians.”

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

 

April 14, 2018 — This document is based on technical analyses of open source information
and declassified intelligence obtained by French services. In an interview with BBC’s HARDtalk, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says “there is no proof that on 7th April  chemical weapons were used in Douma.”Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Academic Freedom? — ‘Syria Working Group’ Attacked By The Times

Posted on April 16, 2018 by L

“One day on and feeling amazed. A brand new working group, with just one research note to its credit (which makes no mention of the word Assad) hits the front page of The Times. What on earth could explain this extraordinary impact?”

Professor Tim Hayward — Edinburgh (April 15 2018)

“The front page of The Times was a hatchet job on me and other colleagues who are against intervention.”

Dr Tara McCormack — International relations lecturer at Leicester University

“A small number of people working in UK academia have been willing to question & critically examine the prevailing narrative on Syria. This is how the disgusting rag The Times has reported it, a full on McCarthyite witch hunt at the exact moment that the UK is illegally bombing.”

Louis Allday — PhD candidate at SOAS and History/Arabic specialist

“We recognise and uphold the fundamental importance of freedom of expression, and seek to foster a culture that enables it to take place within a framework of mutual respect.”

University of Edinburgh spokesperson

Professor Tim Hayward — Edinburgh

Members of the working group have so far published just one item, a research note on the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury. Although still work in progress, the piece, Update to briefing note “Doubts about Novichoks” has been well-received by academics and serious commentators.

It has been singled out by Cornell University’s Professor of Organic Chemistry, David B Collum, as the most definitive work on the novichok nerve agent scandal. Intel Today posted the piece under the title: ” Did a “Novichok” programme ever exist?”

According to the Times, the group is “spreading pro-Assad disinformation”. Professor Tim Hayward responds to the allegations made against him and his colleagues. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov : “Former Russian Spy Sergei Skripal May Have Been Poisoned by BZ Nerve Agent”

Posted on April 16, 2018 by L

“We, as you understand, have abilities to receive confidential information. And as this information concerns questions of life and death, we won’t keep this information secret.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

“Only OPCW can comment this [Lavrov] assertion. But we can repeat what we stated 10 days ago: We have no doubt that Porton Down has identified Novichock [sic]. Porton Down – like Spiez – is a designated lab of the OPCW. The standards in verification are so rigid that one can trust the findings.”

Spiez laboratory — Tweet April 14 2014

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

On Saturday (April 14 2018), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed that a Swiss lab report — dated March 27 2018 — suggests that Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a chemical substance known as BZ (NATO CODE). Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Parody — Robert De Niro’s Robert Mueller Interrogates Ben Stiller’s Michael Cohen

Posted on April 15, 2018 by L

“Now you listen to me, you little weasel. I don’t know what rights you think you have. You broke the law. And now we’re going to catch all of you little fockers, you got that?”

Robert De Niro’s Robert Mueller To Ben Stiller’s Michael Cohen

In this parody, Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller play Special Counsel Robert Mueller interrogating Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen. The result is hilarious. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — President Bashar al-Assad : “The Chemical Attack Story Is A Fabrication”

Posted on April 15, 2018 by L

“Our impression is that the West, mainly the United States, is hand-in-glove with the terrorists. They fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack.”

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an interview with AFP’s Beirut bureau chief Sammy Ketz in the capital Damascus, on April 12, 2017. / AFP / Syrian Presidency Press Office / Handout

In an interview with Agence France-Presse news agency (AFP), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claims that the story of the deadly gas attack in Syria is a complete fabrication. In this first interview since the incident, President Bashar al-Assad explains what he thinks really happened. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Dr Jeffrey S. Kaye — U.S. Dropped Plague-infected Fleas on North Korea in March 1952

Posted on April 15, 2018 by L

“Song Chang-Won and I thought that these numerous fleas floating on the surface of water must have been dropped by the American plane circling over our village before dawn. We, therefore, immediately informed the chairman of the Village People’s Committee of this incident.”

Pak Yun-Ho — Eyewitness

“The history behind the Korean War, and U.S. military and covert actions concerning China, Japan, and Korea, are a matter of near-total ignorance in the U.S. population. The charges of “brainwashing” of U.S. POWs, in an ongoing effort to hide evidence of U.S. biological warfare experiments and trials, also has become entwined in the propaganda used to explain the U.S. post-9/11 torture and interrogation program, and alibi past crimes by the CIA and Department of Defense for years of illegal mind control programs practiced as part of MKULTRA, MKSEARCH, ARTICHOKE, and other programs.”

Dr Jeffrey S. Kaye

“There is a great deal of misunderstanding between the people of the United States and North Korea. This is largely due to the lack of information the average U.S. citizen has about the suffering endured by Koreans during the Korean War, including war crimes committed by U.S. forces.” This fascinating story was written by retired American psychologist Jeffrey Kaye and initially published by MEDIUM. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — CIA Director Mike Pompeo Delivers First Public Speech at CSIS

Posted on April 14, 2018 by L

“WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence. It directed Chelsea Manning in her theft of specific secret information. And it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organizations. It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is – a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia.”

“That man was Philip Agee, one of the founding members of the magazine Counterspy, which in its first issue in 1973 called for the exposure of CIA undercover operatives overseas. In its September 1974 issue, Counterspy publicly identified Richard Welch as the CIA Chief of Station in Athens. (…) In December 1975, (…) Richard Welch was assassinated by a Greek terrorist cell.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo — April 13 2017

Mike Pompeo waits to be sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

On April 13 2017, CIA Director Mike Pompeo  delivered his first public speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Pompeo denounced WikiLeaks as a “hostile intelligence agency.” UPDATE (April 14 2018) — I was shocked by that speech as I immediately noticed that Pompeo had clearly distorted historical facts to suit his narrative. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Sir Mark Sedwill’s Letter On The Skripal Poisoning

Posted on April 14, 2018 by L

“I would like to share with you and allies further information regarding our assessment that it is highly likely that the Russian state was responsible for the Salisbury attack. Only Russia has the technical means, operational experience and the motive. (…) Russia has a proven record of conducting state-sponsored assassination. (…) We therefore continue to judge that only Russia has the technical means, operational experience and motive for the attack on the Skripals and that it is highly likely that the Russian state was responsible. There is no plausible alternative explanation.”

Sir Mark Sedwill — Letter to Nato Secretary-General (April 13 2018)

“The British Government still hasn’t produced any evidence in support of its position that would confirm their official version. We get the impression the British Government is deliberately pursuing the policy of destroying all possible evidence.”

Alexander Yakovenko — Russian ambassador in London

The full text of the letter from Sir Mark Sedwill, the UK national security adviser, to Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato Secretary-General, has been made public. The letter reveals previously classified intelligence over the Salisbury attack. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Sweden — Man Arrested For Spying On Tibetan Refugees [UPDATE]

Posted on April 14, 2018 by L

“The arrested man is suspected of having, at the request of another country, illegally gathered information about people in the Tibetan community in Sweden. The information has been passed on to intelligence officers working for a foreign power.”

SAPO Press Release

“This is a very serious crime because spying affects very vulnerable people. Refugees must be able to feel confident that they can freely use their constitutional freedoms, for example to protest against a regime without risking persecution or other abuse.”

“The offence is considered gross because it was systematic, in progress for a long time and may have caused many people serious harm.”

Mats Ljungqvist — Sweden state prosecutor

Nyima Sherlhokangsar: “We are shocked over this news… we have not suspected anything.”

Sweden has arrested a man suspected of spying on Tibetan refugees for an unnamed foreign power. Update: The man was paid by China to collect private information on his fellow Tibetans. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — MIT Professor Debunks National Security Council “Evidence” on Sarin Attack

Posted on April 13, 2018 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

Figure 2 — 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.

Published on April 12, 2017 — President Trump’s National Security Council has released a declassified four-page ‘white paper’ detailing the evidence of the alleged sarin attack. MIT Professor Theodore Postol has concluded that the assessment contains absolutely no evidence that this attack was the result of a munition being dropped from an aircraft. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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