Germany Spy Chief : Chinese Investments Are Legal Espionage

Posted on April 13, 2018 by L

“Industrial espionage is no longer necessary if one can simply take advantage of liberal economic regulations to buy companies and then disembowel them or cannibalize them to gain access to their know-how.”

Hans-Georg Maassen — Director of BfV

Hans-Georg Maassen, President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz), speaks to the media while attending a symposium on Islamist Terror in Europe on May 4, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

Hans-Georg Maassen — the head of the BfV, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution — has issued a stark warning regarding Chinese investments in the German high-tech sectors. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former UK Ambassador: “Assad Is Not Behind The Chemical Attack”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by L

“It’s not going to end here … because Trump has just given the jihadis a thousand reasons to stage fake flag operations.”

Peter Ford — Former British Ambassador to Syria

April 11 2017 — Former British Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford says those calling for intervention in Syria are likes “dogs returning to their own vomit”. Peter Ford believes that it is “highly unlikely” that Russia and the Assad regime are behind the attack in Idlib. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_Today Continue reading →

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Skripal Poison Case Becoming British Hostage Scenario

Posted on April 12, 2018 by L

“Far from the Skripal father and daughter being the alleged victims of a Russian assassination plot, it now seems increasingly apparent that they are being held against their will by Britain’s authorities. In short, hostages of the British state.”

Finian Cunnigham — Editor and writer

“At first I was happy she called but it was clear she was being prompted. Yulia is being manipulated by MI5.”

Viktoria Skripal

“We are surprised by the point about the ‘access to friends and family’. Not a single friend or relative quoted by Russian or British media confirms such contacts. As far as we know, the Skripals have no relatives closer than Yulia’s cousin Victoria and their grandmother Elena (Sergey’s mother), who live together. A question arises: what family is Yulia in contact with?”

Embassy comment in relation to the “Statement issued on behalf of Yulia Skripal”

“Yulia is, of course, in protective custody ‘for her own safety’. At the very best, she is being psychologically force-fed the story about the evil Russian government attempting to poison her with the doorknob, and she is being kept totally isolated from any influence that may reinforce any doubts she feels as to that story. There are much worse alternatives involving threat or the safety of her father. But even at the most benevolent reading of the British authorities’ actions, Yulia Skripal is being kept incommunicado, and under duress.”

Craig Murray — Former UK Ambassador

The British denial of a visitor visa to a Skripal family relative from Russia is fueling concern that the whole affair is far more sinister than what the British government and media have been claiming. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — “Target Zhou Enlai” : The Bombing of the Kashmir Princess (April 11 1955)

Posted on April 11, 2018 by L

“As I told the Prime Minister the last time, he vastly overestimates the competence of the CIA.”

Henri Kissinger — Answer to Zhou Enlai about the US involvement in the bombing of the Kashmir Princess

“Evidence now suggests that Zhou knew of the plot beforehand and secretly changed his travel plans, though he did not stop a decoy delegation of lesser cadres from taking his place.”

 Professor Steve Tsang of Oxford University — The China Quarterly (September 1994)

On April 11 1955, the Kashmir Princess — a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India — was damaged in midair by a bomb explosion. The plane crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived. The target of the assassination was the Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — The Washington Post rewrites History

Posted on April 11, 2018 by L

“President Ronald Reagan didn’t seek congressional approval when he bombed Libya in retaliation for a bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland.”

Amber Phillips — Washington Post (April 7 2017)

“The result is post-truth discourse. In our new normal, experts are dismissed, alternative facts are (sometimes flagrantly) offered, and public figures can offer opinions on pretty much anything. And thanks to social media, pretty much anyone can be a public figure. In much public discourse, identity outranks arguments, and we are seeing either a lack of interest in evidence, or worse, an erosion of trust in the fundamental norms around people’s accountability for the things we say.”

Nick Enfield — The Guardian (November 16 2017)

On the 14th of April 1986, Ronald Reagan ordered an air raid on Libya.

April 11 2017 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips writes that President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. This is — of course — NONSENSE. Welcome to the post-truth world!

Eventually, the Washington Post wrote some kind of an erratum: “This report originally incorrectly stated which international bombing President Reagan’s 1986 bombing of Libya was in retaliation for.” Thank you. One should always be grateful for the little things.

But this ‘Freudian slip’ is nevertheless interesting. Let us take a quick look back at the official US disinformation program against Libya in 1986. There is no doubt that this affair should have been a major scandal if it had not been eclipsed by a bigger one a few days later: the Iran-Contra conspiracy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA Rushing to Judgement. Again

Posted on April 11, 2018 by L

“We must not allow last year’s mistakes to cloud our judgment today.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo

“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.”

Jean de la Bruyère

“A people always ends by resembling its shadow. ” — Rudyard Kipling

Michael “Mike” Baker is a former covert operations officer with the CIA. His recent interviews on Fox News regarding the Muenster van attack and the alleged chemical attack in Syria demonstrate that some people never learn from their past mistakes. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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20 Years Ago — The Good Friday Agreement (April 10 1998)

Posted on April 10, 2018 by L

“Compromise is when people come together and say, ‘listen, this is the dilemma, this is the difficulty, this is what is unsaleable to my people’ and let us try and find a way out.”

Bertie Ahern

“The Good Friday Agreement is a work of genius that’s applicable if you care at all about preserving democracy.”

Bill Clinton

“In Northern Ireland, these were ordinary men and women but after 700 days of failure, they joined in one day of success and they changed the course of history.”

Former US Senator George Mitchell

Tony Blair, George Mitchell and Bertie Ahern

The anniversary conference is taking place at Queen’s University, Belfast. The panel discussion is chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell, who also chaired the 1998 talks. The Good Friday agreement committed the participants to “exclusively democratic and peaceful means of resolving differences on political issues”. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson : “The Syrian Chemical Attack Story Is A Hoax”

Posted on April 10, 2018 by L

“Assad’s military has gained a decisive advantage over the rebels and he had just scored a major diplomatic victory with the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. was no longer seeking ‘regime change’ in Syria. The savvy Assad would know that a chemical weapon attack now would likely result in U.S. retaliation and jeopardize the gains that his military has achieved with Russian and Iranian help. (…) But logic and respect for facts no longer prevail inside Official Washington, nor inside the mainstream U.S. news media.”

Robert Parry

April 10 2017 — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell — does not believe the official narrative of the ‘Syrian chemical attack’. Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi agrees and describes the story as nothing short of a “sham”.  Colonel Wilkerson believes that Trump attack on Syria was driven by domestic politics. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA Director Nominee — Haspel’s Record Will Be Declassified… ‘As Much As Possible’

Posted on April 10, 2018 by L

“We want to declassify as much as possible without jeopardizing someone’s what we call sources and methods. Every effort will be made to explain fully what her role was.”

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats

“I resigned as Chief Prosecutor at Guantanamo after I was directed to use evidence derived partly through Haspel’s torture program. Rather than being held accountable, those like Bybee, Bradbury & Haspel who OK’d torture moved up. Those who spoke out against torture did not.”

Colonel Morris Davis — Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor/Colonel (ret)

“Gina [Haspel] has her defenders. Some on the left. Some who are very reputable people. They depict her as being very competent, thorough, and professional. But no one ever accused the Nazis of being sloppy, inept, and amateurish. They were accused of war crimes.”

Larry Beinhart

Gina Cheri Haspel (born October 1 1956) is an American intelligence officer. She joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1985. In February 2017 she was appointed by President Donald Trump as Deputy Director of the CIA. Gina Haspel has been named by President Trump to be the next CIA director, replacing Mike Pompeo.

On Wednesday April 4 2018, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said  that he expects to “declassify as much as possible” from the background of CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel.

Yesterday (Monday April 9 2018 ), more than 50 former senior U.S. government officials — including eight former CIA directors or acting directors, three former directors of national intelligence and two former secretaries of state — sent a letter to the Senate intelligence committee to support her nomination.

The letter does not address the questions regarding Haspel’s involvement in the CIA torture programme and the subsequent destruction of evidence (81 videotapes).

According to anonymous sources, the letter was drafted because these former US officials are concerned that media coverage focused on Haspel’s role in the ‘black sites’ detention program and the CIA “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” rather than on the full range of her career. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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One Year Ago — Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Debunks The Alleged Syria Chemical Attack

Posted on April 9, 2018 by L

“A source told me that Pompeo had personally briefed Trump on April 6 about the CIA’s belief that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was likely not responsible for the lethal poison-gas incident in northern Syria two days earlier — and thus Pompeo was excluded from the larger meeting as Trump reached a contrary decision.”

Robert Parry – Consortium News

Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern

April 9 2017 — Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern explains what he has learned from his sources about how the Syrian “chemical attack” actually went down. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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