One Year Ago — Khan Shaykhoun Chemical Attack — “Former DIA Colonel : US strikes on Syria based on a lie”

Posted on April 7, 2018 by L

“In the coming days the American people will learn that the [US]Intelligence Community knew that Syria did not drop a military chemical weapon on innocent civilians in Idlib.”

Former DIA Colonel Patrick Lang

“This perversion of principles – twisting information to fit a desired conclusion – became the modus vivendi of American politics and journalism. And those of us who insisted on defending the journalistic principles of skepticism and evenhandedness were increasingly shunned by our colleagues, a hostility that first emerged on the Right and among neoconservatives but eventually sucked in the progressive world as well. Everything became “information warfare.”

Robert Parry — Consortium News

Former DIA Colonel Patrick Lang

Patrick Lang — a former DIA Colonel — does not mince words about the US attacks on Syria. Lang claims that Donald Trump’s decision to launch cruise missile strikes on a Syrian Air Force Base was based on a lie.

This post was first published on April 7 2017. The story went viral in a few hours.  Once upon a time, most people had a blind faith in the US Government. But after the Iraqi WMDs fiasco, many have learned better. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Today, most people want to see hard facts and evidence before going to another war on the basis of a flimsy piece of bogus intelligence.

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In the days following the publication of this post, a MIT professor (Theodore A. Postol), several renown journalists (Robert Parry, Hersh Seymour), many former members of the US IC (Including ex-CIA Ray McGovern), former diplomats and even Colonel Wilkerson (Former Chief of staff of General Colin Powell) went public to denounce the official narrative of the Kahn Shaykhun attack. We should all be thankful to these men for their wisdom and courage.

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Spies on Campus — The Threat of Espionage in Academia

Posted on April 6, 2018 by L

“My first thinking was, ‘Whoa, this person just kind of asked me to spy for the U.S. government.’ And I’m here as part of a program that is supposed to encourage solidarity and people-to-people exchange.”

Alex van Schaick — Former Fulbright scholar researching organized labor movements in Bolivia

Many think of spying as something that happens at foreign embassies and exotic locations, but it may be happening much closer to home, perhaps right under your nose. As VOA’s Tina Trinh reports, spycraft is something that’s happening at universities across the United States, where espionage is often carried out under the guise of global education. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Sergei & Yulia Skripal — Boris Johnson Lied About The Nerve Agent Origin

Posted on April 5, 2018 by L

“I will say it again: Anybody who tells you this nerve agent must have come from Russia is a liar–a complete and utter liar. They are simple compounds.”

Dave Collum — Professor of organic Chemistry at Cornell

“He claimed categorically – and I think he used the words 101 per cent – that it had come from Russia (… ) Boris Johnson seems to have completely exceeded the information that he had been given and told the world in categorical terms what he believed had happened. And it’s not backed up by the evidence he claimed to have got from Porton Down in the first place. Boris Johnson needs to answer some questions.”

Jeremy Corbyn

“If lying to the country about something so serious doesn’t return Johnson to the back benches, what will it take?”

Ellie Mae O’Hagan — Freelance journalist and commentator

“The key point is that the FCO knew it was lying. This was published six days after I was told by an FCO source, and published, that Porton Down scientists were refusing to say the substance came from Russia. The FCO knew this.”

Craig Murray — Former UK Ambassador

On March 22, the UK Foreign Secretary told the broadcaster ‘Deutsche Welle’ that the ‘novichok’ nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack had been made in Russia. We now know that Boris Johnson lied. The question is why a senior UK minister would lie to the international community about such a grave crime. I posted the interviews of Boris Johnson and Porton Down Lab Chief scientist so that you can judge for yourself. Finally, I remind you that former UK ambassador Craig Murray had warned us two weeks ago that the UK scientists had not been able to pinpoint the origin of the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15 1929 – Assassinated April 4 1968) — The FBI Suicide Letter

Posted on April 4, 2018 by L

“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated: Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of the conversation swirls around the possibility that agencies like the N.S.A. or the F.B.I. will use such information not to serve national security but to carry out personal and political vendettas. King’s experience reminds us that these are far from idle fears, conjured in the fevered minds of civil libertarians. They are based in the hard facts of history.”

Beverly Gage — Professor of American history at Yale

On November 21 1964, a letter — and a tape recording allegedly of King’s sexual indiscretions — was delivered to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The author appears to suggest that King should commit suicide or else… Although the letter was anonymously written, King suspected the FBI had sent the package He was not wrong. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Sergei & Yulia Skripal — UK Scientists Unable to Pinpoint Origin of Novichok

Posted on April 4, 2018 by L

“We understood from the very start that UK government statements on the nerve agent having been produced in Russia were a bluff. Now this has been confirmed by the head of the secret lab. This only proves that all political declarations on the Russian origin of the crime are nothing but assumptions not stemming from objective facts or the course of the investigation.”

Russian Embassy Spokesman in the UK

British scientists at the Porton Down defence research laboratory have not been able to establish the origin of  the nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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CIA Director Nominee– A Biography of Gina Haspel [UPDATE]

Posted on April 3, 2018 by L

“I supervised Gina Haspel when I worked at the Central Intelligence Agency. I found her to be smart, tough and effective. Foreign liaison services who have worked with her uniformly walked away impressed. Out of all of the chaos coming out of the White House these days, the one bit of promising news is the nomination of Haspel as the new CIA director.”

Former CIA Robert Baer

“If you do not withdraw the nomination of Gina Haspel and she is confirmed, this will cast a moral stain on the vast numbers of patriotic and ethically upright Americans who serve their country in the field of national security. It will also be a continuation of the steady erosion of human rights standards and rule of law post-9/11.”

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) — MEMORANDUM FOR The President (March 25 2018)

“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

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel, and CIA Chief Operating Officer Brian Bulatao

Gina Haspel, the Deputy Director of the CIA, has been nominated to replace Director Pompeo. If confirmed, she will be the CIA’s first-ever female director. But her nomination has reopened old wounds and she will face a tough battle in the Senate.

Critics point out that Haspel was a key part of the CIA torture program and its illegal cover-up. Is it actually true? Because of her entire life spent in the CIA clandestine service — also known as the Directorate of Operations — very little is known about her life.

Here is a short biography of Gina Haspel based on information available in the public domain. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Ecuador President: “The isolation of Julian Assange is the silencing of us all”

Posted on April 3, 2018 by L

“In 1940 the elected president of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, was captured by the Gestapo, at the request of Spain, delivered to them and executed. Today, German police have arrested the elected president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, at the request of Spain, to be extradited.”

Julian Assange — March 25 2018

Twenty-seven writers, journalists, film-makers, artists, academics, former intelligence officers and democrats call on the government of Ecuador in this letter to allow Julian Assange his right of freedom of speech. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Olof Palme — South African Spies Likely Murdered Sweden Prime Minister [UPDATE]

Posted on April 2, 2018 by L

“The Anti Apartheid Conference in Stockholm, it is suggested by our Swedish Sources in Uppsala, would present the ideal opportunity to take the necessary action against Mr. Palme and it would be possible to ensure that the action be attributed to other groups.”

South Africa Military Intelligence Report (October 15 1985)

The murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme on 28 February 1986 shocked Sweden and had a great impact across Scandinavia. A local convict and addict Christer Pettersson was originally convicted of the murder but was acquitted on appeal. The crime remains unsolved to this day. Now, a document from South Africa Military Intelligence clearly indicates that the Apartheid regime’s spooks are almost certainly the culprits of this odious assassination. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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CIA Director Nominee — “Gina, She-Wolf of the CIA” by Larry Beinhart

Posted on April 2, 2018 by L

“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

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1975 Canadian Nazisploitation and sexploitation film directed by Don Edmonds, produced by David F. Friedman and written by Jonah Royston.

Larry Beinhart has just penned a thoughtful — yet highly entertaining — analysis of Trump’s pick for head of the CIA which I repost here with his kind permission. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Fake News — Smart People are Not Immune

Posted on April 1, 2018 by L

“Fake news is a sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, and leads only to the spread of arrogance and hatred. That is the end result of untruth. (…) This false but believable news is ‘captious’, inasmuch as it grasps people’s attention by appealing to stereotypes and common social prejudices and exploiting instantaneous emotions like anxiety, contempt, anger and frustration.”

Pope Francis — January 24 2018

“If you think ‘Navy Seals’ sound fearsome, how about the ‘Soviet Battle Moose’? They’ve certainly been getting the media in Finland fired up – although a little basic journalistic fact-checking might have saved them from all the worry.”

Russia Today

The Finnish broadcaster Yle has famously reported that the Soviet Union ran a clandestine program to train moose as cavalry mounts in the 1930s. According to Yle, the Red Army had some 1,500 infiltration riders ready for the 1939 war with Finland. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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