Chief Judge Colleen McMahon: CIA Disclosures To One Are Disclosures To All [UPDATE]

Posted on February 19, 2018 by L

“The CIA is spectacularly terrible at responding to FOIA requests. It’s so bad it’s highly possible the perceived ineptness is deliberate. The CIA simply does not want to release documents. If it can’t find enough FOIA exemptions to throw at the requester, it gets creative.”

Tim Cushing — TechDirt (Legal Issues)

“I suppose it is possible that the Government does not consider members of the press to be part of the public. I do.”

Chief Judge Colleen McMahon

“If the CIA loses in this case, the unsavory practice of providing classified information only to sources willing to do the agency’s bidding will be dealt a setback.”

Paul Mirengoff — Powerline

Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

The CIA claims that it can hand over classified information to some — ‘very friendly’ — journalists and still pretend the information has not been made public. Chief Judge Colleen McMahon just made it clear and simple for the Agency: “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Netherlands — Dutch FM Admits Lying About Putin “Greater Russia”

Posted on February 19, 2018 by L

“We live in a country where the truth matters. That’s why I see no other option than to resign. The office of the Foreign Minister must be above all doubt, both at home and abroad.”

Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra

“Liar Liar Pants On Fire” is a phrase that children like to scream at each other whenever they think the other is lying. They also like to scream it at adults who tell them stories about fairies. It is an overall stupid thing to say, since if your pants actually caught on fire when you lied, more politicians would be dead.

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Halbe Zijlstra

Halbe Zijlstra — the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands — has admitted that he lied about hearing Vladimir Putin talking up ambitions to reform the Soviet Union. Zijlstra stepped down on February 13 2018 after MPs had summoned him to explain himself. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Former Mossad chief: “Mike Flynn was very experienced. Maybe, he has been thrown under the bus.”

Posted on February 19, 2018 by L

“Maybe Flynn made a mistake even with no intention, but that can happen to anyone. I don’t think we need to worry that our intelligence will go to Russia.”

Former MOSSAD Boss Danny Yatom

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Former MOSSAD Boss Danny Yatom

February 19 2017 — Since the election of Mr Trump, various media have reported ‘rumors’ that Israel, the UK, Australia and some European countries might be reconsidering whether they could openly share intelligence with the Trump administration due to the President’s alleged close ties to Putin. So far, these rumors were swiftly dismissed by the experts. But the latest series of news raises to a higher level the issue of whether intelligence shared with the US IC could be leaked to Russia by some members of Trump’s cabinet. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — New Documents: Benghazi Had Nothing to Do With Protests

Posted on February 18, 2018 by L

“This document removes any further doubt that the State Department and the Obama administration knew immediately after the assault on Benghazi that it was a well-orchestrated terrorist attack and not a ‘spontaneous demonstration’ over a ‘hateful video,’ as the Obama administration repeatedly claimed. These documents show that the Benghazi scandal is not over… not by a long shot.”

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton

“At no time did I ever second-guess that the team would depart.”

‘Bob’ — Former CIA chief of the Benghazi Annex

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February 18 2017 — Senator Rand Paul has always claimed that Hillary Clinton lied to Congress about the true nature of the CIA operation in Benghazi that was attacked by terrorists on September 11 2012. Will we ever know the truth? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Former CIA Director James Woolsey: “US meddles in foreign elections – but only for a very good cause”

Posted on February 18, 2018 by L

“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.”

Henri Kissinger — US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford

“We had bags of money that we delivered to selected politicians, to defray their political expenses, their campaign expenses, for posters, for pamphlets.”

CIA Officer F. Mark Wyatt

“If the Chinese indeed tried to influence the election here…   The United States is only getting a taste of its own medicine.”

Peter Kornbluh — Director of the National Security Archive

Former CIA Director Agency James Woolsey told Fox News political commentator Laura Anne Ingraham that the United States interferes in other countries elections, but “only for a very good cause” and always “in the interests of democracy.” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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BND, DGSE and MI6 Discuss Post-Brexit Co-Operation

Posted on February 18, 2018 by L

“I am pleased that, in this way, many senior intelligence professionals take the opportunity of the MSC to discuss important security questions. Such personal meetings and intensive exchange of expertise are not only essential for diplomats, but also for intelligence agencies.”

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger — Chairman of the Munich Security Conference

Bernard Emié (DGSE), Bruno Kahl (BND), Alex Younger (MI6)

February 16 2018 — Munich — In an unprecedented joint statement, the current directors of the British, French and German foreign intelligence agencies have called for a continued security co-operation after the UK leaves the EU. In her speech (and following answers raised by members of the audience), Theresa May said that the UK wants to negotiate a “Special Treaty on Security Issues”. The British PM appears to suggest that a co-operation on intelligence matters could be traded for economic advantages.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks — UK Court Upholds Assange Arrest Warrant [UPDATE]

Posted on February 17, 2018 by L

“The impression I have … is that [Assange] is a man who wants to impose his terms on the course of justice, whether the course of justice is in this jurisdiction or in Sweden. He appears to consider himself above the normal rules of law and wants justice only if it goes in his favor. (…) Defendants on bail up and down the country, and requested persons facing extradition, come to the court to face the consequences of their choices.”

Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot

“Whether it [an appeal against the decision] is pursued is another question. The history of the case from start to finish is extraordinary. Each aspect of it becomes puzzling and troubling as it is scrutinised.”

Gareth Peirce — Member of Assange’s legal team

Julian Assange

UPDATE (Feb 17 2018)– The media failed to report a basic fact. The husband of judge Arbuthnot is a partner of Sir John Scarlett, the former Head of MI6. Blind justice?

February 13 2018 — LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his bid to overturn an arrest warrant that has prompted him to take refuge in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for nearly six years.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz Just Confirmed ‘October Surprise Conspiracy Theory’

Posted on February 16, 2018 by L

“Mr Karrubi agreed in the second Madrid meeting to cooperate with the Reagan campaign about the timing of any hostage release. In return, he was promised that the Reagan Administration, once in office, would return Iran’s frozen assets and help them acquire badly needed military equipment…”

“During my research, I spoke to several of the former hostages. I was deeply moved by the response of one in particular. After listening to the evidence, he said simply: ‘I don’t want to believe it. It’s too painful to think about it.’ Painful it is. But the rest of us are obliged to think about it. Hard.”

Gary Sick — Retired Naval Captain who served on Ford’s, Carter’s, and Reagan’s National Security Council

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Vice President George H. W. Bush and other VIPs wait to welcome the hostages home

February 16 2017 — Harvard’s Law Professor Alan Dershowitz was explaining the ‘Logan Act’ and how it may apply to Michael Flynn’s discussion of sanctions with a Russian ambassador before taking office. Out of the blue, Professor Alan Dershowitz made an astonishing statement regarding the 1980 US Presidential campaign. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Iran Defense Official : “West Sent Lizards as Nuclear Spies”

Posted on February 16, 2018 by L

“We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities.”

Hassan Firuzabadi — Former Chief of Staff of Iran’s Military (February 13 2018)

“That is insane.”

John Timmer — Ars Technica Science Editor

“During the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship allegedly crashed off the English coast near Hartlepool. The only survivor was a monkey that was dressed in a French military uniform, presumably onboard to entertain the crew. Unfortunately, because the residents had never seen a Frenchman before and because the monkey didn’t speak English (obviously), they believed he was a French spy. As a result, the monkey was hanged.”

Animals Who May or May Not Have Been Used as Spies —  Jill Harness

Hassan Firouzabadi: West ‘used lizards to spy on Iran’

The senior military advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed in a press conference in Tehran that Western nations have deployed lizards as nuclear spies. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Pulitzer-prize winner Tim Weiner : “US Intel Agencies are targeting the top of this government.”

Posted on February 16, 2018 by L

“Mike Flynn has fallen farther faster than any powerful official in any government in the 20th Century, in America.”

Pulitzer-prize winner Tim Weiner

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Michael Flynn, Trump’s National Security Advisor, and Jill Stein attending the Russian State owned TV Gala as Putin’s guests (December 2015)

February 16 2017 — Journalist Tim Weiner, who won a Pulitzer Prize for investigating the CIA’s “black budget,” said the country is witnessing in real-time “a powerful counterintelligence investigation run by the FBI with the assistance of the CIA and the NSA that is targeting the top of this government.” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today
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