“Our relationship with the United States is historic and strategic. Any attempts to undermine that will falter.”
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef
On Friday (10 February 2017), CIA Director Mike Pompeo honored the Saudi Crown Prince with the CIA ‘George Tenet’ Medal during a meeting in Riyadh. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“I have personally reviewed the intelligence and there is no doubt the Syrian regime is responsible for the decision to attack and for the attack itself.”
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (April 2017)
“We have other reports from the battlefield from people who claim it’s been used. We do not have evidence of it. We are looking for evidence of it ”
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (February 2018)
“While in no way detracting from the horror of what took place against innocent civilians in Syria, it is time for America to stop shooting first and asking questions later.”
Ian Wilkie — International lawyer, U.S. Army veteran and former intelligence community contractor
A man collects samples from the site of the attack in Khan Sheikhun. Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
The U.S. has no evidence to confirm reports from aid groups and others that the Syrian government has used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on February 2 2018. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“We don’t blow up civilian airliners up in the air…”
Former CIA Director John McLaughlin
“The number, 655, is a flight number: Iran Air 655. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re far from alone. But you should know the story if you want to better understand why the United States and Iran so badly distrust one another.”
Washington Post
“The shoot-down of Iran Air flight 655 was an accident, but that is not how it was seen in Tehran. The Iranian government assumed that the attack had been purposeful. … Tehran convinced itself that Washington was trying to signal that the United States had decided to openly enter the war on Iraq’s side.”
Former CIA analyst Kenneth Pollack
Pictured here, Newsweek covers for 12 September 1983 (left) and 18 July 1988 (right) that illustrate KAL and Iran Air incidents respectively. A full-page photo of the airplane with “Murder in the Air” leaves little doubt in reader’s mind of who the culprits were, while “Why it Happened” with no graphic presentation of the airplane is accompanied by questioning and soul-searching
February 11 2017 — Former CIA Director John McLaughlin seems to suffer from ‘bad memory’. Let us kindly help this old chap to recollect some real facts. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“He [Francis Gary Powers ] performed his duty in a very dangerous mission and he performed it well, and I think I know more about that than some of his detractors and critics know, and I am glad to say that to him tonight.”
CIA Director Allen Dulles (March 1964)
Glienicke Bridge prisoner exchange depicted in the Bridge of Spies movie, where Soviet spy Rudolf Abel was exchanged for American pilot Francis Gary Powers
“We’d never expected that the Russians would do this, attacking our vital infrastructure and undermining our democracy.”
Chris Painter — Former cyber official at the U.S. State Department
AIVD Headquarters — Zoetermeer
A Dutch Intelligence Agency directly witnessed the Russian involvement in the hacking of the Democratic Party, according to six (anonymous) American and Dutch sources. The story certainly sounds too good to be true but a Dutch expert told Intel Today that the narrative is entirely credible. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“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
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
“President Donald Trump’s statements on Russia have been very bizarre and it suggests that he doesn’t have a good understanding of what Putin has done over a very long period of time.”
Former CIA Director Michael Morell
February 7 2017 — Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell has suggested that Trump’s affection for Putin may be to blame on Russia having compromising material on Trump. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“The people who succeeded and did well were those who didn’t stand up, who didn’t write the big stories, who looked the other way when history was happening in front of them, and went along either consciously or just by cowardice with the deception of the American people.”
Robert Parry — Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (1993)
“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
“If there’s any one takeaway to be gleaned from Parry’s legacy, it is that we should all strive to have the CIA know us on a terrified first-name basis.”
Muckrock’s J. Pat Brown
Legendary investigative reporter Robert Parry tragically passed away on January 27 2018. Along with his AP partner Brian Barger, he was the first to report on Oliver North’s activities in the Iran-Contra affair, and the first to describe the Nicaraguan Contras’ involvement with cocaine traffickers. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“The indisputable fact is that Dr. [Masoud] Ali-Mohammadi was martyred on January 12, 2010, at least three months before European agents approached me in the spring of 2010. This was even mentioned in the TV program based on my montaged statements, which prove that the accusations against me are contradictory lies. How could I be accused of giving information about someone who was martyred four months earlier?”
Professor Ahmadreza Djalali — Letter written in mid-January 2018
Last Sunday (February 4 2018), various media reported that a final attempt to persuade the Iranian judiciary to review the death sentence handed to Ahmadreza Djalali for allegedly spying on behalf of Israel had failed. According to these reports, his death sentence was definitive and imminent. Today (February 7 2018), the ambassador of Iran to Belgium has denied both allegations. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“Standard journalistic contributors—reporters, anchors, editors, producers—pursue the news wherever it goes without fear or favor, as the famous motto puts it. But almost to a one, the TV spooks still identify with their former employers at the CIA, FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, or other security agencies and remain protective of their institutions. This makes nearly every word that comes out of their mouths suspect. Are they telling God’s truth or are they shilling for their former bosses? Or worse yet, do they have other employers causing them to pull punches in yet another direction?”
Jack Shafer — Politico’s senior media writer (February 6 2018)
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”
William Casey, CIA Director 1981-1987 (Attributed)
America’s top spies no longer retire. Instead, they sign very lucrative TV News contracts. Former CIA Director John Brennan has just been hired as a paid contributor by NBC and MSNBC. The downside of this new trend is obvious. These spies are not in the business of reporting the truth. Just like the primary mission of the New York Time is to protect the Time, the primary mission of the CIA is to protect the CIA. Once a spook, always a spook. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
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