On This Day — Lockerbie : US & UK indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah (November 14 1991) [UPDATE : Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?]

Posted on November 14, 2023 by L

“After writing about the ‘ravers’ who regularly turn up at lectures to claim that President Bush/the CIA/the Pentagon/Mossad etc perpetrated the crimes against humanity of 11 September, I received a letter this week from Marion Irvine, who feared that members of her family run the risk of being just such ‘ravers’ and ‘voices heard in the wilderness’. Far from it. For Mrs Irvine was writing about Lockerbie, and, like her, I believe there are many dark and sinister corners to this atrocity. I urge anyone who is aware of government lies over Flight 103 to come forward.”

Robert Fisk — Do you know the truth about Lockerbie?

November 14 2023 — On this day (November 14 1991), the Lord Advocate (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie) and the acting United States Attorney General (William P Barr) jointly announced that they had obtained warrants for the arrest of Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Remembering Edward S. Herman (April 7, 1925 – November 11, 2017) [Propaganda in Western Media & Lockerbie]

Posted on November 11, 2023 by L

“The propaganda system allows the U.S. leadership to commit crimes without limit and with no suggestion of misbehavior or criminality; in fact, major war criminals like Henry Kissinger appear regularly on TV to comment on the crimes of the derivative butchers.”

Edward S. Herman

Edward S. Herman (April 7, 1925 – November 11, 2017)

November 11 2023 — Edward S. Herman was professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and a media analyst with a specialty in corporate and regulatory issues as well as political economy. Herman was — without a doubt — one of the great thinkers of our time. And, he was also — as I discovered — a wonderful person. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Remembering Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) [UPDATE : A simple method to hide Havana Syndrome attacks]

Posted on November 9, 2023 by L

“We began talking about the war, which, in the late summer of 1940, was looking most extremely black. Hedy said that she did not feel very comfortable, sitting there in Hollywood and making lots of money when things were in such a state. She said that she knew a good deal about munitions and various secret weapons … and that she was thinking seriously of quitting MGM and going to Washington, DC, to offer her services to the newly established Inventors’ Council.”
 
George Antheil
Composer, pianist, inventor

Hedy Lamarr, ‘the most beautiful woman in the world.’ (ca 1940)

November 9 2023 — Often called “The Most Beautiful Woman in Films,” Hedy Lamarr’s beauty and screen presence made her one of the most popular actresses of her day. It is however much less known that Lamarr was also an inventor who, along with composer George Antheil, patented a frequency-hopping system during World War II that presaged Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_Today

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20 Years Ago — Wikipedia Is Born. And The Spooks Love It! (January 15 2001) [UPDATE : Drawn onward … To new era?]

Posted on November 8, 2023 by L

“People that I would say are trolls sort of took over Wikipedia. The inmates started running the asylum.”

Larry Sanger
Wikipedia co-founder

January 15 2021 — On January 15 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. This phenomenon is the world’s 15th most popular website in terms of overall visitor traffic, with a worldwide monthly readership of approximately half a billion. And, for obvious reasons, the spooks love Wikipedia. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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40 Years Ago — Able Archer 1983 : The Brink of Apocalypse (November 7-11, 1983)

Posted on November 7, 2023 by L

“The US intelligence had failed to grasp the true extent of their anxiety.”

Robert Gates
CIA Deputy Director
for Intelligence
during Able Archer 83

November 7 2023 — Able Archer 83 is the codename for a command post exercise carried out in November 1983 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Coordinated from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Casteau, Belgium, it involved NATO forces throughout Western Europe. This exercise began on November 7, 1983 and ended on November 11, 1983. Today, many historians believe that the world almost came to a nuclear war on that week. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Robert Gates Becomes 15th CIA Director (November 6 1991) [Test your “Spy Knowledge” with our CIA Directors Quiz!]

Posted on November 6, 2023 by L

“If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of.”

Robert Gates
Former CIA Director

 

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

November 6 2023 — Robert Gates was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence (head of the CIA) in early 1987. He withdrew his name after it became clear the Senate would reject the nomination due to controversy about his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Gates was nominated again for the position by President George H. W. Bush on May 14, 1991. This time, he was confirmed by the Senate on November 5, and sworn in on November 6 1991. How much do you know about spy agencies? Take this quiz to find out your knowledge of the CIA Directors. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — Ayatollah Khomeini declares US “The Great Satan” (November 5 1979)

Posted on November 5, 2023 by L

“In this revolution, the Great Satan is America that gathers around other devils blatantly… If we see the US, this great Satan, raising chain and bringing the devils together around him, it is because the US grip over our country and our resources curtailed.”

Ayatollah Khomeini
(November 5 1979)

November 5 2023 — In a speech delivered on November 5 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini used the term “Great Satan” to describe the United States. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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KRYPTOS Week — Introduction : Sculpture Dedication Ceremony at the CIA (November 3 1990)

Posted on November 4, 2023 by L

“Maybe you’re mistaken–maybe this first part of the Kryptos code is really not a polyalphabetic Vigenere Tableau after all — maybe it’s a different type of code entirely. Or maybe it is a Vigenere code, but it’s been double or triple encoded — or maybe it was encoded backwards.”

David Stein
CIA analyst
Directorate of Intelligence

 

November 3 2023 — Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Of the four parts of the message, the first three have been solved. The last part of the message remains as one of the most famous unsolved code in the world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — The Iran-Contra Scandal Revealed (November 3, 1986)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by L

“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between [the U.S. and Iran] with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must oppose all forms of international terrorism as a condition of progress in our relationship. The most significant step which Iran could take, we indicated, would be to use its influence in Lebanon to secure the release of all hostages held there.”

US President Ronald Reagan
(November 13 1986)

 

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November 3 2023 — On November 3 1986, the Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa exposed the Iran–Contra scandal. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. They hoped, thereby, to fund the Contras in Nicaragua while at the same time negotiating the release of several U.S. hostages. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress. This affair is usually regarded as one of the most important scandals in US modern history. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE (CIA, November 28 1947)

Posted on November 2, 2023 by L

“Armed hostilities between Jews and Arabs will break out if the UN Genral Assembly accepts the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States as recommended by the UN Special Committee on Palestine.”

CIA (November 28 1947)

November 02 2023 — This CIA report assesses the situation in Palestine following the UN vote in favor of partition. The report concludes that the U.S. lost prestige in the region by supporting partition. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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