LOCKERBIE — SCCRC press release on Megrahi application

Posted on July 5, 2017 by L

“The Lockerbie trial is “the most disgraceful miscarriage of justice in Scotland for 100 years. Every lawyer who has read the judgment says ‘this is nonsense’. It is nonsense.”

Robert Black QC FRSE –Professor Emeritus of Scots Law in the University of Edinburgh and best known as the “Architect of the Lockerbie Trial”

Mandela visiting Megrahi — aka the ‘Lockerbie bomber’ — in prison. Many thanks to my friend John Ashston who took the picture.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed today (Tuesday July 4 2017) that it has received a new application to review the conviction in the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — July 5 2017

Posted on July 5, 2017 by L

Lockerbie bomber’s family launch posthumous appeal against mass murder conviction — Ex-CIA contractor says Pakistan’s leaders helped him escape murder charges — Saudi Arabia has ‘clear link’ to UK extremism, report says — North Korea missile test a ‘new threat to world’, says US amid show of military force

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Joint Letter to Five Eyes Intelligence Agencies Regarding Encryption

Posted on July 4, 2017 by L

“While the challenges of modern day security are real, such proposals threaten the integrity and security of general purpose communications tools relied upon by international commerce, the free press, governments, human rights advocates, and individuals around the world.”

Human Rights Watch — June 30 2017

Last week, 83 civil society organizations and eminent individuals wrote a letter to the Ministers responsible for the Five Eyes Security Community to emphasize the importance of national policies that encourage and facilitate the development and use of strong encryption. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — July 4 2017

Posted on July 4, 2017 by L

German parliament report on NSA spying contains little consensus — Where is ‘Islamic State’ leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? — Memo in CIA’s Kissinger archive hints Jack Anderson was informing on Bob Woodward — Theresa May sitting on report on foreign funding of UK extremists

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Suspicious Aviation Tragedies — Iran Flight 655 (July 3 1988)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by L

“I will never apologize for the United States — I don’t care what the facts are… I’m not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.”

George H. W. Bush — August 7 1988

On July 3 1988, Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by a missile cruiser fired from the USS Vincennes under the command of William C. Rogers III. “The shoot-down of Iran Air flight 655 was an accident, but that is not how it was seen in Tehran.” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — July 3 2017

Posted on July 3, 2017 by L

Anti-terrorist activity in Europe: a Belgo-Moroccan imam among the suspects — Secretary of Defense Harold Brown: A Reassessment — The hidden signs that can reveal a fake photo — Joint Letter to Five Eyes Intelligence Agencies Regarding Encryption

Tarik Chadlioui

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The Queen of Cuba: The two stories of Ana Montes

Posted on July 2, 2017 by L

“I believe that the morality of espionage is relative. The activity always betrays someone, and some observers will think that it is justified and others not, in every case.”

Ana Montes —  Private letter to a friend

CIA Director George Tenet (left) awards Ana Montes a Certificate of Distinction, the third highest national-level intelligence award. (1997)

Ana Belén Montes (born February 28, 1957) is a former American senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the United States and convicted spy. On September 21, 2001, she was arrested and subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the government of Cuba. Montes eventually pleaded guilty to spying and in October 2002, was sentenced to a 25-year prison term followed by five years’ probation. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY– July 2 2017

Posted on July 2, 2017 by L

Can the CIA and NSA Be Trusted With Cyber Hacking Tools? — UK: Government’s surveillance powers to be challenged in High Court — Israel’s Mossad sets up fund to acquire new spy techniques — EU: states invited to form units to report terrorist content on the web

The National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland

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Paris & Brussels Attacks: Belgian suspected terrorist not under surveillance since 2012

Posted on July 1, 2017 by L

“The Paris attacks prompted intense scrutiny of ineffective and convoluted governance in Belgium, where a vast majority of the attackers had ties.”

NYT — December 24 2016

Mohamed Bakkali

Mohamed Bakkali was arrested for questioning during November 2015 in Brussels. Bakkali’s radicalisation was suspected since 2012 by the Police. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — July 1 2017

Posted on July 1, 2017 by L

Sarin used in April Syria attack, chemical weapons watchdog confirms — Saudi Arabia’s recently deposed crown prince reportedly under house arrest — Lockerbie: a disgraceful episode for Scots law — The NSA Confronts a Problem of Its Own Making

A man collects samples from the site of the attack in Khan Sheikhun. Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

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