Lockerbie and the SCCRC — A primer from Law Professor Robert Black

Posted on August 7, 2017 by L

“I regard the Lockerbie verdict against Megrahi as a ‘Grand Monument to Human Stupidity’.  Indeed, the written opinion of the Lockerbie judges is a remarkable document that claims an ‘honoured place in the history of British miscarriages of justice.’ If the [SCCRC] Commission accepts the application for a full review, the infamous Zeist verdict doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving.”

INTEL TODAY — July 5 2017

Professor Robert Black

The Lockerbie disaster was Europe’s worst terrorist outrage, but was it also Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice? On Tuesday July 4 2017, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] confirmed that it has received a new application to review the conviction in the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi. Professor Black — who is known as the architect of the Lockerbie trial — explains for INTEL TODAY the role and competence of the SCCRC. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — And the Next CIA Boss is…

Posted on August 7, 2017 by L

“My training as an intelligence officer taught me to call it as I see it. This is what I did for the C.I.A. This is what I am doing now. Our nation will be much safer with Hillary Clinton as president.”

Michael J. Morell

John Brennan

John Brennan

Besides John Brennan — the current CIA Director since March 2013 — two serious contenders have emerged for the top job at the Agency. Michael Morell, a former deputy and acting CIA director, as well as Michael Vickers, a former CIA officer and undersecretary of defense for intelligence, are widely considered leading candidates. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Ex CIA Sabrina De Sousa – NOT – extradited to Italy?

Posted on August 6, 2017 by L

“Rendition was totally counterproductive”

Former CIA Officer Sabrina de Sousa

Sabrina De Sousa was surprised by the press waiting for her at the end of her first closed hearing in Italy. (July 25 2017)

De Sousa is not alleged to have kidnapped Omar herself, but she is said to have “helped make false documents to mislead investigators”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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The KRYPTOS Code — The Solution of Section II

Posted on August 6, 2017 by L

“And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.”

Abraham Lincoln — Address to congress (July 4th, 1861)

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.

The ciphertext on the left-hand side of the sculpture (as seen from the courtyard) of the main sculpture contains 869 characters in total (865 letters and 4 question marks). The right-hand side of the sculpture comprises a keyed Vigenère encryption tableau, consisting of 867 letters. In our last post about KRYPTOS, we learned how to break a Vigenère code. In this post, we finish the job regarding the entire section II. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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British Intelligence Agencies

Posted on August 5, 2017 by L

“Secret intelligence gives the Government a vital edge in tackling some of the most difficult problems we face… intelligence forewarns us of threats to our national security; helps the Government promote international stability; provides support and protection to our forces; contributes to our economic health; and strengthens our efforts against terrorism and serious crime.”

Prime Minister Tony Blair

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The UK intelligence machinery includes the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the Security Service (MI5: Military Intelligence, Section 5), the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),  as well as  the Defence Intelligence (DI). Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Former CIA Ray McGovern: “The ‘Russian Hack’ is an Inside Job.”

Posted on August 4, 2017 by L

“The purported ‘hack’ of the DNC by Guccifer 2.0 was not a hack, by Russia or anyone else. Rather it originated with a copy (onto an external storage device – a thumb drive, for example) by an insider. The data was leaked after being doctored with a cut-and-paste job to implicate Russia. We do not know who or what the murky Guccifer 2.0 is. You may wish to ask the FBI.”

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT — VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY

In January, the US Intel Community assessed that Russia “hacked” the Democratic emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. New forensic studies seriously challenge this claim. In a memo addressed to the President, a group of former U.S. intelligence officers, including NSA specialists, have concluded that the DNC data reached WikiLeaks via a copy/leak by a DNC insider. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — United Nations to probe whether SEC-GEN Hammarskjold was assassinated

Posted on August 4, 2017 by L

“It will be necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short.”

UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (September 13  1961)

“Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’.”

US President Harry Truman (September 19  1961)

“I continue to have a strong feeling that Hammarskjold’s death was not an accident.”

Richard Goldstone [*]

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U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

At the U.N. headquarters, few believe that the death of Dag Hammarskjöld was an accident. Many researchers have concluded that the former U.N. Secretary-General was assassinated by a South African paramilitary organization supported by the CIA and British intelligence and Belgian mercenaries. An official UN report should be released in this month. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Seymour Hersh: “Russia Election Hack is a CIA Hoax”

Posted on August 3, 2017 by L

“I can tell you right now Brennan is an asshole. I have known all these people for years. Clapper is — sort of — a better guy but not a rocket scientist. The NSA guys are fucking morons. You know the trouble with all of those guys is that the only way they are going to make it to a board, or two, and get hired (…) to deliver some fat cat contracts is if Hillary stayed in.”

Seymour Hersh [Phone interview]

An extraordinary phone conversation with Seymour Hersh was leaked on internet. Assuming for the moment that the audio is genuine, the content is earth-shaking. Hersh alleges that Seth Rich stole the DNC/Podesta emails and passed them to WikiLeaks. Hersh also claims that the allegation of a Trump-Russia collusion is a disinformation operation organized by John Brennan, the former CIA Director. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Hillary’s Email Reveals Truth about Libya Bombing: Oil and Golden Dinar

Posted on August 3, 2017 by L

“We were dragged along by a French enthusiasm to intervene, and the mission then moved from protecting people in Benghazi, who arguably were not at the kind of threat that was then being presented… Indeed, on the basis of the evidence we took, the threat to the people of Benghazi was grossly overstated.”

Crispin Blunt — chairman of the UK parliamentary committee

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A further insight into French motivations was provided in freedom of information disclosure by the United States State Department in December 2015.  Besides self-interests, Sarkozy’s plans were driven by a desire to gain a greater share of Libya oil production, as well as the fear that Gaddafi would establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar, which was seen as a direct threat to France as the dominant power in Francophone Africa. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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JULY 30 — US National Whistleblower Appreciation Day

Posted on August 2, 2017 by L

“Recognizing our Founding Fathers’ strong support for whistleblower is an essential first step in changing the workplace culture that holds whistleblowers in disdain and subjects them to illegal retaliation.”

Stephen M. Kohn — Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center

“It’s sadly telling that last month National Whistleblower Appreciation Day came and went with little notice let alone the fanfare it deserved. Obviously, we still have a long way to go in showing our appreciation for this undervalued group.”

Gordon Schnell — The Hill

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day is an annual recognition of whistleblowers whose actions have protected the American people from fraud or malfeasance. In 2014, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution to mark July 30 as the commemorative day, being the 236th anniversary of the first American law to protect whistleblowers. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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