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“One reason for the Russian message to Washington about the intended target was to ensure that any CIA asset or informant who had managed to work his way into the jihadist leadership was forewarned not to attend the meeting. I was told that the Russians passed the warning directly to the CIA.”
Seymour M. Hersh
President Donald Trump ignored important intelligence reports when he decided to attack Syria after he saw pictures of dying children. Seymour M. Hersh investigated the case of the alleged Sarin gas attack. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“The United States Government is as unscrupulous as it has accused the Soviet Government of being. Our main dissatisfaction concerned some of the practices the United States uses in gathering intelligence information … deliberately violating the airspace of other nations … intercepting and deciphering the secret communications of its own allies … Perhaps United States hostility towards Communism arises out of a feeling of insecurity engendered by Communist achievements in science, culture and industry.”
William H. Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell — The first NSA whistleblowers
NSA defectors William H. Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell at the Moscow press conference announcing their defection, July 1, 1960.
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Russian secret service defector Alexander Litvinenko
“The man was named by Belgian media as Oussama Zariouh and the mayor of Molenbeek said he was known for drugs offences but was not on any jihadist watch list. The prosecutor said there were indications that he had sympathies for so-called Islamic State.”
Oussama Zariouh
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“Trump was trying to build his brand and Bayrock was trying to market it. It wasn’t clear who needed each other more. This was before the show, remember.”
Jody Kriss — Bayrock insider
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Bruce Jessen and James E. Mitchell
“Either Director Pompeo had no idea what people in the C.I.A. reportedly knew about Michael Flynn, or he knew about the Justice Department’s concerns and continued to discuss America’s secrets with a man vulnerable to blackmail. I believe Director Pompeo owes the public an explanation.”
Senator Ron Wyden — Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Mike Pompeo being sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency
By January 2017, Senior officials across the government became convinced that the incoming national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had become vulnerable to Russian blackmail. And yet, Flynn was allowed to listen to the President Daily Briefs (PDB) almost every day for the next three weeks. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“The man was named by Belgian media as Oussama Zariouh and the mayor of Molenbeek said he was known for drugs offences but was not on any jihadist watch list. The prosecutor said there were indications that he had sympathies for so-called Islamic State.”
Oussama Zariouh
The man shot while trying to set off a bomb at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday night has been identified as a 36-year-old Moroccan. He was a resident of Molenbeek. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
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