“President Obama’s approach has bought Israeli more time than any military strike [on Iranian nuclear facilities] ever could.”
Meir Dagan — Former Director of the Mossad
Meir Dagan — Former Director of the Mossad
Meir Dagan (30 January 1945 – 17 March 2016) initially served as a National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Dagan became Director-General of Mossad in August 2002. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“If the ghosts who inhabit the walls of the CIA could talk, they would tell Director Mike Pompeo to be careful. The agency is entering a danger zone where a White House in turmoil wants the CIA to take aggressive action overseas but hasn’t developed the clear strategy or political support needed to sustain it.”
David Ignatius
CIA Director Mike Pompeo at the 2017 Aspen Security Forum
American journalist David R. Ignatius is best known for his writing based upon his interest in foreign affairs and his knowledge of intelligence operations. In a recent opinion piece, he sends a clear warning message to CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“CIA spies and operatives could have gotten caught, tortured, and killed because of Hillary Clinton’s actions.”
U.S. Representative Will Hurd
On July 7 2016, Congressman Will Hurd — who is an ex undercover CIA Officer — got ‘pissed’ at James Comey for not recommending indictment of Hillary Clinton over her private email server scandal. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“I think any normal, conscionable man would have to consider carefully doing something like this. I deliberated with great, soulful torment about this, and obviously I concluded that it could be done safely or I wouldn’t have done it.”
Dr John Bruce Jessen
“I will not allow it to become a political trial on ‘Did the then-Bush administration do wrong in its reaction to interrogation of detainees following 9/11 of ’01?’ That’s not what this trial is about. (…) The trial will focus on whether the plaintiffs were subjected to torture, and if so, did the defendants aid and abet — legally aid and abet and factually aid and abet — that torture?”
Judge Quackenbush
Drs. Jessen and Mitchell
The two psychologists who proposed interrogation techniques — widely viewed as torture — are part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of former C.I.A. detainees. Deposition videos, obtained exclusively by The New York Times, reveal new insights into the enhanced interrogation program and the CIA officials behind it. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“After the fall of the regime, Haftar’s ambition worried the new authorities. The inaction of Tripoli in this fight against extremist groups has given him more popularity. After three years of targeted assassinations of security forces, his operations against Islamist militia won him more support from army leaders who feel the central authorities have done very little to protect them and protect the country.”
Marine Casalis — FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Libya
General Khalifa Haftar
General Khalifa Haftar says that he welcomes the idea of the younger Gaddafi playing some sort of political role in Libya’s future. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“I genuinely enjoyed working on the Kryptos ciphers. Professional cryptographers almost certainly could have broken these codes much faster, and would have used superior methods. But I doubt that they would have derived as much satisfaction as I have. I didn’t use any computers to decrypt the Kryptos codes–just pencil and paper, some common sense, and a lot of perseverance. Using a computer would have cheated me out of the feeling of accomplishment that I obtained, because I have found that often in life the journey itself can be more gratifying than arriving at the final destination. Mountains are not climbed nor marathons run merely to reach a geographical location–there are much easier ways to accomplish these feats–but as personal and spiritual challenges to the participants.
When confronted with a puzzle or problem, we sometimes can lose sight of the fact that we have issued a challenge to ourselves–not to our tools. And before we automatically reach for our computers, we sometimes need to remember that we already possess the most essential and powerful problem solving tool within our own minds.”
David Stein — CIA Analyst (Directorate of Intelligence)
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. Today, we will learn how to break the so-called section II of this ciphertext. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Mr Profumo told me that Ward, in his practice as an osteopath, sees a number of people who are prominent in public life, including one or two members of the present government.”
Norman Brook — Cabinet Secretary
Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler were key figures in the Profumo affair
The UK establishment’s well-known tendency to cover up its own scandals is on full display in the latest releases from Whitehall’s files. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“I think the strip is harmless. The censorship was unnecessary.”
Cartoonist Stephan Pastis
On Thursday 28 (July 2016), the comic strip “Pearls Before Swine” was censored in newspapers. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“Zidan’s efforts are complicated by the ongoing legal problems of former National Transitional Council (NTC) leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, who will be questioned by both military and civilian prosecutors regarding his role in the July 2011 assassination of General Abdel-Fattah Younis, Gadhafi’s former interior minister and one of the first major defectors from the old regime. Jalil and 10 other NTC officials have been charged with Younis’ death, though none have been arrested.”
Sidney Blumenthal — Email to Hillary Clinton
General Abdul Fatah Younis held the rank of Major General and the post of minister of interior. On 22 February 2011, he resigned and defected to the rebel side in what was to become the Libyan Civil War. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“I think it’s the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry that out. I would just hope that this is not going to be a partisan issue. That Republicans, Democrats are going to see that the future of this government is at stake and something needs to be done for the good of the future.”
John Brennan — 2017 Aspen Security Forum
John Brennan (Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency), James Clapper (Former Director of National Intelligence) and moderator Wolf Blitzer (Anchor, The Situation Room, CNN)
In the most vocal opposition to president Donald Trump yet, former CIA Director John Brennan said that if the White House tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, government officials should refuse to follow the president orders, as they would be – in his view – “inconsistent” with the duties of the executive branch. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
