Former FBI James Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations

Posted on June 4, 2017 by L

“Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to testify as early as next week before a Senate committee that President Donald Trump asked him to back off the investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, according to a person familiar with the matter.”

Del Quentin Wilber — WSJ (May 31 2017)

FBI Director James Comey

According to the WSJ, the  Former FBI director will say President Trump asked him to back off the Flynn investigation. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_Today Continue reading →

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The Glorious Amateurs: OSS Turns 75!

Posted on June 4, 2017 by L

“The CIA owes a debt of gratitude to the OSS and to Donovan, the charismatic leader and moving force behind it.”

CIA Official website — June 1 2017

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is the precursor of today’s CIA. Created on June 13, 1942, just after America’s entry into WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed William “Wild Bill” Donovan, a highly decorated WWI officer, as Director of the OSS.

Throughout the month of June, the CIA website will highlight a different OSS officer every day. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — June 4 2017

Posted on June 4, 2017 by L

C.I.A. Names the ‘Dark Prince’ to Run Iran Operations, Signaling a Tougher Stance — World heading towards ‘permanent cyber war’, France warns — Kabul blast: Deadly explosions at protest victim’s funeral — Jared Kushner’s redemptive mission threatened by tangled Russian web

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump make their way to board Air Force One before departing from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

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New Details on Russian Banker Who Met With Kushner

Posted on June 3, 2017 by L

“This bank [Vnesheconombank] is, in essence an arm of the FSB and the KGB. Gorkov is a former KGB officer. Everything he does, he reports to the KGB.”

Robert Baer — Former CIA Officer

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Sergey N. Gorkov, the chief of Vnesheconombank, in Moscow in February.

Sergey Gorkov — the Russian banker Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner met with in late December — is viewed by U.S. intelligence as a “Putin crony” and a graduate of a “finishing school” for spies who was often tasked with sensitive financial operations by Putin. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — June 3 2017

Posted on June 3, 2017 by L

How the Trump administration’s secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short — CNN analyst blows up at ex-CIA chief for blaming Kushner’s Russian back-channel on Obama — Turkish Government Conspiracy Theory: Gulen Tied to CIA, Other ‘Intelligence Agencies’ — C.I.A. Names the ‘Dark Prince’ to Run Iran Operations, Signaling a Tougher Stance

 

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Paris & Brussels attacks: Lies, lies and more lies — UPDATE: Oussama Atar’s Brother Charged

Posted on June 2, 2017 by L

“If not for the request by different organizations … Ousama Atar would still be in Iraqi prison.”

Jawad Al-Hindawi — Iraqi Ambassador to Belgium

Ousama Atar, a Belgian of Moroccan descent, is believed to be the mastermind of the Paris and Brussels attacks. Question: why was he living freely when he should have been kept in a Iraqi jail? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Zbigniew Brzezinski: “An exceptional failure all round.”

Posted on June 2, 2017 by L

“This will require a review of our policy toward Pakistan, more guarantees to it, and, alas, a decision that our security policy toward Pakistan cannot be dictated by our nonproliferation policy.”

Zbigniew Brzezinski — Letter to US President Jimmy Carter (December 26, 1979)

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski — a US policy adviser and academic born on March 28 1928 — died on May 26 2017. Patrick Armstrong — a former analyst in the Canadian Department of National Defence specializing in the USSR/Russia — just posted a realist analysis of his legacy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — June 2 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by L

Germany strengthens its Cyber Defense — James Comey due before Senate next week — Vladimir Putin has suggested “patriotic” Russian citizens might be engaged in hacking — Russia escalates spy games after years of U.S. neglect

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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller Named Special Counsel for Russia Probe — UPDATE

Posted on June 1, 2017 by L

“It is in the public interest for me to exercise my authorities and appoint a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter. My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination.”

 Rod J. Rosenstein — Deputy Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller

On May 17 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — acting as Attorney General in Jeff Sessions’ place because he recused himself from the Russia inquiry– appointed Mueller to serve as special counsel for the United States Department of Justice. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — June 1 2017

Posted on June 1, 2017 by L

Syria conflict: US sends arms to Kurdish forces fighting IS — Flynn to provide documents for Russia investigation after initially refusing — Ukraine raids Russian internet giant Yandex over treason — The case for protecting America’s intelligence agency whistleblowers

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