“In 2016, the CIA memorial wall had 111 stars, each representing an agent’s death. By the end of Trump’s term, there were 135 stars on the wall, a huge 22% increase. 24 dead agents in just four years. Under Trump, a FIFTH of all CIA deaths occurred. Under Biden, 5 deaths marked.” Rob Voreck X/Twitter (April 15, 2024)
“This year (2021) marks the beginning of a somber chapter in the legacy of the Memorial Wall. The Agency carved new stars for the first time above the inscription.” — CIA Press Release (May 25, 2021)
April 18 2024 – Let me say this once again: “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” You may dislike Donald Trump, but lying about the CIA memorial Wall does not make you a patriot. How many lies do you count in the short message posted by Rob Voreck? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“President Ronald Reagan didn’t seek congressional approval when he bombed Libya [April 14 1986] in retaliation for a bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland [December 21 1988].”
Amber Phillips Washington Post (April 7 2017)
April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi
April 14 2023 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s April 14 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the December 21 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. Obvious nonsense! But I would like to take this opportunity to remind you the importance of studying, researching and analyzing the facts! Whatever the subject I investigate, I always begin the same way. I work out the very best timeline I can manage. This is a theory of mine: No lie, no matter how professional — even a CIA lie — can survive a good timeline. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“The CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence organized the project, code-named Project MK-ULTRA, in coordination with the U.S. Army Biological Warfare Laboratories. In some cases, academic researchers were funded through grants funneled to them from CIA front organizations while remaining unaware that the CIA sought to use their work for its own purposes. In other instances, however, top officials at these institutions knew about the CIA’s role.”
Andrew Glass Politico (April 13, 2019)
April 13 2023 — On April 13 1953, CIA Director Allen Dulles ordered the agency to develop mind-controlling drugs to be deployed against members of the Soviet bloc. The ultra-secret program was purportedly launched in response to Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean use of mind control techniques on U.S. prisoners of war during the Korean War. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“Having stepped onto firm ground,I saw a woman and a girl who were standing near a spotted calfand who were watching me with bewilderment.When they saw me in my space suitand the parachute dragging alongside as I walked,they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet like you,who has descended from spaceand I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”
Diary — Yuri Gagarin (April 12 1961)
April 12 2023 — On April 12 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture in outer space. His spacecraft — Vostok 1 — orbited for 108 minutes before returning to Earth in Kazakhstan. At about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft), Gagarin ejected from the descending capsule and landed using a parachute. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“As I told the Prime Minister the last time, he vastly overestimates the competence of the CIA.”
Henri Kissinger (Answer to Zhou Enlai about the US involvement in the bombing of the Kashmir Princess)
April 11 2024 — On April 11 1955, the Kashmir Princess — a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India — was damaged in mid-air by a bomb explosion. The plane crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived. The target of the assassination was non other than the Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today
“As Director, I have no more profound obligation than to take care of our people and, throughout this process, I have been determined to address this difficult challenge with honesty and compassion. We will continue to remain alert to any risks to the health and well-being of Agency officers.”
CIA Director William J. Burns March 1, 2023
April 8 2024 — The Editorial Board of The Washington Post has just posted an interesting piece regarding Havana Syndrome. I believe that the conclusion should end with ‘no matter who’ instead of ‘no matter what’. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“Bernard Kalb resigned today as chief spokesman for Secretary of State George P. Shultz in protest of the government’s disinformation program directed at Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.”
Los Angeles Times (Oct. 8, 1986)
April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi
April 5 2022 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. At the time, I would have bet the farm that this would be the most idiotic story ever reported by the Washington Post. On February 11 2020, Greg Miller taught me a good lesson: ‘The worst is — always — yet to come.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated. Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of the conversation swirls around the possibility that agencies like the N.S.A. or the F.B.I. will use such information not to serve national security but to carry out personal and political vendettas. King’s experience reminds us that these are far from idle fears, conjured in the fevered minds of civil libertarians. They are based in the hard facts of history.”
Beverly Gage HistoryProfessor at Yale
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
January 15 2024 — On November 21 1964, a letter — and a tape recording allegedly of King’s sexual indiscretions — was delivered to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The author appears to suggest that King should commit suicide or else… Although the letter was anonymously written, King suspected the FBI had sent the package He was not wrong. Today, I will raise an obvious question: Is the CIA behind the infamous PORNHUB website? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today
“Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today. If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later. The concept of ‘mental health’ in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”
Theodore John Kaczynski aka The Unabomber
In the first ever book-length philosophical analysis of Ted Kaczynski’s writings on Industrial Civilization, Chad A. Haag explores the supremely-forbidden territory of questioning Modern Technology.
April 3 2022 — On April 3 1996, FBI agents raided the Montana cabin of Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. In his essays, the Unabomber wrote about ethics and technology. The current pandemic raises many such issues. Is it ‘right’ to impose a vaccine if you know that it will save millions while killing a few? Let me ask you a hypothetical question… The trolley problem is a thought experiment in ethics modeling an ethical dilemma. It is generally considered to represent a classic clash between two schools of moral thought, utilitarianism and deontological ethics. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“This is not a new topic. For many years, the so-called Havana syndrome has been exaggerated in the press. And from the very beginning it was linked to Russia.”
Dmitry Peskov Kremlin press official (April 2024)
April 2, 2024 — New ‘evidence’ uncovered in the joint report by the Insider, Der Spiegel and CBS’s 60 Minutes suggests that non-lethal weaponry created and employed by Unit 29155 of the Russian GRU is probably the cause of Havana syndrome. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
