Trump Administration To Prevent Top CIA Officials From Testifying On Torture

“Many details surrounding the program remain highly classified due to the damage to national security that reasonably could be expected to result from disclosure of that information. For this reason, the CIA has withheld or objected to the disclosure of certain information implicated in discovery in this case.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo

Bruce Jessen and James E. Mitchell

Last month, the Central Intelligence Agency formally asserted the ‘State Secrets Privilege’ in order to prevent disclosure of seven categories of information concerning the ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniques’ program, and to prevent the deposition of several CIA officers involved in the  post-9/11 controversial interrogation program. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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General Michael Hayden: “It’s beginning to feel a little bit like Nicaragua around here.”

“With three high profile firings in quick succession, it’s beginning to feel a little bit like Nicaragua around here.”

General Michael Hayden — Former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency

General Michael Hayden — Former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency

Upon learning that FBI Director James Comey had been fired, a European friend of General Hayden — “very pro-American” — wrote him an email: “Astonishing. Your institutions appear to be in meltdown.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Flynngate — Senate Intel Committee Issues Subpoena

“We would be crazy to try to draw conclusions from where we are in the investigation. Let us go a little deeper into this before you ask us to write the conclusions. That’s clearly something we intend to do down the road.”

Committee Chairman Richard Burr

Michael Flynn, Trump’s National Security Advisor, and Jill Stein attending the Russian State owned TV Gala as Putin’s guests (December 2015)

On Wednesday (May 10 2017), the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Former CIA Phil Giraldi: “Israel Steals US Technology”

“Placing Israeli citizens in key industries is a secret to Israel’s success.”

Former CIA Phil Giraldi

Philip Giraldi — Former CIA Analyst

Former CIA Counter-Terrorism expert Phil Giraldi does not mince his words about Israel spying activities in the US. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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FBI James Comey: “The Taller They Stand, The Harder They Fall”

“Were these investigations getting too close to home for the President? This does not seem to be a coincidence.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

FBI director James Comey in Queenstown NZ (2017)

The White House has announced that FBI Director James Comey “has been terminated and removed from office”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Paris & Brussels attacks: Lies, lies and more lies

“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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Former NSA Mike Flynn: Obama warned Trump on Nov. 10

“To restate the obvious, you don’t want your national security adviser compromised with the Russians.”

Former acting US attorney general Sally Yates — May 08 2017

Michael Flynn and Jill Stein attending the Russian State owned TV Gala as Putin’s guests (December 2015)

The Flynn saga goes on and it starts to look really bad for the former NSA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Key figures in UK Sigint: Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander

“Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander died in 1974 and although his obituaries rightly spoke in glowing terms of his chess achievements, the impact of his more secret work still cannot be fully revealed.”

GCHQ Official website — May 5 2017

Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander

Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander (19 April 1909 – 15 February 1974), was an Irish-born British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer. He worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, and was later the head of the cryptanalysis division at GCHQ for over 20 years. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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US — FOIA has failed to live up to expectations

“Almost everyone involved with the FOIA — requesters as well as agencies — seems to be dissatisfied with the way the process works. It can be excruciatingly slow, with response times often counted in years. Decisions to withhold information frequently appear arbitrary, excessive or otherwise inappropriate. The system is inequitable, as super-users who file hundreds or thousands of requests (and those who are able and willing to litigate their requests in court) consume disproportionate amounts of government resources, putting more occasional requesters at a disadvantage.”

Steven Aftergood — Secrecy news (May 08 2017)

Professor David E. Pozen

The FOIA process as it currently exists is not simply inadequate, it is positively counterproductive. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Introduction to Italian Intelligence Agencies — PART III : The 2007 Legal Reform

The intelligence services are forbidden from employing or commissioning advisory or co-operation services from elected politicians at the European, national, regional and local level, members of governing bodies or constitutional bodies, judges, religious ministers and journalists.”

Corriere della Sera — 25.7.2007

In August 2007, Italy reorganized its Intelligence agencies and their Oversight Committee. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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