Intel Today

Operation CONDOR — New Documents Declassified by US

Posted on December 15, 2016 by L

“The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”

Henry Kissinger [1]

Washington D.C., December 14, 2016 – Operation Condor, the trans-border, multinational effort by Southern Cone secret police services to track down and “liquidate” opponents of their regimes in the 1970s, targeted officials of Amnesty International as well as other human rights groups, and planned overseas missions in Paris and London, according to a comprehensive CIA report on Condor operations just released by the Obama administration. [National Security Archive — GWU] Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Pakistan : Lt. General Naveed Mukhtar Appointed as Director-General of the ISI

Posted on December 14, 2016 by L

“The idea that ISI is a rogue organization is very popular–and even the Pakistanis promote it—but having worked with ISI for the better part of 20 years, I know that ISI is very disciplined and a very able intelligence agency.”

Former CIA Michael Scheuer — (Head of the Bin Laden Unit)

Lt. General Naveed Mukhtar

Pakistan has named a new head of its powerful military Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI). Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Who Is Who in World Intelligence and Security Agencies : BND ORGANIZATION CHART

Posted on December 13, 2016 by L

“We have evidence that cyber-attacks are taking place that have no purpose other than to elicit political uncertainty. The perpetrators are interested in delegitimising the democratic process as such, regardless of who that ends up helping. We have indications that [the attacks] come from the Russian region.”

Bruno Kahl — BND President

The BND (German: Bundesnachrichtendienst) is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Chancellor’s Office. Its headquarters are in Pullach near Munich, and Berlin (planned to be centralised in Berlin by 2016, with about 4,000 people). Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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AIR FORCE ONE: TRUMP IS RIGHT

Posted on December 12, 2016 by L

“We are currently under contract for $170m to help determine the capabilities of these complex military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the president of the United States. We look forward to working with the US Air Force on subsequent phases of the programme, allowing us to deliver the best planes for the president at the best value for the American taxpayer.”

Boeing spokesman Todd Blecher

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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MI6 Alex Younger & BND Bruno Kahl: Russian Hackers Will Target European 2017 Elections

Posted on December 11, 2016 by L

“We have evidence that cyber-attacks are taking place that have no purpose other than to elicit political uncertainty.”

Bruno Kahl -BND Head

Bruno Kahl, president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, has warned that next year’s general election could be targeted by Russian hackers. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Posted in Alex Younger, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, MI6, Syria, UK | Tagged Alex Younger, BfV, BND, Bruno Kahl, Hans-Georg Maaßen, MI6 | Leave a comment

Remembering “DARK ALLIANCE”: Gary Webb (31 August 1955 – 10 December 2004)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by L

“Dark Alliance, the San Jose Mercury News’s bombshell investigation into links between the cocaine trade, Nicaragua’s Contra rebels, and African American neighborhoods in California, remains one of the most explosive and controversial exposés in American journalism.”

The Intercept

On December 10, 2004 investigative journalist Gary Webb died of two .38 caliber gunshot wounds to the head. The coroner ruled the death a suicide. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, CIA Drug, IranContra | Tagged CIA Drug, Dark Alliances, FBI Ted Gunderson, Gary Webb, Iran-Contra, San Jose Mercury News | Leave a comment

MI6 Alex Younger: “Terrorism Threat to the UK is Unprecedented.”

Posted on December 9, 2016 by L

“The risks at stake are profound and represent a fundamental threat to our sovereignty. They should be a concern to all those who share democratic values.”

Alex Younger – MI6 Head

MI6 Director Alex Younger

Alex Younger, the new head of MI6 , says that the scale of the terrorism threat to the UK is unprecedented. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Younger, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, MI6, Syria, Terrorism, UK | Tagged Alex Younger, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, MI6, Syria, Terrorism threat levels, Vauxhall Cross | Leave a comment

The VELA Incident: Declassified Files Shed Light on the Nuclear Test Controversy

Posted on December 8, 2016 by L

“We had operational successes, most importantly regarding Pretoria’s nuclear capability. My sources collectively provided incontrovertible evidence that the apartheid government had in fact tested a nuclear bomb in the South Atlantic in 1979, and that they had developed a delivery system with assistance from the Israelis.”

CIA clandestine service officer Tyler Drumheller

U.S. Vela satellite

Washington, D.C., December 8, 2016 – A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded that a mysterious flash detected by a U.S. Vela satellite over the South Atlantic on the night of 22 September 1979 was likely a nuclear test, according to a contemporaneous report published today for the first time by the National Security Archive and the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling: Appeals Court Expected to Rule Soon

Posted on December 7, 2016 by L

“If Risen had written a story about how this [operation MERLIN] was a superb operation that successfully set back the Iranian nuclear program, I don’t think there is any chance whatsoever that Mr. Sterling would have been charged.”

Barry Pollack

Chief Judge Gregory pressed Prosecutor Eric Olshan to point to any evidence that classified information was actually divulged. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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UN to Investigate Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death. NSA Suspected to Hide Information

Posted on December 6, 2016 by L

“Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’.”

US President Harry Truman — The day after the crash

In a historic move, the UN general assembly will pass a resolution this Tuesday reaffirming its “responsibility to pursue the full truth concerning the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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