Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern: “Michael Morell’s Comments are Reckless and Vapid”

“Watching Michael Morell respond to those softball pitches from Charlie Rose on Monday, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that glibness, vacuousness and ambition can get you to the very top of U.S. intelligence in the Twenty-first Century – and can also make you a devoted fan of whoever is likely to be the next President. (…) Looking back at his record, it was not hard to see all this coming, as Morell rose higher and higher in a system that rewards deserving sycophants.”

Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern

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In a recent post, INTEL TODAY brought to your attention the fact that former acting CIA Director Michael Morell wanted to kill Russians and Iranians in Syria. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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German Bill will allow BND to Spy on Foreign Journalists

“The increasing surveillance capabilities on journalists is a clear threat to media freedom. This draft law runs counter to the very core of fundamental freedoms such as media freedom and freedom of expression.”

Dunja Mijatovic  — OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

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The draft law makes distinctions between journalists from EU countries and journalists from non-EU countries.Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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France — Former DST Director Yves Bonnet: “Libya NOT responsible for Lockerbie!”

“Let me take, for example the Lockerbie case and also the case of the Ténéré [UTA] that were blamed on Libya when all intelligence services know that these attacks were committed by Ahmed Jibril under the inspiration and funding from Iran.”

Yves Bonnet — Former DST Director

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Yves Bonnet was the DST Director from November 1982 to August 1985. In a recorded interview, Bonnet makes a remarkable allegation: “Libya is NOT responsible for Lockerbie!” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading

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TRUMP: “Second Amendment People” Could Stop Clinton!

“If she [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do [about your right to bear arms], folks. Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”

Donald Trump

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The Clinton and Trump: They were good friends in those times….

What to make of this suggestion? It is a tad cryptic but most understood that Trump was actually suggesting violence against Mrs. Clinton and/or Supreme Court Judges who would oppose the right to bear arms. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Is the CIA behind FACEBOOK?

“For example, most people know Google Earth, but many may not realize that the original version of the software was evaluated and supported by the intelligence community well before Google.”

CIA Brian Goral

There is no secret about the CIA, and other US Intelligence agencies, being involved in the early development  stages of major Software projects. Google Earth and Palantir Technologies come to mind. Now, a CIA officer claims the Agency developed FACEBOOK too! Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Michael Morell: “Let Us Kill Iranians and Russians in Syria!”

“Michael Morell is not a person to be taken seriously for, by trying to act tough, he is simply taking the same line as Hillary Clinton, while angling for a high position under her administration.”

Ray McGovern — Retired CIA analyst

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Ray McGovern — Retired CIA analyst

Mike Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, discusses the need to put pressure on Syria and Russia. The full conversation aired on PBS on August 8th, 2016. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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STINGRAY & Cell Phone Evidence

“Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen’s cell phone into a tracking device.”

U.S. District Judge William Pauley

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Last month, U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan ruled that the rights of a defendant had been  violated when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration used such a device without a warrant to locate his apartment. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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ISIS, Israel, and Spymasters: A Reality Check

“If our presidents would have just gone to the beach and enjoyed the ocean and the sun, we would’ve been much better off in the Middle East, than all of this tremendous death, destruction, and you know, monetary loss.”

Presidential Candidate Donald Trump

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Panelists Tamir Pardo, former Director of the Mossad, and Michael Morell, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, joined moderator Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a discussion on the global threat posed by Islamic extremist groups. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Iranian Nuclear Scientist Shahram Amiri Executed

“This person had obtained top-secret information and established contacts with our number one sworn enemy, America, and passed on our country’s most crucial intelligence to the enemy.”

Tasnim News Agency

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Nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri

 

Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri has been executed on Wednesday August 3 2016. He was buried in the western city of Kermanshah. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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And the Next CIA Boss is…

“My training as an intelligence officer taught me to call it as I see it. This is what I did for the C.I.A. This is what I am doing now. Our nation will be much safer with Hillary Clinton as president.”

Michael J. Morell

 

John Brennan

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Besides John Brennan — the current CIA Director since March 2013 — two serious contenders have emerged for the top job at the Agency. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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