Remembering French Investigative Journalist Pierre Péan (March 5 1938 – July 25 2019) [UPDATE : From Lockerbie to Avianca 203 — The same fake ‘scientists’…]

Posted on July 25, 2023 by L

“It is striking to note the similarity of the ‘scientific’ evidence discovered by the FBI’s Tom Thurman in both the Lockerbie and UTA cases. Of the tens of thousands of pieces of debris collected at each disaster site, one lone piece of printed circuit was found and, miracle of miracles, in each case the fragment bore markings that allowed for positive identification: MEBO in the Lockerbie case and TY in the case of UTA Flight 772. Despite the common findings of the DCPJ, the DST and the Prefecture of Police crime laboratory, Judge Bruguière chose to believe Thurman, the expert in fabricating evidence.”

Pierre Péan
African Manipulations

July 25 2019 — Pierre Péan, one of the greatest French investigative journalists, died Thursday July 25 2019. He was 81. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — The Crash of Swissair Flight 111 & The Mystery of the Lost Picasso (September 2 1998) [UPDATE : Letter from a reader]

Posted on July 24, 2023 by L

“There was sufficient grounds to suspect a criminal device on that plane. I am convinced that the investigation was improperly done.”

Retired RCMP Tom Juby
Arson investigator assigned to the Swissair file

“Le Peintre” (The Painter), by famed artist Pablo Picasso, was lost in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Sep 2, 1998.

September 2 2020 — On September 2 1998, Swissair Flight 111 hit the water off the hamlet of Peggy’s Cove (Nova Scotia)  killing all 229 passengers and crew on board instantly.  According to the plane’s manifest, Flight 111 was also transporting a diamond from a Nature of Diamonds exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, one kilogram of other diamonds, about 4.5 kilograms of other jewellery, 49 kilograms of cash, and a multimillion-dollar version of Picasso’s Le Peintre. None of these was ever recovered. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA director Burns to become Cabinet member [If History is any guide…]

Posted on July 23, 2023 by L

“I am pleased to announce that I have invited the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Bill Burns, to serve as a member of my Cabinet.”

President Joe Biden
(July 21 2023)

U.S. President Joe Biden looks at the Memorial Wall as he is introduced to speak by Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

July 23 2024 — On Friday, President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet. As a Cabinet member, Burns will serve alongside Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, whose office sets direction for the entire U.S. intelligence community. If History is any guide, this is a mistake. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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INTEL TODAY: “I Shall Return.”

Posted on July 22, 2023 by L


“In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.”

Theodore Roosevelt

July 22 2023 – As you know, I took a long time off. I needed to work out a few things. In recent weeks, many readers wrote to me because they were worried, and they wanted to know if I was well. I was really moved by your letters.

Rest assured that I have not been idle. Quite the contrary… Most importantly, I came to the conclusion that this blog is useful, perhaps more so than ever before. And therefore, I am glad to tell you that I will return to blogging. Slowly, but surely…

Kind regards, L

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CIA Honors its Fallen in Annual Memorial Ceremony (May 23 2023)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by L

“We stand before these 140 stars not only with gratitude but with reverence for our fallen heroes. We’ll never forget their sacrifice. We’ll never forget their devotion.”

CIA Director William Burns

May 23 2023

The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. There are 140 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. 
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Lockerbie — Khaled Nazir Jaafar & the Unwitting Drug Mule Theory

Posted on May 19, 2023 by L

“If my son is linked somehow, please, show me. As his father, I have to know.”

Nazir Jaafar
Detroit, USA
(May 7 1989)

May 19 2023 — A reader told me that a man she knew in Michigan had died aboard Pan Am 103. I decided to share with you my reply. Whoever looks back at the first theory of the Lockerbie tragedy must keep in mind that the first script is no better than the final one. I have no way to know if the Lockerbie investigators knew who Jaafar was, but surely the FBI (and the CIA) knew exactly who he was.  And Khaled was neither a drug smuggler nor a terrorist. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Three Years Ago – Lockerbie — Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! — Chapter I : A week in December [UPDATE : The two No-Go Zones of Lockerbie]

Posted on May 18, 2023 by L

“Your government and ours know exactly what happened but they are never going to tell.”

US President’s Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism
(London, Feb. 12 1990) [1]

    

May 18 2020 —  On this day 30 years ago, Dr. Jim Swire boarded British Airways Flight 177, London’s Heathrow airport to New York’s JFK. Inside his luggage, Dr. Swire had hidden a suspicious device. This good friend of mine had carried a fake bomb onto the aircraft as a demonstration of lax security. Today, I post the first chapter of my book “Lockerbie — Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…!” free for all of you to read, learn and enjoy. Following chapters will be posted every Monday for the next 10 weeks.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Gaddafi Target of U.S. Disinformation (October 2 1986 — Bob Woodward — ‘Disinformation’ Goes Mainstream) [The FULLER Memorandum — May 17 1985]

Posted on May 17, 2023 by L

“Your White House, specifically your national security adviser, constructed an operation whereby the free press in this country was going to be used to convey a false story to the world, namely that Qaddafi was planning new terrorist operations.”

New York Times
(October 3 1986) 

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14 March 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi

October 2 2022 — On October 2 1986, the Washington Post published an extraordinary story written by legendary journalist Bob Woodward: “Gadhafi Target of Secret U.S. Deception Plan”. Under orders from the White House, the US Intelligence Community was planting false information in the US media. As a result of this scandal, the use of the word ‘disinformation’ became mainstream in the English language. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Five Years Ago — Dead Man Diary : Sarkozy 2007 Presidential Election Campaign Funded by Gaddafi? [UPDATE : French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case]

Posted on May 17, 2023 by L

“Sarkozy has to give back the money he accepted from Libya to finance his electoral campaign. We financed his campaign and we have the proof… The first thing we’re demanding is that this clown gives back the money to the Libyan people.”

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (March 2011)

After becoming president in 2007, Sarkozy welcomed Gadhafi to France with high honors later that year.

September 30 2016 — French news website ‘Mediapart’ has uncovered hard evidence documenting the funding of Sarkozy’s presidential campaign (2007) by Colonel Gaddafi.

UPDATE (March 1 2021) — Today, a Paris court found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.

UPDATE (September 30 2021) — Today, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid.

UPDATE (May 11 2023) — France’s financial crimes prosecutors (PNF) said Sarkozy and 12 others should face trial over accusations they sought millions of euros in financing from the regime of then Libyan leader Gaddafi for his ultimately victorious campaign.

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Poetry — The Haiku Master, the Cicadas and the CIA (Havana Syndrome : Was the CIA incompetent or malicious?) [UPDATE — A Clue from Biden’s Laptop]

Posted on May 16, 2023 by L

“One is reminded of Montaigne’s acerbic comment: ‘Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves.’ ”

Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain

June 2 2022 — Matsuo Bashō was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. After centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku. The CIA could learn a few things from his poetry. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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