“The secret deal was ‘immoral’ and in breach of legal principles, but it was justified for strategic reasons. This might be absolutely shocking, but the reward was that there were no more attacks.”
Pr. Jean Ziegler
Wreckage from the Swissair plane that crashed in a forest in Würenlingen
On 21 February 1970 — a cold and wet Saturday — Swissair 330, bound for Tel Aviv, crashed shortly after take-off from Zürich; 38 passengers and nine crew died in the tragedy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“I’d take the job if Mr. Trump decided that someone with my kind of background and experience is what he wanted in the job (of CIA director). You know, this is a decision that Mr. Trump and the transition team will make and I’ll just kind of wait until they make that decision.”
Pete Hoekstra — Former Republican Michigan congressman
“Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!”
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
John Brennan
Who will become the next CIA Director? Better late than never, it now appears that, after a week that was described as the “beginning of Trump’s team meltdown”, a name has finally emerged: Pete Hoekstra. But in the end, Mike Pompeo got the job! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“The gesture would be a token of obvious gratitude for Kuklinski for his dangerous and intensive work for Poland’s independence.”
Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz
President Andrzej Duda has posthumously promoted Ryszard Kuklinski, a Polish Army colonel who worked for the CIA during the Cold War, to the rank of brigadier general. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia to do it for us?”
The Guardian — 1st November 2016
Vladimir Putin — President of the Russian Federation
Here is a simple question: Why on earth are Western Intelligence Agencies — and their servile media — spending so much time and energy to depict Russian President Vladimir Putin as an evil monster? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“It will be Necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short.”
Harold Macmillan — UK Prime Minister (September 13 1961)
Swedish journalist Sixten Svensson
Sixten Svensson — a former Swedish journalist and brother-in-law of a crytography genius — is now writing a book about the NSA accomplice who really fooled the world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“We saw a plane fly over Chifubu but did not pay any attention to it the first time. When we saw it a second and third time, we thought that this plane was denied landing permission at the airport. Suddenly, we saw another aircraft approach the bigger aircraft at greater speed and release fire which appeared as a bright light. The plane on the top turned and went in another direction. We sensed the change in sound of the bigger plane. It went down and disappeared.”
Dickson Mbewe — Eyewitness
The wreckage of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane near Ndola, now Zambia.
Introduction
On 18 September 1961, the Ndola United Nations DC-6 crashed, killing Dag Hammarskjöld — the second Secretary-General of the United Nations — and 15 others died. Hammarskjöld’s death occurred en route to cease-fire negotiations.
A British-run commission of inquiry blamed the crash in 1961 on pilot error. A later UN investigation rubber-stamped its findings. Case close? Not so fast… Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“After more than twenty years, it appears that fear of exposing the Agency’s dirty linen, rather than any significant security information, is what prompts continued denial of requests for release of these records. Although this volume may do nothing to modify that position, hopefully it does put one of the nastiest internal power struggles into proper perspective for the Agency’s own record.”
Tom Blanton — National Security Archive Director
Washington, D.C. October 31, 2016 – The CIA today released the long-contested Volume V of its official history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which it had successfully concealed until now by claiming that it was a “draft” and could be withheld from the public under the FOIA’s “deliberative process” privilege. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Governments lie. They do it all the time. And, much as we’d like to believe otherwise, the US government is no exception. There were times when we may have believed otherwise. But after Vietnam and Watergate, we know better.”
Ted Koppel, “The USS Vincennes: Public War, Secret War.” — July 1, 1992, ABC News
Pan Am 103 — Lockerbie — 21 December 1988
The tragedies of Malaysian Airlines Flights MH-370 and MH-17 have been the source of much speculation. This is not a new phenomenon, even if the Internet makes it easier for the information – correct or false – to quickly spread over cyberspace. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“I personally hope that Tony is in a better place and that he is now at peace because he must have led a tortured life knowing that he had jailed an innocent man for money.”
George Thomson — Lockerbie Investigator
Tony Gauci, the Maltese man who determined the outcome of the Lockerbie trial, has died, Times of Malta is informed. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“So it’s interesting to look at these in hindsight. We used to look at them as kind of discrete events, not tied to each other, and seen in a vacuum. But from a distance, I think we can see more of a pattern.”
Former CIA Vincent Cannistraro
Major Incident During Operation Earnest Will
The CIA has just published an interesting analysis by Richard A. Mobley regarding the role of the US Intelligence Community during Operation “Earnest Will”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
