“Keith Alexander (Director of the NSA) told me he was disappointed because he never thought we would detect them and he even added: You guys are good.”
Bernard Barbier
French newspaper “Le Monde” just published an article confirming that the US/NSA indeed hacked the Élysée Palace in 2012. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“For now, I’m confined to the black TV room at the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, Colorado. When I am free, I don’t want to feel that I’m merely going from one prison to another.”
Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling
Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling
Jeffrey Alexander Sterling is an American lawyer and former CIA employee who was arrested, charged, and convicted of violating the Espionage Act for revealing details about Operation Merlin to journalist James Risen. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“We were dragged along by a French enthusiasm to intervene, and the mission then moved from protecting people in Benghazi, who arguably were not at the kind of threat that was then being presented… Indeed, on the basis of the evidence we took, the threat to the people of Benghazi was grossly overstated.”
Crispin Blunt — chairman of the committee
“After Gaddafi was toppled, Libya descended into violence, with rival governments and the formation of hundreds of militias, while so-called Islamic State, also known as Isil and Daesh, has gained a foothold.”
A UK parliamentary report has severely criticised the intervention by Britain and France that led to the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Contrary to other western Intelligence Services, the DGSE masters all the intelligence collecting methods: human sources (HUMINT), technical sensors (SIGINT and satellite imagery), operational means and open-source processing. Intelligence collected through collaboration with other Services, national and foreign, is positively increasing.”
DGSE : Who we are?
DGSE — The General Directorate for External Security (French: Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France’s external intelligence agency. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“After this film, people will perceive security of their e-mails and social networks differently.”
Executive Producer Igor Lopatenok
Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“I typed a single sentence, a memo to myself: Nothing will ever be the same.”
John McLaughlin — Former CIA Deputy Director & Acting Director (2000 to 2004)
John McLaughlin — Former CIA Deputy Director & Acting Director (2000 to 2004)
“The hijacked planes hit the twin towers at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m. and the Pentagon at 9:37. Around 10 a.m., we moved out of our headquarters, in Langley, Virginia, to an adjacent structure; we assumed that our building was also a target.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“The Clark Amendment** was one of the infrequent occasions in modern times that the US Congress has exercised a direct and pivotal influence upon American foreign policy. (…) Thereby avoiding the slippery slope to another Vietnam.”
William Blum
U.S. covert action in Angola during the Carter Administration is among the topics documented in a new volume of the official Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series that was released yesterday. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“This attempt to prevent a truth-teller from speaking in support of nonviolence is absolutely shameful. This is not a policy created to represent any view of the U.S. public, and we are not going to stand for it.”
David Swanson — Director of ‘World Beyond War’
Craig Murray was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2002 to 2004.
Former British Diplomat Craig Murray has been denied what is normally a routine visa waiver to come to Washington, DC, to be Master of Ceremonies of the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence ceremony honouring former CIA officer and whistle-blower John Kiriakou. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Abdelhamid Abaaoud [a Belgian-Moroccan killed by police five days after the November 13 atrocities] was only a go-between, not a senior figure. We know the mastermind [of the Paris Attacks] but I will remain discreet on this point.”
Bernard Bajolet
Bernard Bajolet (born 21 May 1949) is a French diplomat. On April 10, 2013, he was appointed as Head of the French secret service, the Directorate-General for External Security (Direction générale des services extérieurs). Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Although she understandably questions the morality of the decision to hire Nazi SS scientists, Jacobsen balances her judgment with an understanding of the perceived threat of the Soviet Union under Stalin and the communists’ dialectical determination to prepare for total war with the West. “
Operation Paperclip — Book review by CIA Jay Watkins
Hildegard Martha Lächert (20 January 1920 – 1995) was a notorious female guard, Aufseherin, at several German World War II concentration camps. She became publicly known for her service at Ravensbrück, Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
