“This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has absolutely no relation to the wild stories that this article promulgates. Slashdot, you have been trolled.”
Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007)
July 26 2023 — On this day (July 26 2007) sixteen years ago, OMNI (Ohmy News International) published a piece regarding suspicious edits made to certain articles on Wikipedia. As I was researching a story on the Lockerbie tragedy, I noticed that some information regarding a Palestinian terrorist group had been erased. Upon closer inspection, I came to the conclusion that Intelligence Agencies were editing sensitive information on Wikipedia. I was not wrong. PS: Jimmy Wales never apologized. The CIA issued the usual Glomar response… Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
“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
“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
“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
“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…
“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. Continue reading →
“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
“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
“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)
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
“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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