On This Day — Patrice Lumumba is assassinated (January 17 1961) [“Project Wizard” — CIA covert action program]

Posted on January 17, 2022 by L

“Classified U.S. government documents, including a chronology of covert actions approved by a National Security Council (NSC) subgroup, reveal U.S. involvement in — and significant responsibility for — the death of Lumumba.”

Stephen R. Weissman — Staff director of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Africa from 1986 to 1991

Patrice Lumumba (July 2 1925 – January 17 1961) and Dag Hammarskjöld (July 29 1905 – September 18 1961)

January 17 2022 — The election of John F. Kennedy caused fear among Mobutu’s faction, and within the CIA, that his administration would favor Lumumba. Three days before Kennedy’s inauguration on January 20 1961, Lumumba was assassinated. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Reagan Approves Covert Arms Sales to Iran (January 17, 1986) [The Lockerbie Solution — Timeline]

Posted on January 17, 2022 by L

“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between the U.S. and Iran with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must oppose all forms of international terrorism as a condition of progress in our relationship. The most significant step which Iran could take, we indicated, would be to use its influence in Lebanon to secure the release of all hostages held there.”

US President Ronald Reagan (November 13, 1986)

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January 17 2021 — Under the January 17 1986 Presidential Finding — which CIA director William Casey and CIA General Counsel Stanley Sporkin helped Colonel Oliver North put together — the U.S. Army sold the TOW missiles to the CIA, who in turn passed them on to general Secord, who then delivered them to Iranian agents. Crazy enough? The Reagan administration then used the proceeds of the arms sale to fund terrorists in Central America. This is not Fake News. This is History. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”

  War Department Office of the Chief Signal Officer (1938 study)

 

January 16 2022 — On January 16 1917, British code breakers intercepted an encrypted message from  German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann intended for Heinrich von Eckardt, the German ambassador to Mexico. The decryption of the Zimmermann Telegram is widely described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I. The story demonstrates that SIGINT can influence the course of History. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Prize — 2023 Breakthrough Prize Nominations

Posted on January 16, 2022 by L

“The Breakthrough Prize celebrates the great discoveries of our times, and the scientists who make them. It honors those at work in the fields that ask the biggest questions, seek the deepest explanations and have the most profound impact on humanity. The prize also aims to elevate the standing of science and inspire the next generation with an annual ceremony broadcast globally.”

January 16 2022 — Do you wish to nominate someone for the 2023 Breakthrough Prizes. Let us know! Science Matters. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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One Year Ago — Lockerbie Third Appeal : Judges uphold guilty verdict [Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum]

Posted on January 15, 2022 by L

“On March 11 2020, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] decided to refer the Lockerbie case back to the High Court of Justiciary for determination.

As a result of the Commission’s decision, Mr. Megrahi’s family was therefore entitled to instruct an appeal against his conviction.

To many observers, the SCCRC decision marks the beginning of Justice. I am afraid that I share neither their joy, nor their hopes.

The Devil is in the detail. And a careful reading of the SCCRC statement of reasons indicates that all hopes of Justice have already been annihilated.”

Lockerbie — Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…!

Chapter IX – Diabolical Endgame

(July 13 2020)

January 15 2021 — Today, Lord Carloway — The Lord Justice General in the appeal — delivered the opinion of the Scottish Appeal Court. The decision is available online. Without surprise to the readers of this blog, the Court has upheld the verdict of the trial court. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Wikipedia Anniversary — Operation “On Wings of Eagles” [Disinformation]

Posted on January 15, 2022 by L

“Excessive consumption of sugar has been implicated in the onset of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and tooth decay. Numerous studies have tried to clarify those implications, but with varying results, mainly because of the difficulty of finding populations for use as controls that consume little or no sugar.”

Sugar — Wikipedia

January 15 2022 — On January 15 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. This phenomenon is the world’s 15th most popular website in terms of overall visitor traffic, with a worldwide monthly readership of approximately half a billion. And, for obvious reasons, the spooks love Wikipedia. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Five Years Ago — Radio Pyongyang Resurrects its NUMBERS STATION. How does it work?

Posted on January 14, 2022 by L

“Some are worried it signals that North Korean might be planning some type of operation, alerting its spies by sending the coded broadcast. But for that to be true, North Korean agents would have had to have been listening at the right time to take down the message, and how would they have known it was coming? Numbers haven’t been broadcast for 16 years, so have agents really spent the last decade and a half listening just in case something came across? It is possible they could have been alerted that such a message was about to be broadcast, but then when why not send the message contents over whatever communications channel was used for such an alert?”

Martyn Williams — 38 North

The broadcast on June 23 2016 was the first number sequence aired by Pyongyang in over 16 years.

January 14 2017 — On Friday January 13 2017, North Korea broadcast random numbers believed to be coded instructions to spies. How does it work? What do these numbers mean? Follow us on Twitter: INTEL_TODAY

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Brussels, Den of Spies — Why are there no reported cases of Havana Syndrome in Brussels? [UPDATE — 4 US diplomats hit by ‘Havana Syndrome’ in Geneva and Paris]

Posted on January 13, 2022 by L

“Being an American spy or diplomat posted abroad during an era when aggressively resurgent rival powers are rewriting the rules of international politics and diplomacy requires entering into a new matrix of uncertainty. Meanwhile, people are suffering and they’ve so far received about as much compensation as explanation. While the former may soon change, we can expect the latter to remain the same until science – and some stellar detective work – shines a light where currently there is none.”

Jonathan Terra — Political scientist and former diplomat (November 2021)

December 1 2021 — According to recent reports, spies flock to Brussels like bees to a honeypot. This raises an obvious question. Why are there no reported cases of Havana Syndrome in Brussels? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — Zola : “J’accuse…!” (January 13 1898) [Nobel Prize Nomination]

Posted on January 13, 2022 by L

“The Dreyfus affair was not only the first modern Counter-Intelligence case, but it was also the first modern Counter-Intelligence  disaster — that is, not just an investigative and legal error, but one that spilled over from the intelligence world into the sphere of mass politics, with consequences for culture and society as well.”

John Ehmman — The Lessons for Counter-Intelligence of the Dreyfus Affair (CIA Website)

January 13 2021 — “J’Accuse…!” was an open letter published on January 13 1898 in the newspaper L’Aurore by the influential writer Émile Zola. In the letter, Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure and accused the government of anti-Semitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage. As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J’accuse! has become a common generic expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful.  Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today

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Remembering Dr Udo Ulfkotte (January 20 1960 – January 13 2017) [Mind Control & The Spiral of Silence]

Posted on January 12, 2022 by L

“I’ve been a journalist for about 25 years and I was educated to lie, to betray and not to tell the truth to the public. The truth will come out one day, the truth won’t die.”

Dr. Udo Ulfkotte — German Journalist and Whistleblower

January 12 2021 — In 2014, German journalist Udo Ulfkotte, former director of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, author of the book “Gekaufte Journalisten”, (Journalists for Hire), denounced European media who write lies under pressure from the CIA. An English translation is now available. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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