2016 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE JUAN MANUEL SANTOS — Does Anyone Remember ‘Los Falsos Positivos’? [UPDATE : ‘El Narco 82’ Convicted — Former President Uribe’s Fall and the Echoes of ‘False Positives’]

Posted on July 29, 2025 by L

“We can call them ‘false positives’ or ‘extrajudicial executions’, but really these were cold-blooded murders. They were meticulously planned and carried by all ranks.”

Blind Obedience in Fictitious Battlefields

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The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.

October 8 2016 — Juan Manuel Santos was appointed Minister of Defence on July 19, 2006, under President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. He served in that role until May 2009, during the height of the government’s so-called “democratic security” policy — a period now infamous for the false positives scandal, in which thousands of civilians were extrajudicially killed by the military and falsely reported as guerrillas to inflate combat kill statistics. Members of the armed forces, who carried out these executions to boost body counts, could then claim promotions, leave, and other rewards from the government. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Parody –“Party In The CIA” by Weird Al Yankovic [UPDATE — Tribute to American Satirist Tom Lehrer]

Posted on July 28, 2025 by L

“Yeah, we’ve got our black ops all over the world,
from Kazakhstan to Bombay; (…)
Need a country destabilized?
Look no further,
we’re your guys!”
 
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Party In The CIA”

March 27 2022 — Thank God, It’s [Parody] Sunday! Time to have some fun!  “Party in the CIA” is the seventh track off of Weird Al’s 2011 album,  Alpocalypse.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day (July 26, 2007): The Day I Exposed CIA Edits on Wikipedia [Inside the first skirmishes of the disinformation age — and the fight for digital truth.]

Posted on July 26, 2025 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels (…) An excellent Wikipedia administrator [Linda Mack] has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists.”

Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia co-founder
(July 26 2007)

July 26, 2025 — On July 26, 2007, I published an article highlighting suspicious edits made to certain Wikipedia entries. The date was not chosen at random. Exactly sixty years earlier, on July 26, 1947, President Harry S. Truman had signed the National Security Act, which established the Central Intelligence Agency. Two decades later, the questions raised by that story remain just as urgent. In an era globally defined by disinformation, this moment marked an early warning. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Remembering French Investigative Journalist Pierre Péan (March 5 1938 – July 25 2019) [UPDATE : Libya, Lies, and Geopolitics: Pierre Péan’s Fight for the Truth]

Posted on July 25, 2025 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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2025: The Year of Intelligence 2.0 ? [50 Years from the Church Committee to Russiagate Investigation]

Posted on July 24, 2025 by L

“There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny… the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”

Senator Frank Church
(1975)

July 24, 2025 — In 1975, the Church Committee exposed two decades of covert abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies. Half a century later, 2025 is shaping up to be a sequel few expected—and no one dares to name. With newly declassified documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a Justice Department probe, and mounting claims that the intelligence community manipulated the 2016 election narrative for political ends, Washington is once again reckoning with the power of the spy apparatus at home.

Back then, it was wiretaps, blackmail, assassinations, and secret wars. Today, it’s the weaponization of intelligence—FISA warrants, cyber surveillance, and information warfare. Once again, the trust between citizens and the “deep state” is fractured. The tools have changed, but the questions are hauntingly familiar: Who holds the intelligence agencies accountable? And once again, we the people are forced to ask: Who watches the watchers? Follow us on X (formerly Twitter): @Intel_Today

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Revisiting Havana Syndrome: Moscow Death Ray vs. CIA Hoax [UPDATE : The Case Against John Brennan]

Posted on July 20, 2025 by L

“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”

CIA Director John Ratcliffe
(July 2, 2025)

July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical internal review casting serious doubts on the integrity of past intelligence narratives—highlighting strong circumstantial evidence that former CIA Director John Brennan played a central role in shaping, and possibly fabricating, key political allegations. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 67 : Barry S. Castiglione (El Salvador – July 19, 1992)

Posted on July 19, 2025 by L

“His story is a reminder of the sheer sweep of our global mission, and his experiences exemplify the risks inherent to intelligence work, as well as the bravery and integrity of those like Barry who heed the call to serve their country.”

CIA Website

July 19, 2025 — Barry S. Castiglione died in El Salvador in July 1992, while rescuing a fellow employee from drowning. Like Ranya Abdelsayed, who died by suicide, his star on the CIA Memorial Wall has sparked questions and remains a point of controversy among some intelligence experts. Should a CIA officer receive a star for dying during a Sunday barbecue? What do you think? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — Remembering Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013) [Mandela and Lockerbie]

Posted on July 18, 2025 by L

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013)

July 18, 2025 — On August 5 1962, Mandela was posing as a chauffeur when his car was stopped at a roadblock by the police in the eastern city of Durban. Three decades later, on February 11 1990 Mandela walked out of prison and embarked on a decade of historic endeavor. Mandela spent almost 30 years in jail just for being a decent man. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On this Day — Remembering the crash of TWA 800 (July 17, 1996) [The Striking Similarities of Pan Am 103 and TWA 800 — and a Warning About Air India Flight 171]

Posted on July 17, 2025 by L

“The FBI didn’t want to hear about anything but a missile or a bomb, because otherwise there was no FBI case. Their conduct was disturbing from the very beginning.”

Senator Chuck Grassley
Chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on administrative oversight

Washington Post
(May 9 1999)

November 18 2024 — Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800) was a Boeing 747-100 which exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996. On November 17 1997, the FBI formally ended its 16-month investigation into the crash of TWA flight 800. FBI agents concluded there was no evidence it was a criminal act. Despite clear scientific evidence, many people still believe to this day that the plane was brought down by a terrorist bombing or a missile strike. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_Today

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CIA Memorial Wall — Three Stars, No Answers: Revisiting the 1978 CIA Plane Crash in Candor, North Carolina

Posted on July 13, 2025 by L

“I have become so jaded about our government since all this happened. I have become very skeptical. They tell you what they want you to know whether there’s a grain of truth or not. A lot of times, they don’t tell you anything.”

Velma Waymire
(Sister of Berl King)

July 13, 2025 — On July 13, 1978, at approximately 9:30 PM, a de Havilland Canada DHC‑6 Twin Otter (tail number N‑76214) crashed near Candor, a remote area of North Carolina. The aircraft, officially registered to Coastal Air Services, was reportedly conducting a CIA mission of undisclosed nature. Nearly five decades later, the circumstances surrounding the flight remain classified. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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