On This Day — Kim Philby Revealed as Cambridge Five Member (July 1 1963) [UPDATE : The Hunt for the Seventh Man: Operation Wedlock]

Posted on July 1, 2025 by L

“Tell them Jesus Christ only had twelve, and one of them was a double agent.”

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
— Upon learning that Philby was a spy for the Russians

Harold Adrian Russell “Kim” Philby (January 1 1912 – May 11 1988)

January 23 2021 — On January 23 1963, Kim Philby vanished from Beirut, failing to meet his wife for a dinner party at the home of Glencairn Balfour Paul, First Secretary at the British Embassy. On July 1 1963:, the British Government admitted that the former MI6 officer, still described at the time as a former diplomat, had spied for the Soviet Union before defecting to Moscow. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence Turns Upcoming Trial into a Soap Opera

Posted on July 1, 2025 by L

“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes since a large number of individuals from any population might be expected to match it.”

SCCRC
Report on Lockerbie

Lockerbie evidence: PI/449 and PK/206

July 1, 2025 — Some so-called “Lockerbie experts” — including former FBI officials — have hailed the recent DNA evidence as a major forensic breakthrough. In reality, it is nothing of the sort. In CIA parlance, this case has just gone from SNAFU to full-blown FUBAR — and fast. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence: The Umbrella That Wasn’t There

Posted on June 30, 2025 by L

“Allen Feraday should not be allowed to present himself as an expert.”

Lord Chief Justice
July 2005

Lockerbie evidence : PK/206

June 30, 2025 — Nearly four decades after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland — a tragedy that claimed 270 lives — investigators now claim to have extracted DNA from items linked to the suitcase believed to have housed the bomb. Among these items are fragments of luggage lining and the now-infamous black umbrella. Some ‘experts’ and former FBI officials have hailed this as a major forensic breakthrough. But in truth, nothing will come of it — and this “evidence” is not even fit for court. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Lockerbie DNA Evidence: The Last Trick

Posted on June 29, 2025 by L

“If you’ve got his DNA [in the suitcase] … it would knock down the building blocks of his potential defence.”

Dick Marquise
Former lead FBI agent on the Lockerbie investigation

The artist sketch depicts Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson, front left, watching as Whitney Minter, a public defender from the eastern division of Virginia, stands to represent Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, in federal court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, as Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather listens. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

June 29, 2025 — Nearly four decades after the tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, investigators may have uncovered the most significant piece of forensic evidence to date. For the first time, DNA has been extracted from the suitcase believed to have contained the bomb that killed 270 people in 1988. This breakthrough could prove pivotal in the long-delayed U.S. trial of Abu Agila Masud, the Libyan intelligence operative accused of building the device. As the case re-enters the courtroom, science—not speculation—may finally deliver the answers that have eluded justice for almost 40 years. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Eisenhower’s Last Warning Ignored: The Dangerous Folly of NATO’s 5% Defense Spending Target

Posted on June 29, 2025 by L

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”

President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation
January 17, 1961

“In America – At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served.” 1953, by Yuliy Ganf — This cartoon remains a powerful and timeless critique of government and business spending on military defense.

June 29, 2025 — NATO members have agreed to allocate 5% of their GDP to defense spending, a sharp increase from the longstanding 2% target. The decision comes in response to rising threats from Russia and the ongoing war in Ukraine, underscoring the alliance’s commitment to deterrence and collective defense. I regard this agreement as a complete and dangerous lunacy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Fake News, Real Questions

Posted on June 28, 2025 by L

“Fake news has become a catch-all term for misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, but its defining feature is that it mimics news media in form but not in organizational process or intent.”

Lazer et al., Science (2018)

June 28, 2025 — We’ve all heard it: “You can’t tell truth from lies anymore.” Some of my friends—one of them a seasoned FBI investigator—insist we now live in a “post-truth” era. That the average person is defenseless against manipulation. Well, that’s simply not true. Follow us on Twitter:@INTEL_TODAY

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Lockerbie — The Eyewitness Evidence Against Megrahi : Exclusive Q&A with Pr Elizabeth Loftus [UPDATE : The Tiger’s Illusion and the Lockerbie Mirage: Perception vs. Reality]

Posted on June 27, 2025 by L

“One cannot help but wonder whether the outrage over his release might be tempered if those angry individuals were to seriously examine the suspicious eyewitness testimony (…) My examination has led me to seriously wonder: Is the Lockerbie bomber still out here?”

Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus

June 20, 2018 — Elizabeth F. Loftus is a Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology and Professor of Law and Cognitive Science at University of California, Irvine. Her research has demonstrated that people can be led to develop rich false memories for events that never happened.

These false memories look very much like true ones. Indeed, they can be confidently told, detailed, and expressed with emotion. Professor Loftus has kindly agreed to answer a few questions regarding her understanding of Tony Gauci’s testimony and statements. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Lockerbie — BBC and Netflix release first-look pictures of new documentary [UPDATE : From Irony to Reality]

Posted on June 26, 2025 by L

“Cretton [Real name : Swiss Inspector Hans Knaus] expressed his concerns (…) The first was that the CIA had planted the chip [PT/35(b)] in the wreckage found at Lockerbie. [Detective Superintendant (SIO) Stuart] Henderson and I told him this thought had also crossed our minds. Neither of us believed the CIA or any government official would do such a thing, but we had discussed the possibility.”

FBI Agent Richard Marquise

Dick Marquise (Patrick J Adams); DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells); Tom McCulloch (Kevin McKidd) (Image: Mark Mainz/BBC/Netflix)

March 28 2025 — The BBC and Netflix have released first-look pictures of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, the forthcoming drama based on the “true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988” and the quest to bring the perpetrators to justice. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Honoring CIA’s Fallen : Robert W. Brown Jr. (Vietnam — February 26, 1968) [The Revolutionary Development Cadre: A Veil for the Phoenix Program]

Posted on June 25, 2025 by L

“Today we pay tribute to fallen officer Robert W. Brown Jr., who died in the line of duty in February 1968. Although his sacrifice has long been honored as a star on the wall, his name was only made public during this year’s annual Memorial Ceremony on June 6 [2025].”

Central Intelligence Agency
Facebook
(June 24, 2025)

June 25, 2025 — In a recent post about the CIA Memorial Wall, I pointed out that the numbers quoted by the CIA director don’t add up. Getting the math right might seem like a small detail — but when it comes to honoring fallen officers, precision, like truth, matters. Unfortunately, the CIA’s latest release isn’t an improvement. According to the agency, U.S. Marine Captain Robert “Bob” Wilson Brown’s sacrifice has long been honored with a star on the wall. That is simply not true.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Honoring CIA’s Fallen : Robert W. Hubbard (Vietnam — February 4, 1968)

Posted on June 24, 2025 by L

“Today we pay tribute to fallen officer Robert W. Hubbard, who died in the line of duty in February 1968.
Although his sacrifice has long been honored as a star on the wall, his name was only made public during this year’s annual Memorial Ceremony on June 6 [2025].”

Central Intelligence Agency
Facebook
(June 23, 2025)

June 24, 2025 — In my last post about the CIA Memorial Wall, I pointed out that the numbers quoted by the CIA director don’t add up. Getting the math right might seem like a small detail — but when it comes to honoring fallen officers, precision, like truth, matters. Unfortunately, the CIA’s latest release isn’t an improvement. According to the agency, U.S. Marine Captain Robert Walker Hubbard’s sacrifice has long been honored with a star on the wall. That is simply not true. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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