On This day — Einstein Letter to Franklin Roosevelt (October 11 1939) [Manhattan Project — “I made one great mistake in my life…”]

Posted on October 11, 2021 by L

“I made one great mistake in my life — when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification — the danger that the Germans would make them.”

Albert Einstein

 

Einstein and Szilard re-enact discussion of letter to FDR for 1946 documentary Atomic Power

October 11 2021 — On October 11 1939, Alexander Sachs, Wall Street economist and longtime friend and unofficial advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, met with the President to discuss a letter written by Albert Einstein the previous August.  Einstein had written to inform Roosevelt that recent research on fission chain reactions utilizing uranium made it probable that large amounts of power could be produced by a chain reaction and that, by harnessing this power, the construction of “extremely powerful bombs” was conceivable.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — James Bond “From Russia With Love” Premiere in London (October 10 1963) [2021]

Posted on October 10, 2021 by L

“The film is highly immoral in every imaginable way; it is neither uplifting, instructive nor life-enhancing. Neither is it great film-making. But it sure is fun.”

Richard Roud — The Guardian  (October 11 1963)

 

October 10 2020  — From Russia with Love is the second in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery’s second role as MI6 agent James Bond. The film premiered on October 10 1963 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Havana Syndrome — Textbook case of disinformation from Reuters [UPDATE : In Intelligence Matters, Punctuation Really Matters!]

Posted on October 10, 2021 by L

“[CIA Director William] Burns has said there is a ‘very strong possibility’ that the syndrome is intentionally caused and that Russia could be responsible.”

Reuters (September 21 2021)

September 23 2021 — On Monday, CNN and the New York Times reported that a CIA officer who was traveling with CIA director William Burns to India earlier this month reported symptoms consistent with Havana syndrome. Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — Che Guevara Is Executed (October 9 1967)

Posted on October 9, 2021 by L

“The only passion that guides me is for the truth… I look at everything from this point of view.”

Che Guevara (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967)

 

A 1960 photo taken by Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since appeared on countless posters and T-shirts.

October 9 2021 — On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army. He was 39. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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75 Years Ago — Raytheon files US patent application for microwave cooking process (October 8, 1945) [UPDATE : Quick Note on the JASON Report about the Havana Syndrome]

Posted on October 8, 2021 by L

“My grandfather was watching a microwave testing rig, and he realized that the peanut-cluster bar in his pocket started to melt — it got quite warm.”

Rod Spencer — Inventor and grandson of Percy Spencer

Percy Spencer — Inventor of microwave oven

October 8 2020 — The origins of the microwave oven can be traced to World War II. Scientists in Britain had developed the magnetron, a tube that produces microwaves, as part of a radar system to spot Nazi warplanes. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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15 Years Ago — The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya (October 7 2006)

Posted on October 7, 2021 by L

“She was brave, she was bold, and she was beautiful. In her fearless quest to uncover the wrongdoings of the Russian State, Anna Politkovskaya inspired awe in some and fear in countless others. Hers was a lonely voice, yet loud enough for the entire country to hear. It was too loud. At age 48 she was assassinated for simply doing her job.”

A Bitter Taste of Freedom

 

Anna Politkovskaya (August 30, 1958, New York City — Assassinated: October 7, 2006, Moscow)

October 7 2019 — On October 7 2006, Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in front of the elevator of her apartment building in Moscow. After several arrests, releases and retrials over eight years, five people have been jailed for her murder. Who ordered the contract killing? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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US National Whistleblower Day (July 30 2021) — “I, John Reidy, Declare…” [CIA Debacle in Iran & China] [UPDATE : Recent CIA cable confirms Intel Today long-standing suspicion]

Posted on October 6, 2021 by L

“I cannot talk about the 2007 incident. It is classified. I risk incarceration. I have a family. If you are contemplating whistleblowing … you’re going to sit there and say, ‘If I go through that system, it will not end well for me. I’m going to lose my career and I’m going to be financially devastated.’”

Former CIA John Reidy

July 30 2021 — This year marks the 243rd anniversary of America’s first whistleblower law, passed unanimously on July 30th, 1778 during the height of the American Revolution. The law was passed after ten whistleblowers reported wrongdoing and abuses committed by a superior officer in the Continental Navy. ​The first Congressional celebration of National Whistleblower Day took place in the U.S. Senate Kennedy Caucus Room on July 30th, 2015. Every year since, the National Whistleblower Center has held an event on Capitol Hill to celebrate whistleblowers. Follow on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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45 Years Ago — Remembering the Bombing of Cubana Flight 455 (October 6 1976)

Posted on October 6, 2021 by L

“A15 — CIA code name for Posada Carriles — is not a typical kind of ‘boom and bang’ individual. He is acutely aware of the international implications of ill-planned or overly enthusiastic activities against Cuba.”

Former CIA handler Grover Lythcott

“Our confidential source ascertained (…) that the bombing of the Cubana Airlines DC-8 was planned, in part, in Caracas, Venezuela, at two meetings attended by Morales Navarrete, Luis Posada Carriles and Frank Castro. (…) A confidential source all but admitted that Posada and [Orlando] Bosch had engineered the bombing of the airline.”

FBI Declassified Reports

Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles (born February 15, 1928) — nicknamed Bambi — is a Cuban exile militant and former Central Intelligence Agency agent. Carriles is considered a terrorist by the Government of Cuba, among others; he is widely considered responsible for the bombing of Cubana flight 455, which killed 73 people.He was a long-time member of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations described by the FBI as “an anti-Castro terrorist umbrella organization”.

October 6 2021 — Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on 6 October 1976 by a terrorist bomb attack. All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed. Several CIA-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles and members of the Venezuelan secret police DISIP were implicated by the evidence. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Global James Bond Day — Dr. No Worldwide Premiere at the London Pavilion (October 5 1962)

Posted on October 5, 2021 by L

“Dr. No is a dangerous mixture of violence, vulgarity, sadism and sex.”

Vatican spokesperson (1962)

 “James Bond is the personification of capitalist evil.”

Kremlin spokesperson (1962)

James Bond Dr No — Behind-The-Scenes Photos of Sean Connery and Ursula Andress

October 5 2021 — On October 5 1962, Dr. No had its worldwide premiere at the London Pavilion. Fifty years after the release of the film, Eon Productions celebrated “Global James Bond Day” on October 5 2012.  Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Remembering the Greatest Spies — Richard Sorge (October 4 1895 – November 7 1944) [TODAY : Russian diplomats honor the memory of the Soviet intelligence agent Richard Sorge]

Posted on October 4, 2021 by L

“Richard Sorge’s brilliant espionage work saved Stalin and the Soviet Union from defeat in the fall of 1941, probably prevented a Nazi victory in World War II and thereby assured the dimensions of the world we live in today.”

American writer Larry Collins

October 18 2020 — On October 18, 1941, Richard Sorge was arrested in Tokyo. He was hanged on November 7 1944, at 10:20 Tokyo time in Sugamo Prison. A number of famous personalities — from General Douglas MacArthur to James Bond’s father and former MI6 Ian Fleming — considered him one of the most accomplished spies. Sorge is proof that one spy can alter the History of our world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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