Deadly Floods in Belgium & Germany — A Monumental Intelligence Failure? [UPDATE : The Lies that Money Can’t Buy.]

Posted on August 19, 2021 by L

“The fact that people didn’t evacuate or get the warnings suggests that something is going wrong. If you’ve got some information about what risk you’re at and you can understand it, you can take action to protect yourself. These floods were huge. Probably they were like a fantasy or a kind of science-fiction movie for people.”

Hannah Cloke — Professor of hydrology at Reading University

July 20 2021 — Belgium and Germany knew that huge floods were coming. Yet, the early warnings were not passed to the population. Scientists believe that this ‘monumental failure of the system’ is directly to blame for the death of at least 200 people in Germany and Belgium. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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On This Day — CIA Operation TP/AJAX : The Iranian Coup d’État (August 19 1953)

Posted on August 19, 2021 by L

“Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor and my property. With God’s blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism.”

Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh — Defending himself against a treason charge (December 19, 1953)

August 19 2021 — Mohammad Mosaddegh (16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an author, administrator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, who was elected as the prime minister of Iran in 1951. His administration introduced a wide range of progressive social and political reforms, notably the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. His government was overthrown in a coup d’état orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Havana Syndrome — CIA still investigating cause of ‘Havana Syndrome’ ailments affecting U.S. diplomats [Breaking News — Two U.S. officials in Germany hit by Havana syndrome – WSJ]

Posted on August 18, 2021 by L

“We do not know who, if anyone, is actually responsible, state actor, individuals. This is exactly what we’re trying to get to the bottom of.”

Secretary of State Tony Blinken

August 3 2021 — Judy Woodruff and Nick Schifrin discuss the debilitating medical ailments affecting U.S. diplomatic and intelligence officers in Cuba — which have become known as Havana Syndrome. Nothing new but a good summary of the current situation. Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today

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Havana Syndrome — CIA still investigating cause of ‘Havana Syndrome’ ailments affecting U.S. diplomats [UPDATE : TOP Classified Meeting Report: “Still Little Evidence…”]

Posted on August 18, 2021 by L

“We do not know who, if anyone, is actually responsible, state actor, individuals. This is exactly what we’re trying to get to the bottom of.”

Secretary of State Tony Blinken

August 3 2021 — Judy Woodruff and Nick Schifrin discuss the debilitating medical ailments affecting U.S. diplomatic and intelligence officers in Cuba — which have become known as Havana Syndrome. Nothing new but a good summary of the current situation. Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today

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On This Day — The Crash of PAK-1 (August 17 1988) [A Case of Exploding Mangoes]

Posted on August 17, 2021 by L

“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) 1988, a tragedy that also claimed the life of the serving American ambassador and most of Zia’s top commanders”.

Barbara Crossette — New York Times South Asia bureau chief from 1988 to 1991

August 17 2020 — On 17 August 1988, General Zia-ul-Haq, the President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), died in a mysterious C-130 Hercules plane crash. The case — it seems — was never solved. Really? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Disinformation — What is wrong with the White House Twitter account?

Posted on August 16, 2021 by L

“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.”

Ezekiel 12:2

August 16 2021 — On August 15 2021, the White House tweeted a picture of President Biden looking gonzo while listening reports of the fall of Kabul from his top intelligence people. The tweet has generated a zillion comments. I will keep mine short and simple. This tweet is fake news, as the picture was actually taken in the second half of March 2021. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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Deadly Floods in Belgium & Germany — A Monumental Intelligence Failure? [UPDATE & Timeline I (Rainfall and Dam level)] [OSINT]

Posted on August 16, 2021 by L

“The fact that people didn’t evacuate or get the warnings suggests that something is going wrong. If you’ve got some information about what risk you’re at and you can understand it, you can take action to protect yourself. These floods were huge. Probably they were like a fantasy or a kind of science-fiction movie for people.”

Hannah Cloke — Professor of hydrology at Reading University

July 20 2021 — Belgium and Germany knew that huge floods were coming. Yet, the early warnings were not passed to the population. Scientists believe that this ‘monumental failure of the system’ is directly to blame for the death of at least 200 people in Germany and Belgium. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Afghanistan — America’s war ends in humiliating debacle

Posted on August 15, 2021 by L

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.”

Rudyard Kipling — The Young British Soldier

August 15 2021 — The US embassy in Kabul warned all Americans to get out on the first available flight. The Embassy has instructed its personnel to destroy sensitive materials. “Please also include items with embassy or agency logos, American flags, or items which could be misused in propaganda efforts.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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KRYPTOS — The Mystery of the MORSE Messages

Posted on August 14, 2021 by L

“At the entrance to the New Headquarters building, the sculpture begins with two red granite and copperplate constructions which flank the walkway from the parking deck. These stones appear as pages jutting from the earth with copperplate ‘between the pages’ on which there are International Morse code and ancient ciphers. There is also a lodestone co-located with a navigational compass rose.”

The Story behind “Kryptos” [Virtual Tour of the CIA]

Teaching Covert Action to Law Students - Lawfare

August 14 2021 — In addition to the main part of the sculpture, Jim Sanborn also placed other pieces of art at the CIA grounds, such as several large granite slabs with sandwiched copper sheets outside the entrance to the New Headquarters Building. Several Morse code messages are found on these copper sheets, and one of the stone slabs has an engraving of a compass rose pointing to a lodestone. What is the message? Is it related to the KRYPTOS sculpture? Let us get started! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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COVID-19 — From Mathematical Modelling to Policy Making [UPDATE — CDC Report : “COVID delta variant is as transmissible as Chicken Pox.”] [MEDINT]

Posted on August 13, 2021 by L

“Few scientific fields have a single metric that both insiders and outsiders obsess over as much as infectious disease epidemiology’s basic reproductive number, R0.”

Professor Alison Hill — Institute for Computational Medicine and the infectious disease dynamics group at Johns Hopkins University

November 12 2020 — All over the world, major intelligence agencies are involved in the fight to end the current pandemic. I intend to discuss these efforts in the future posts but first, I must define a few concepts. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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