Tag Archives: CIA

Two Years Ago — NYT Apologizes For Misreporting On Skripal Incident [UPDATE — TV Series : The Salisbury Poisonings]

Posted on June 28, 2021 by L

“Which story is worse? (…) The answer is they’re both as bad. In both scenarios, an utterly false picture of what happened in Salisbury was given to the skeptical President to twist his arm into taking action he didn’t want … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Central Intelligence Agency Act Is Signed (June 20 1949) [2021]

Posted on June 21, 2021 by L

“I think it has become necessary to take another look at the purpose and operations of our Central Intelligence Agency. At least, I would like to submit here the original reason why I thought it necessary to organize this Agency … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — CIA New Order of Succession (June 14 2019)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by L

“The following officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA), during any period in which the D/CIA has died, … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — NYT Apologizes For Misreporting On Skripal Incident

Posted on June 9, 2021 by L

“Which story is worse? (…) The answer is they’re both as bad. In both scenarios, an utterly false picture of what happened in Salisbury was given to the skeptical President to twist his arm into taking action he didn’t want … Continue reading →

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CIA Memorial Wall — A quick note about the 37 classified stars

Posted on June 5, 2021 by L

“The names of the remaining 37 officers must remain secret, even in death.” CIA Spokesperson June 5 2021 — The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — NSA Hacked French President’s House [UPDATE : NSA eavesdropped on Merkel during Obama Presidency]

Posted on June 1, 2021 by L

“Keith Alexander (Director of the NSA) told me he was disappointed because he never thought we would detect them and he even added: You guys are good.” Bernard Barbier — Director of the DGSE Technical Division September 4 2016 — The … Continue reading →

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TEN YEARS AGO — “What a hornets’ nest I had stirred!” (Wikipedia edited by the CIA) — [UPDATE : Wikipedia Editor ‘SlimVirgin’ has died. Really?]

Posted on May 31, 2021 by L

“A nuclear scientist and reporter Ludwig De Braeckeleer suggested that intelligence agents may have been infiltrated Wikipedia to remove undesirable information from Wikipedia articles. The design and application of WikiScanner technology proved such suspicions to be well founded.” Internet Brigades … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — CIA Establishes Korea Mission Center [UPDATE: U.S. DNI visits DMZ as Biden administration is charting new course. Same objective but new policy.]

Posted on May 13, 2021 by L

“Creating the Korea Mission Center allows us to more purposefully integrate and direct CIA efforts against the serious threats to the United States and its allies emanating from North Korea.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo (May 2017)   May 13 2017 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — USAF Bombs Chinese Embassy in Belgrade (May 7 1999) [2021]

Posted on May 7, 2021 by L

“The attack was a mistake. Let me emphasise our investigation has determined that no one, and I repeat, no one knowingly targeted the Chinese Embassy. Speculation to the contrary is simply unfounded. No one at any stage in the process … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — The True Story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market [UPDATE — Five decades later, Dutch Authority absolves whistleblower.]

Posted on May 3, 2021 by L

“There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations: the ones that are widely known to have failed—usually because of almost unbelievably crude errors—and the ones that are not yet widely known to have failed.” Edward Luttwak May 3 … Continue reading →

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