Tag Archives: CIA

Remembering CIA Historian William Blum (March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) [2020]

Posted on December 9, 2020 by L

“William Blum was at the forefront of critical debate and analysis of US foreign policy. He combined honesty and Truth with carefully documented analysis. His important legacy will live.” Michel Chossudovsky (December 10, 2018) December 9 2020 — Independent journalist … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Senate report calls CIA torture tactics “deeply flawed” (December 9 2014) [2020]

Posted on December 9, 2020 by L

“One of the most memorable details from The Report is Jones’ insistence on access to a printer, and how many safes were in his office. He later told a lawyer that this was because documents kept mysteriously disappearing from the … Continue reading →

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RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election. Who will run Biden’s CIA? [UPDATE — Fake News : Haspel Neither Arrested, Nor Dead]

Posted on December 5, 2020 by L

“A couple of people at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would have to go, absolutely. Probably Gina Haspel would have to go, too. Gina is a good woman, but she would have to go.” Michael Hayden — … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Did The CIA Murder US Army Scientist Frank Olson? And Why? (November 28 1953) [2020]

Posted on November 28, 2020 by L

“If this would have been a suicide, it would have been very difficult to accomplish. There was motive to kill him. He knew the deepest, darkest secrets of the cold war. Would the American government kill an American citizen who … Continue reading →

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RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election. Who will run Biden’s CIA? [UPDATE — Key Democrat warns Biden not to nominate Mike Morell]

Posted on November 26, 2020 by L

“A couple of people at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would have to go, absolutely. Probably Gina Haspel would have to go, too. Gina is a good woman, but she would have to go.” Michael Hayden — … Continue reading →

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Remembering CIA Leslianne Shedd (September 15 1968 – November 23 1996) [2020]

Posted on November 23, 2020 by L

“When my sister Leslianne Shedd was killed in the 1996 crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane, my family not only went into mourning. We also continued to keep a secret: Leslianne didn’t work for the U.S. State Department, as … Continue reading →

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RUMINT — DCIA Gina Haspel to Step Down After Election [Who will run Biden’s CIA?]

Posted on November 20, 2020 by L

“A couple of people at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would have to go, absolutely. Probably Gina Haspel would have to go, too. Gina is a good woman, but she would have to go.” Michael Hayden — … Continue reading →

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KRYPTOS 30 Years Anniversary — SECTION III : A Transposition Cipher

Posted on November 8, 2020 by L

With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner… widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in… at first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing … Continue reading →

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KRYPTOS 30 Years Anniversary — SECTION I : A KEYED Vigenère Cipher [And why does the CIA lie so much about it?]

Posted on November 7, 2020 by L

“I have developed much too thick a skin to be surprised, let alone upset, by people telling me how that great CIA tells us the truth. If an organisation accustomed to lying tells you it is telling the truth, where … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — Why the CIA & MI6 Love to Hate Putin [UPDATE — RUMINT : Russian President to step down in January 2021]

Posted on November 6, 2020 by L

“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia … Continue reading →

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