Tag Archives: CIA

Just Ask Molly Hale — The Differences Between the FBI and the CIA? [Joke]

“The competing messages, according to officials in attendance, also reflect cultural differences between the FBI and the CIA. The bureau, true to its law enforcement roots, wants facts and tangible evidence to prove something beyond all reasonable doubt. The CIA … Continue reading

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On This Day — Former CIA Director Leon Panetta : “President Trump Must Build ‘Loyalty’ With Intel Community.” [UPDATE : From Lockerbie to Havana Syndrome]

“Obviously, it’s not a good situation. Because there is a lack of trust between the president and the intelligence community, and between the intelligence community and the president. And, you know, every time he demeans the intelligence community or accuses … Continue reading

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 22 : Billy Jack Johnson (Southeast Asia – February 1, 1968)

“Billy Jack Johnson was a talented instructor, and he became known throughout the Agency for his skill and expertise in unique specialties, such as sabotage, escape and evasion, fingerprint analysis, and lock picking.” CIA Website February 1, 2025 — Billy … Continue reading

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On This Day — CIA Director William Casey Resigns (January 29 1987) [UPDATE : History in the Age of ChatGPT]

“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” William Casey CIA Director (1981-1987) January 29 2025 — William Joseph Casey (March 13, 1913 – May 6, 1987) was the Director of Central Intelligence … Continue reading

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On This Day — President Truman Creates the Central Intelligence Group (January 22, 1946) [Gallup Poll : Americans’ rating of the CIA]

“At lunch today in the White House, with only members of the Staff present, Rear Admiral Sidney Souers and I were presented by President Truman with black cloaks, black hats, and wooden daggers, and the President read an amusing directive … Continue reading

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On This Day — U.S. Admits CIA Payments to Noriega (January 19 1991)

“US officials in Central America failed to address this drug issue for fear of jeopardizing the war efforts against Nicaragua… and senior US policymakers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras’ … Continue reading

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On This Day — Former DCI Admiral Stansfield Turner Dies (January 18 2018) [Opinion — The CIA Knew the Truth about the Vela Incident. And I suspect, they know the Truth about Havana Syndrome.]

“Turner’s most disturbing discovery was the harsh questioning and illegal imprisonment that the Agency’s Counterintelligence Staff had imposed for several years on Soviet defector Yuri Nosenko. This convinced him that CIA could be a dangerous organization if not kept closely … Continue reading

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 2 : Jerome P. Ginley (East China Sea – January 11, 1951)

“You should be proud to know that in order to be memorialized in this fashion, the circumstances of an individual’s death must be of inspirational or heroic nature.” CIA letter to Ginley’s brother January 11, 2025 — Jerome Patrick Ginley … Continue reading

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CIA Memorial Wall — STAR 0 : Jane Wallis Burrell (Paris, France – January 6, 1948) [CIA’s Modern Censorship Battles]

“Jane Burrell was never a candidate for a star on the CIA’s Memorial Wall because the Wall commemorates Agency employees who died in specific circumstances, and deaths from commercial plane crashes have generally not qualified.”The Mystery of Jane Wallis Burrell:The … Continue reading

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Intel Today Book on CIA Memorial Wall Banned by Amazon

“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands. (…) Under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, … Continue reading

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