Tag Archives: History

Revisiting Havana Syndrome: Moscow Death Ray vs. CIA Hoax [UPDATE : Declassified Emails Reveal Clapper’s Push for “Team Sport” ICA on Russia]

Posted on August 14, 2025 by L

“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”CIA Director John Ratcliffe (July 2, 2025) July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical … Continue reading →

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80 Years Ago — From Victory to Atrocity : Remembering the War Crimes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on August 10, 2025 by L

 “I voiced to him [U.S. Secretary of War Stimson] my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country … Continue reading →

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2025: The Year of Intelligence 2.0 ? — 50 Years from the Church Committee to Russiagate Investigation [UPDATE: From TWA 800 to Russiagate: How the FBI Shaped False Narratives]

Posted on August 1, 2025 by L

“There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny… the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight … Continue reading →

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On This Day (July 26, 2007): The Day I Exposed CIA Edits on Wikipedia [Inside the first skirmishes of the disinformation age — and the fight for digital truth.]

Posted on July 26, 2025 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels (…) An excellent Wikipedia administrator [Linda Mack] has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists.” Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007) July 26, 2025 — On July 26, 2007, I … Continue reading →

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Remembering French Investigative Journalist Pierre Péan (March 5 1938 – July 25 2019) [UPDATE : Libya, Lies, and Geopolitics: Pierre Péan’s Fight for the Truth]

Posted on July 25, 2025 by L

“It is striking to note the similarity of the ‘scientific’ evidence discovered by the FBI’s Tom Thurman in both the Lockerbie and UTA cases. Of the tens of thousands of pieces of debris collected at each disaster site, one lone … Continue reading →

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2025: The Year of Intelligence 2.0 ? [50 Years from the Church Committee to Russiagate Investigation]

Posted on July 24, 2025 by L

“There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny… the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Havana Syndrome: Moscow Death Ray vs. CIA Hoax [UPDATE : The Case Against John Brennan]

Posted on July 20, 2025 by L

“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”CIA Director John Ratcliffe (July 2, 2025) July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013) [Mandela and Lockerbie]

Posted on July 18, 2025 by L

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013) July 18, 2025 — … Continue reading →

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CIA Memorial Wall — Three Stars, No Answers: Revisiting the 1978 CIA Plane Crash in Candor, North Carolina

Posted on July 13, 2025 by L

“I have become so jaded about our government since all this happened. I have become very skeptical. They tell you what they want you to know whether there’s a grain of truth or not. A lot of times, they don’t … Continue reading →

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On This Day — French Captain Alfred Dreyfus Is Convicted of Treason (January 5 1895) [Politicization of Intelligence] UPDATE — Honoring Truth and Justice: France Adds July 12 to National Commemorations

Posted on July 12, 2025 by L

“Officers new to counterintelligence and overwhelmed by the scope of what they need to learn often ask the same question: ‘Where do I start?’ The best place might be the Dreyfus affair.” The Lessons for Counter-Intelligence of the Dreyfus Affair CIA … Continue reading →

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