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On This Day (July 26, 2007): The Day I Exposed CIA Edits on Wikipedia [UPDATE — US Congressional Probe into Wikipedia Disinformation]

“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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On This Day — J. Edgar Hoover Becomes FBI Deputy Director (August 22 1921) [UPDATE : FBI Confidence Remains Low Amid Controversial Leadership]

“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every … Continue reading

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

“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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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]

“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.]

“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]

“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]

“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]

“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]

“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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On this Day — Remembering the crash of TWA 800 (July 17, 1996) [The Striking Similarities of Pan Am 103 and TWA 800 — and a Warning About Air India Flight 171]

“The FBI didn’t want to hear about anything but a missile or a bomb, because otherwise there was no FBI case. Their conduct was disturbing from the very beginning.” Senator Chuck Grassley Chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on administrative oversight … Continue reading

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