“As Director, I have no more profound obligation than to take care of our people and, throughout this process, I have been determined to address this difficult challenge with honesty and compassion. We will continue to remain alert to any risks to the health and well-being of Agency officers.” CIA Director William J. Burns March 1, 2023 April 8 2024 — The Editorial Board of The Washington Post has just posted an interesting piece regarding Havana Syndrome. I believe that the conclusion should end with ‘no matter who’ instead of ‘no matter what’. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY RELATED ..read more

“In 2016, the CIA memorial wall had 111 stars, each representing an agent’s death. By the end of Trump’s term, there were 135 stars on the wall, a huge 22% increase. 24 dead agents in just four years. Under Trump, a FIFTH of all CIA deaths occurred. Under Biden, 5 deaths marked.” Rob Voreck X/Twitter (April 15, 2024) “This year (2021) marks the beginning of a somber chapter in the legacy of the Memorial Wall. The Agency carved new stars for the first time above the inscription.” — CIA Press Release (May 25, 2021) April 18 2024 – Let me say this once again: “You are entitled to your opinion ..read more

“President Ronald Reagan didn’t seek congressional approval when he bombed Libya [April 14 1986] in retaliation for a bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland [December 21 1988].” Amber Phillips Washington Post (April 7 2017) April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi April 14 2023 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s April 14 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the December 21 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. Obvious nonsense! But I would like to take this ..read more

“The CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence organized the project, code-named Project MK-ULTRA, in coordination with the U.S. Army Biological Warfare Laboratories. In some cases, academic researchers were funded through grants funneled to them from CIA front organizations while remaining unaware that the CIA sought to use their work for its own purposes. In other instances, however, top officials at these institutions knew about the CIA’s role.” Andrew Glass Politico (April 13, 2019) April 13 2023 — On April 13 1953, CIA Director Allen Dulles ordered the agency to develop mind-controlling ..read more

“Having stepped onto firm ground, I saw a woman and a girl who were standing near a spotted calf and who were watching me with bewilderment. When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!” Diary — Yuri Gagarin (April 12 1961) April 12 2023 — On April 12 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture in outer space. His spacecraft — Vostok 1 — orbited for 108 minutes before returning to E ..read more

“As I told the Prime Minister the last time, he vastly overestimates the competence of the CIA.” Henri Kissinger (Answer to Zhou Enlai about the US involvement in the bombing of the Kashmir Princess) April 11 2024 — On April 11 1955, the Kashmir Princess — a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India — was damaged in mid-air by a bomb explosion. The plane crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived. The target of the assassination was non other than the Chinese Pre ..read more

“As Director, I have no more profound obligation than to take care of our people and, throughout this process, I have been determined to address this difficult challenge with honesty and compassion. We will continue to remain alert to any risks to the health and well-being of Agency officers.” CIA Director William J. Burns March 1, 2023 April 8 2024 — The Editorial Board of The Washington Post has just posted an interesting piece regarding Havana Syndrome. I believe that the conclusion should end with ‘no matter who’ instead of ‘no matter what’. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY RELATED ..read more

“Bernard Kalb resigned today as chief spokesman for Secretary of State George P. Shultz in protest of the government’s disinformation program directed at Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.” Los Angeles Times (Oct. 8, 1986) April 14 1986 — Reagan Strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi April 5 2022 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips wrote that President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. At the time, I would have bet the farm that this would be the most idiotic story ever re ..read more

“The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated. Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of the conversation swirls around the possibility that agencies like the N.S.A. or the F.B.I. will use such information not to serve national security but to carry out personal and political vendettas. King’s experience reminds us that these are far from idle fears, conjured in the fevered minds of civil libertarians. They are based in the hard facts of history.” Beverly ..read more

“It will be necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short.” Harold Macmillan  UK Prime Minister (September 13 1961) *** *** *** “Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’.” Harry Truman US President (September 19 1961) Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold (July 29, 1905, Jönköping, Sweden — September 18, 1961, Ndola, Zambia) March 31 2021 — On 31 March 1953, the Security Council voted 10-0-1 to recommend Hammarskjöld to the General Assembly, with an abstention from Nationalist China. Short ..read more