“Rachel was a warm and compassionate young woman, and an officer of unbounded potential. We miss her still and will remember her always. She is our 87th star.” CIA Director General Michael V. Hayden May 21 2007 September 30 2023 … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“For the making of the pyramid itself there passed a period of twenty years. They worked by a hundred thousand men at a time, for each three months continually.” Herodotus (484 – c. 425 BC) September 29, 2025 — A ‘Fermi Question’ asks … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“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 →| Intel Today
“The siren howled. But I just sat there for a few seconds, staring at the big, back-lit, red screen with the word ‘LAUNCH’ on it.” Colonel Stanislav Petrov September 26 2025 — On September 26 1983 — just three weeks … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“I expect Sarkozy to learn a big lesson.”Intel TodayFebruary 11, 2021 September 26, 2025 — Just an old joke today… À la santé de Sarko! Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY RELATED POST : Just Ask Molly Hale — The Differences Between … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“Sarkozy has to give back the money he accepted from Libya to finance his electoral campaign. We financed his campaign and we have the proof… The first thing we’re demanding is that this clown gives back the money to the … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“The Vatican should ensure that the historical record is clear and that justice is served before making any determinations on Baudouin’s virtue and legacy. Ultimately, calls for postponing the beatification process are not about undermining Baudouin’s personal faith or commitment … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“Now, 40 years later, there is a scientific and historical consensus that it was a nuclear test and that it had to be Israeli.” Avner Cohen (September 22 2019) September 22 2025 — A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“Marseille boys members of GAL killed him [Pierre Goldman] with Maïone, who also talked about a commandant, a former member of the SDECE [French Secret Service], without revealing to me his identity.” Libération (April 2006) September 20 2023 — Who … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“Raufer established three new facts, all of them pointing — for the first time — to Libya as the culprit of both Pan Am 103 and UTA 772. These facts are false. (…) If that story gains credibility in the … Continue reading →| Intel Today
“All but one of the DNA components which make up that profile are present in [RARDE Forensic Expert] Allen Feraday’s DNA profile. (…) This component is unsuitable for interpretation purposes …| Intel Today
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”John F. KennedySpeech at Amherst College Convocationin honor of poet Robert Frost(Octob…| Intel Today
“His responsibilities in El Salvador involved keeping tabs on U.S. AID money to the Salvadoran government.” The Life and Death of an Intelligence Man March 26 2025 — Richard D. Krobock was ki…| Intel Today
“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 analysi…| Intel Today
“IntelToday’s meticulous research is especially significant in areas where there are few — or no — comprehensive sources available. By making this information accessible and preserving these …| Intel Today
“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…| Intel Today
“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…| Intel Today
“During a routine A-12 training flight on 5 January 1967, a fuel gauge failed to function properly, and the aircraft ran out of fuel only minutes before landing. The pilot, Walter Ray, ejected but …| Intel Today
“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, ra…| Intel Today
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”John F. KennedySpeech at Amherst College Convocation in honor of poet Rober…| Intel Today
“As of 15 August 1968, McNulty was in charge of an Air America helicopter on a mission to a forward area in Laos. His mission was to contact and brief a battalion engaged in a major offensive…| Intel Today
“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, an…| Intel Today
“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 &…| Intel Today
“Also being twice in that great building, I was drawn to the Memorial Wall both times. On Friday, I realized that the last two stars were Tyrone and Glen. I would like to end the film with a …| Intel Today
“There is a wonderful book that you might read… And the title of it is from a quote from Winston Churchill: ‘In time of war, the truth is so precious, it must be attended by a bodyguard…| Intel Today
“The first fatality directly related to flying the U2 occurred on 15 May 1956, when test pilot Wilburn S. Rose, flying Article 345A, had trouble dropping his pogos.”THREE FATAL CRASHES …| Intel Today
“This particularly adventuresome and resourceful CIA officer should have been remembered from his death in 1950 as a hero and inspiration to generations of CIA operations officers. Instead, h…| Intel Today
“Several lieutenants assigned to my flight were talented pilots, but my assistant flight commander, 1st Lt Buster E. Edens (called ‘Snede,’ Edens spelled backwards), was a superb …| Intel Today
“Alerted by doctrine and success against another local CIA operation, Shanghai’s security apparatus moved cautiously against Redmond’s network, obtaining evidence that made the guilty verdict of 19…| Intel Today
“We stand before these 140 stars not only with gratitude but with reverence for our fallen heroes. We’ll never forget their sacrifice. We’ll never forget their devotion.”CIA…| Intel Today
“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 agent…| Intel Today
