Stories by Ray McGovern

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. subscribe to Ray McGovern's feed

Posted on: Jul 17, 2009, Source: Consortium News

Cheney seems to fear that if our system of justice works, he could be in for some serious, uncommuted jail time.

Posted on: Jun 24, 2009, Source: San Jose Mercury News

Meanwhile, a recent Pew survey shows that a majority of Americans who go to church regularly believe torture can be justified.

Posted on: Jun 19, 2009, Source: Consortium News

My own medical emergencies have made me more conscious of the scandal in our country when it comes to health care.

Posted on: May 22, 2009, Source: Consortium News

Will Cheney fire his speechwriter? He clearly stated that U.S. support for Israel is one of the "true sources of resentment" for terrorists.

Posted on: Apr 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The stay-out-of-jail pass given to the perpetrators of accumulated evil under Bush is bound to expire.

Posted on: Nov 23, 2008, Source: Consortium News

Obama needs a defense secretary with the courage to speak out and halt the lunacy of more war, not a yes-man Bush holdover.

Posted on: Jun 19, 2008, Source: Consortium News

It's crazy, but it's coming soon. The armed forces are working out details. Impeachment may be the only way to stop it.

Posted on: Apr 22, 2008, Source: Consortium News

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. last week against a macabre backdrop featuring reports of torture, execution and war. He chose not to notice.

Posted on: Mar 27, 2008, Source: Consortium News

Frontline's "Bush's War" series verged on infotainment, bereft of substantive discussion of one of the most disastrous policy blunders in US history.

Posted on: Mar 20, 2008, Source: Consortium News

The path to impeachment is clear. Democrats just need to show a little courage.

Posted on: Jan 27, 2008, Source: Consortium News

How can our president speak so glibly about 10 more years in Iraq? Doesn't he know anything about Vietnam?

Posted on: Dec 28, 2007, Source: Consortium News

Americans today are seeing the same sheepish submissiveness that characterized Germany after the burning of the Reichstag.

Posted on: Dec 12, 2007, Source: Consortium News

The Bush administration reeks of war crimes. It's time to stop brutal forms of torture dating back to the Spanish Inquisition.

Posted on: Dec 3, 2007, Source: Consortium News

A new intelligence assessment that Iran's nuclear weapons program halted in 2003 utterly contradicts the dire claims made by the war-mongering White House.

Posted on: Oct 31, 2007, Source: Consortium News

With 200-300 nuclear weapons in their arsenal, Israelis enjoy a nuclear monopoly in the Middle East. They mean to keep it that way, and they want the U.S. to help.

Posted on: Oct 9, 2007, Source: Consortium News

For 40 years, intelligence analysts have kept this knowledge secret, a testament to our country's widespread fear of the Israel lobby.

Posted on: Sep 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Witnessing the build-up to an unprovoked attack on Iran is like watching a train crash in slow motion. But it can be stopped -- if we do something about it.

Posted on: Aug 22, 2007, Source: AlterNet

A former CIA analyst estimates the chances of an attack on Iran and shows that the mainstream media is already cheering it on.

Posted on: Mar 4, 2007, Source: BuzzFlash

The U.S. intelligence community's performance in "assessing" Iran's progress toward a nuclear capability does not inspire confidence.

Posted on: Jan 5, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com

If we want to really honor the sacrifices of our troops, we must hold accountable the officials whose lies helped bring about the war. If we don't, what will stop them from lying again?

Posted on: Aug 6, 2006, Source: BuzzFlash

The White House and Fox News Channel are still trying to convince us that things are going just fine in Iraq.

Posted on: Jun 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Americans, for the most part, are blissfully unaware of our own power -- even as the claws of fascism creep steadily closer.

Posted on: Apr 24, 2006, Source: TomPaine.com

With officials refusing to fulfill their oversight duties, the CIA officer was likely forced to choose between a silence she would regret and being punished for speaking out.

Posted on: Feb 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet

We need a whistle-blower with the courage to speak out loudly, and <i>early</i> enough to prevent the Bush administration from getting us into another unnecessary war.

Posted on: Dec 12, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Cheney, whose unbridled chutzpah has led him to take credit for being the intellectual author of U.S. policy on torture, has become such a glaring liability that his tenure may be short-lived.

Posted on: Nov 6, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com

Recent revelations of CIA-run secret prisons abroad has put the issue of torture front and center once again.

Posted on: Oct 20, 2005, Source: BuzzFlash

Unless Bush fires prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald -- a distinct possibility -- we are likely to see senior administration officials led out of the White House to be booked for the Plame affair.

Posted on: May 25, 2005, Source: AlterNet

If John Bolton is confirmed, honest intelligence analysts may flee the fallout.

Posted on: May 5, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com

The intelligence on Iraq was not mistaken, it was manufactured. This was mass deception. And we have the smoking memo.

Posted on: Mar 1, 2005, Source: TomDispatch.com

The notion that the Bush administration would mount a pre-emptive air attack on Iran seems insane. But is proof of insanity needed?

Posted on: Dec 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet

At a recent Capitol Hill briefing on terrorism, the assembled experts spoke of everything except the obvious: They don't hate us for our freedom; they hate us for our policies.

Posted on: Sep 29, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com

Make no mistake: many more troops will be sent to Iraq &#8211; after the election.

Posted on: Sep 15, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com

Enough with the ex post facto apologies from whistleblowers. A group of former government officials are joining forces to call on their colleagues to speak out now &#8211; and help prevent the next Iraq or Abu Ghraib.

Posted on: Jul 12, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com

The Senate Intelligence Committee reveals how CIA analysts cooking up outright lies. But the greater blame lies with the White House.

Posted on: Jun 29, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com

An anonymous CIA analyst has penned a new book that reveals how it's not hatred of our liberal democracy, but hatred of our policies that fuels terrorism.

Posted on: Dec 30, 2003, Source: AlterNet

The appointment of US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as 'special counsel' to investigate the Valerie Plame leak is too little, too late.

Posted on: Nov 5, 2003, Source: AlterNet

From the civilian whiz kids in charge to the "stay the course" rhetoric that flies in the face of facts on the ground, the echoes are simply too clear to be ignored.

Posted on: Jul 30, 2003, Source: AlterNet

With the administration taking the heat on 9/11, the vice president is once again making wildly unsubstantiated claims about Iraqi WMD.

Posted on: Jun 29, 2003, Source: AlterNet

An old CIA hand who has briefed vice-presidents says the current Veep&#146;s forays to Langley were unprecedented.

Posted on: Feb 6, 2003, Source: AlterNet

An ad-hoc group of veteran CIA analysts gives the president a much-needed intelligence briefing.

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