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By Ray McGovern, Tomdispatch.com. Posted March 2, 2005.


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

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Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years – from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. During the early 1980s, he was one of the writers/editors of the President's Daily Brief and briefed it one-on-one to the president's most senior advisers. He also chaired National Intelligence Estimates. In January 2003, he and four former colleagues founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.

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