How to Read Gates’s Shift on the Wars
Ray McGovern on Gates the windsock
Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. In the Sixties he served as an infantry/intelligence officer and then became a CIA analyst for the next 27 years. He is on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
The Push of Conscience and Secretary Clinton
Ray McGovern on his assault at a Clinton speech
America’s Stay-at-Home Ex-President
Ray McGovern on Bush’s European problem
Excusing Torture at ‘Justice’
On Sunday, I attended an informal talk given in a parish hall by the Justice Department’s Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights. His topic: “The way his work for justice is defined by his faith.” During the Q&A after his talk, I had a chance to pose some questions: Question: “Thanks, Tom, for … Continue reading “Excusing Torture at ‘Justice’”
Obama Should Read WikiLeaks on Afghanistan
Perhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting U.S. government employees from downloading classified cables released by WikiLeaks, so he can get a better grasp on the futility of his Afghan War strategy. For instance, if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hidden from him Ambassador Karl Eikenberry’s cables from … Continue reading “Obama Should Read WikiLeaks on Afghanistan”
Thoughts at the White House Fence
“Show me your company, and I’ll tell you who you are,” my grandmother would often say with a light Irish lilt but a heavy emphasis, an admonition about taking care in choosing what company you keep. On Thursday, I could sense her smiling down through the snow as I stood pinned to the White House … Continue reading “Thoughts at the White House Fence”
What’s Behind the War on WikiLeaks
Desperation, says Ray McGovern
NYT Stokes Fear of Iran
And Washington Post, too, says Ray McGovern
US Intelligence Thwarted Attack on Iran
Why should George W. Bush have been “angry” to learn in late 2007 of the “high-confidence” unanimous judgment of all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran had stopped working on a nuclear weapon four years earlier? Seems to me he might have said “Hot Dog!” rather than curse under his breath. Nowhere in his memoir, … Continue reading “US Intelligence Thwarted Attack on Iran”
Bush Boasts About Waterboarding
Former President George W. Bush continues to be beyond shame. Those favored with an advance copy of his memoir, Decision Points, say it paints a picture of a totally unapologetic Bush bragging, for example, about authorizing the CIA to waterboard 9/11 “mastermind” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. According to newspaper accounts of the memoir, Bush says he … Continue reading “Bush Boasts About Waterboarding”