Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY (VIPS) SUBJECT: Leopards vs. the Russian Bear Decisions in an Intelligence Vacuum Dear President Biden: We are aware that the just-reported decision to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine responds to Berlin’s coy insistence that "you go first." Now Leopard tanks from Germany and other … Continue reading “Leopards vs. the Russian Bear”

September 5, 2022 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Ukraine Decision Time REF: Nukes Cannot be Un-Invented, VIPS Mr. President: Before Defense Secretary Austin flies off to Ramstein for the meeting Thursday of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group we owe you a few words of caution occasioned by our many … Continue reading “Veteran Intelligence Professionals: Ukraine Decision Time for Biden”

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be Un-invented, Thus … PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE REF: Our Memo of 12/20/20, "Don’t Be Suckered on Russia" May 1, 2022 Mr. President: Mainstream media have marinated the minds of most Americans in a witches’ brew of misleading information on Ukraine – … Continue reading “Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be Un-Invented”

MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker Nancy Pelosi FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails? Dear Madam Speaker: After your intelligence briefing Friday, Politico reported that you were sharply frustrated by the lack of detail presented on “Russia’s continued interference in the 2020 election campaign.” You were quoted as saying you thought … Continue reading “Intel Vets: To Nancy Pelosi – Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails?”

MEMORANDUM FOR: The governments and people of the United Kingdom and the United States FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs) SUBJECT: Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All On April 11, London police forcibly removed WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange from the embassy of Ecuador after that country’s president, Lenin Moreno, abruptly revoked his predecessor’s … Continue reading “Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All”

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs) SUBJECT: The Fly in the Mueller Ointment Mr. President: The song has ended but the melody lingers on. The expected release Thursday of the redacted text of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” will … Continue reading “The Fly in the Mueller Ointment”

Memorandum for: The US Embassies of Ecuador and the United Kingdom, and the U.S. State Department From: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Subject: Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange For six years, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange has been effectively imprisoned without charges at Ecuador’s London embassy. In that time, two international courts and dozens of respected … Continue reading “Intel Professionals Plead for Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange”

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs) SUBJECT: Intelligence on Iran Fails the Smell Test Mr. President: As the George W. Bush administration revved up to attack Iraq 15 years ago, we could see no compelling reason for war. We decided, though, to give President Bush the benefit of the doubt … Continue reading “War on Iran Could Be Catastrophic“

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Is Iran the “World’s Leading Sponsor of Terrorism?” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/BACKGROUND We are concerned by recent strident and stark public statements from key members of your Administration that paint Iran in very alarmist terms. The average American, without the benefit of history, could easily be … Continue reading “Intel Vets Tell Trump Iran Is Not Top Terror Sponsor”

AN OPEN MEMORANDUM FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE From: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) Subject: Mattis ‘No Doubt’ Stance on Alleged Syrian CW Smacks of Politicized Intelligence Donald Trump’s new Secretary of Defense, retired Marine General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, during a recent trip to Israel, commented on the issue of Syria’s retention and use … Continue reading “Mattis’ Politicized Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Claim”