Stories by Ray McGovern
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
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 Nov 24, 2008
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 Jun 20, 2008
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 Apr 23, 2008
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 27, 2008
The path to impeachment is clear. Democrats just need to show a little courage.
Posted on Mar 21, 2008
How can our president speak so glibly about 10 more years in Iraq? Doesn't he know anything about Vietnam?
Posted on Jan 27, 2008
Americans today are seeing the same sheepish submissiveness that characterized Germany after the burning of the Reichstag.
Posted on Dec 29, 2007
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 13, 2007
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 Dec 4, 2007
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 Nov 1, 2007
For 40 years, intelligence analysts have kept this knowledge secret, a testament to our country's widespread fear of the Israel lobby.
Posted on Oct 10, 2007
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 Sep 3, 2007
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 Aug 23, 2007
The U.S. intelligence community's performance in "assessing" Iran's progress toward a nuclear capability does not inspire confidence.
Posted on Mar 5, 2007
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 Jan 5, 2007
The White House and Fox News Channel are still trying to convince us that things are going just fine in Iraq.
Posted on Aug 7, 2006
Americans, for the most part, are blissfully unaware of our own power -- even as the claws of fascism creep steadily closer.
Posted on Jun 12, 2006
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 Apr 25, 2006
We need a whistle-blower with the courage to speak out loudly, and
early enough to prevent the Bush administration from getting us into another unnecessary war.
Posted on Feb 15, 2006
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 Dec 13, 2005
Recent revelations of CIA-run secret prisons abroad has put the issue of torture front and center once again.
Posted on Nov 7, 2005
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 Oct 21, 2005
If John Bolton is confirmed, honest intelligence analysts may flee the fallout.
Posted on May 26, 2005
The intelligence on Iraq was not mistaken, it was manufactured. This was mass deception. And we have the smoking memo.
Posted on May 5, 2005
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 Mar 2, 2005
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 Dec 6, 2004
Make no mistake: many more troops will be sent to Iraq – after the election.
Posted on Sep 29, 2004
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 – and help prevent the next Iraq or Abu Ghraib.
Posted on Sep 15, 2004
The Senate Intelligence Committee reveals how CIA analysts cooking up outright lies. But the greater blame lies with the White House.
Posted on Jul 12, 2004
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 Jun 30, 2004
The appointment of US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as 'special counsel' to investigate the Valerie Plame leak is too little, too late.
Posted on Dec 31, 2003
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 Nov 6, 2003
With the administration taking the heat on 9/11, the vice president is once again making wildly unsubstantiated claims about Iraqi WMD.
Posted on Jul 31, 2003
An old CIA hand who has briefed vice-presidents says the current Veep’s forays to Langley were unprecedented.
Posted on Jun 30, 2003
An ad-hoc group of veteran CIA analysts gives the president a much-needed intelligence briefing.
Posted on Feb 7, 2003
Memo to Bush: As you prepare for Tuesday's address, you might consider giving CIA director George Tenet an advance look at your draft.
Posted on Jan 27, 2003
