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Ray McGovern served as an Army intelligence officer and a CIA analyst for 27 years under 7 presidential administrations, from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Among his duties was preparing the President's Daily Brief starting with Ronald Reagan's administration.  He was also responsible for the analysis of Soviet intelligence regarding Vietnam. Since leaving the CIA, Ray has been a vocal peace activist and journalist and helped create Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose the way intelligence was falsified to “justify” war on Iraq and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. He also works with Tell the Word, an ecumenical Catholic publishing house.   Ray's opinion pieces appear in many leading alternative news sources here and abroad.  He holds degrees in theology and philosophy from Fordham University, an MA in Russian History, is a graduate from Harvard Business School and has a certificate in theology from Georgetown University.   His website is RayMcGovern.com  and more of his writings can be found on AntiWar.com, Scheer Post, Consortium News, among others.

On today's show, Ray McGovern provides a geopolitical overview. GUEST OVERVIEW: Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. His duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Reagan's five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. In January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. https://raymcgovern.com/ X: @raymcgovern

On today's show, Ray McGovern discusses intelligence agencies and war. Later, Muayad Ali discusses the latest Free Palestine protests. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. His duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Reagan's five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. In January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. https://raymcgovern.com/ X: @raymcgovern GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Muayad Ali is an organiser for Free Palestine Melbourne.

ABOUT: Associate Director EMN, Matthew Hoh had nearly twelve years of experience with the US military and the wars overseas with the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and State Department.He has been a Senior Fellow with the Center For International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew Hoh resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-2005 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-2007 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-2008.Matthew's writings have appeared in online and print periodicals such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Defense News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of news programs on radio and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, and Pacifica The Council on Foreign Relations has cited Matthew's resignation letter from his post in Afghanistan as an Essential Document. In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling, and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic.Matthew Hoh is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and has been certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

About Matt Hoh:Matthew Hoh is a former Captain of the U.S. Marine Corps. n 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-5 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-7 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-8.Matthew's writings have appeared in online and print periodicals such as the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CounterPunch, CNN, Defense News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, Mother Jones, the Raleigh News & Observer, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of news programs on radio and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, and Pacifica. The Council on Foreign Relations has cited Matthew's resignation letter from his post in Afghanistan as an Essential Document.In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and was certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking with Matthew Hoh, who has been a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-5 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-7 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-8. Matthew's writings have appeared in online and print periodicals such as the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CounterPunch, CNN, Defense News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, Mother Jones, the Raleigh News & Observer, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of news programs on radio and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, Pacifica and PBS. The Council on Foreign Relations has cited Matthew's resignation letter from his post in Afghanistan as an Essential Document. In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and was certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. See: https://matthewhoh.substack.com

GUEST OVERVIEW: Coleen Rowley is a retired FBI special agent and former legal counsel of the Minneapolis Division of the FBI. Beginning in May 2002, Rowley testified to the 9-11 Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry, the Senate Judiciary and to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice about the FBI's pre 9-11 lapses. The investigations confirmed that the 9-11 attacks could have been prevented or minimized if information had been properly shared within and between intelligence agencies, and most importantly with the American public. Coleen was chosen along with two other female corporate fraud whistleblowers as Time Magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year. Rowley retired in 2004 and speaks publicly on ethical decision-making to various groups. She is a writer and blogger in addition to being a member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and Sam Adams Associates for Integrity.

Veteran Matthew Hoh and former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich discuss the legacy of the ongoing war in Iraq, why it's still relevant today and what it has to do with the proxy war in Ukraine. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-5 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-7 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-8. Matthew has been a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy since 2010. In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and was certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. View Matt's website at: https://matthewhoh.com Dennis Kucinich an American politician and former U.S. Representative from. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004 and 2008. He ran for governor of Ohio in the 2018 election. Follow him on here on Substack: https://substack.com/profile/2106461-dennis-kucinich If you haven't already done so, please sign this petition calling on Germany to uncancel Roger Waters' concert. https://chng.it/bBMJRgnRkn ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/3rQPRRfZ Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

Ray McGovern served as an Army intelligence officer and a CIA analyst for 27 years under 7 presidential administrations, from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Among his duties was preparing the President's Daily Brief starting with Ronald Reagan's administration.  He was also responsible for the analysis of Soviet intelligence regarding Vietnam. Since leaving the CIA, Ray has been a vocal peace activist and journalist and helped create Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose the way intelligence was falsified to “justify” war on Iraq and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. He also works with Tell the Word, an ecumenical Catholic publishing house.   Ray's opinion pieces appear in many leading alternative news sources here and abroad.  He holds degrees in theology and philosophy from Fordham University, an MA in Russian History, is a graduate from Harvard Business School and has a certificate in theology from Georgetown University.   His website is RayMcGovern.com  and more of his writings can be found on AntiWar.com, Scheer Post, Consortium News, Covert Action Magazine among others.

Realizing the eerie parallels of the current standoff on the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio airing on Oct 20, 2022, Patrick speaks with former CIA analyst and founding member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), Ray McGovern, about the precarious position of Washington and its NATO allies in prosecuting their proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, and points to the eerie parallels of this geopolitical predicament on the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Have we learned our lessons from history? All this and more. TUNE-IN LIVE with Patrick every TUES & THURS at 8AM-11AM (NEW YORK) | 1PM-4PM (LONDON) | 10PM-1AM (BRISBANE) - LISTEN LIVE @ TNT: https://tntradio.live

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ray McGovern is a 27-year veteran CIA analyst who served as Chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer/briefer of the President's Daily Brief. He is also co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: On the heels of our coverage of the CIA's brand self-congratulatory new podcast, we're bringing on Susan Lindauer to talk about what it's like to be a CIA asset and to comment on what she heard CIA director Burns say about the organization. 

GUEST OVERVIEW: Ray McGovern is a 27-year veteran CIA analyst who served as Chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer/briefer of the President's Daily Brief. He is also co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).

My Guest on RichardGage911:UNLEASHED! is an ex-CIA Officer turned whistleblower!Ray McGovern has supported the 9/11 Truth Movement for years and will discuss why. He will then provide an analysis of the post-9/11 geopolitics including the lead up to the war in Iraq for which he actively sought to expose the lies of the Bush Administration, the subsequent wars in the Middle East, and the Ukrainian “revolution” and current war, as well as increasing tensions now with China.Ray came to Washington from his native Bronx in the early Sixties as an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray's duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan's five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985.In January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. On the afternoon of the day (Feb. 5, 2003) Secretary of State Colin Powell misled the UN Security Council on Iraq, VIPS sent a blunt memorandum to President George W. Bush, in which VIPS gave Powell a C-minus. VIPS ended the memo with this:“No one has a corner on the truth; nor do we harbor illusions that our analysis is irrefutable or undeniable [as Powell had claimed his was]. But after watching Secretary Powell today, we are convinced that you would be well served if you widened the discussion beyond … the circle of those advisers clearly bent on a war for which we see no compelling reason and from which we believe the unintended consequences are likely to be catastrophic.”On July 20, 2002, CIA Director George Tenet had told his British counterpart that the “intelligence and facts were being ‘fixed' around the policy of ‘regime change' in Iraq.”  On June 5, 2008, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller, announced the main conclusion of a five-year study by his committee, saying, “In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when it was unsubstantiated, contradicted or even nonexistent.”  In sum, the “intelligence” was not mistaken; it was out-and-out fraud.On the early afternoon of May 4, 2006, in Atlanta, Ray confronted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on live TV with pointed questions like: “Why did you lie to get us into a war that was not necessary and that has caused these kinds of casualties?”Ray's opinion pieces have appeared in many leading newspapers and other publications in the U.S. and abroad – except for the NY Times and Washington Post.  His website writings are usually posted first on consortiumnews.com as well as here on raymcgovern.com.  Many are then cross-posted elsewhere.He has debated three times at the Oxford Forum.  The second time, in early 2013, he chose a lighter tone in explaining why it is still possible to dream the American dream:Most Oxford folks – like the NY Times, the Washington Post, and other “mainstream media” – strongly supported Hillary Clinton; fully expected her to win just five days later; and were thankful that the U.S. two-party system – broken or not – had served up a “winner” (Clinton) to be president.  Ray's attempt to expose the crucial influence of the media (whose masters are convinced they know what's best for the country) – not only in rooting for candidates, but also suppressing violations of the Constitution, in order to guarantee criminals like George W. Bush a second term – fell on mainstream (deaf) ears).  Ray's side of the debate lost; it wasn't even close.Ray has appeared on The Newshour, C-Span's

Matthew Hoh, frequent guest of FOH and anti-war scholar / activist, joins us to discuss his running for U.S. Senate in the Green Party of North Carolina.  We then give you a preview of Matt's Episode Zero discussion, where we discuss early experiences in Matt's life that led him to becoming anti-war. Tomorrow night, March 24th, at 8pm EST (5pm PST), Matt will be hosting a webinar with Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin, discussing "the decades-long escalation of the U.S. war machine and the destruction it has wrought globally."  It requires advanced registration through Zoom in the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t7372GrhR-KAAEnx8JtKBg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Matt's blog: https://matthewhoh.com/ Campaign website: https://www.matthewhohforsenate.org/ Matthew has been a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-5 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-7 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-8. Matthew's writings have appeared in online and print periodicals such as the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CounterPunch, CNN, Defense News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, Mother Jones, the Raleigh News & Observer, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of news programs on radio and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, Pacifica and PBS. The Council on Foreign Relations has cited Matthew's resignation letter from his post in Afghanistan as an Essential Document. In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and was certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. Main website: https://www.fortressonahill.com Let me guess.  You're enjoying the show so much, you'd like to leave us a review?!  https://lovethepodcast.com/fortressonahill Email us at fortressonahill@gmail.com Check out our online store on Spreadshirt.com.  T-shirts, cell phone covers, mugs, etc.: https://bit.ly/3qD63MW Not a contributor on Patreon? You're missing out on amazing bonus content! Sign up to be one of our patrons today! - https://www.patreon.com/fortressonahill A special thanks to our Patreon honorary producers - Fahim Shirazee, James O'Barr, Adam Bellows, Eric Phillips, Paul Appell, Julie Dupris, Thomas Benson, Janet Hanson, Tristan Oliver, Daniel Fleming, Michael Caron, Zach H, Ren Jacob, Howard Reynolds, Why I am Antiwar Podcast, Korgoth, Rick Coffey and the Statist Quo Podcast.  You all are the engine that helps us power the podcast.  Thank you so much!!! Not up for something recurring like Patreon, but want to give a couple bucks?!  Visit https://paypal.me/fortressonahill to contribute!! Fortress On A Hill is hosted, written, and produced by Chris 'Henri' Henrikson, Danny Sjursen, and Keagan Miller. https://bit.ly/3yeBaB9

On Today's Show: - Pastor Darius Brooks - Grace Central Church, Westchester, IL. - Dr. Debra Furr-Holden - Associate Dean of Public Health at the Michigan State University School of Medicine. - Dr. Shanina Knighton, R.N. - Infection Preventionist at Case Western Reserve University. - Atty. Robert Patillo - Director of Rainbow/PUSH, Atlanta. - Atty. April Preyar - Criminal Defense Attorney. - Ray McGovern - CIA Analyst: 1963-1990; Chairman of National Intelligence Estimates; Prepared the daily briefing for the President; Co-Founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). - David Gibbs - Professor of History at the University of Arizona. - Shapearl Wells - Celebrations by Us.

Matthew Hoh had nearly twelve years experience in America's post-9/11 wars with the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense and State Department. He has been a Senior Fellow with the Center For International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-2005 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-2007 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-2008. Matthew's writings have appeared in online and print periodicals such as the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Defense News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of news programs on radio and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, Pacifica. and RT. The Council on Foreign Relations has cited Matthew's resignation letter from his post in Afghanistan as an Essential Document. In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2020, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and has been certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. https://www.addyadds.one/ Telegram: https://www.t.me/oneaddyadds YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8UoUPvixzHTDPv_qkF7wg FACEBOOK: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ONEADDYADDS TWITTER: HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/ONEADDYADDS BITCHUTE: HTTPS://WWW.BITCHUTE.COM/CHANNEL/BGELNAOKAOII/ PAYPAL: HTTPS://PAYPAL.ME/ONEADDYADDS PATREON: HTTPS://WWW.PATREON.COM/ADDYADDS VENMO: HTTPS://VENMO.COM/ADDYADDS UGE TUBE: HTTPS://UGETUBE.COM/@ADDYADDS BRANDNEWTUBE: HTTPS://BRANDNEWTUBE.COM/@ADDYADDS RUMBLE: HTTPS://RUMBLE.COM/C/ADDYADDS Streamyard Referral Link: https://streamyard.com?pal=6421268531249152 Free 4K Youtube Video Downloader: https://www.4kdownload.com/?ref=adakinolsen Rumble Video Referral Link: https://rumble.com/register/AddyAdds/ https://cash.app/$AddyAdds B T C : 19LZoqmcHjxTnxs5tHv5qpgo971iD3vXVH

Guest: Ray McGovern. Hosts: Joanne Leon and Kelley Lane. We talk about Ray's recent article calling for military generals to be held accountable this time, for this 20-year March of Folly called the War in Afghanistan. If they are not held accountable, there will be still worse to come.  In a bonus episode, we talk about Biden's battle with the media, the intelligence complex and the whole “MICIMATT” (an acronym that Ray has coined for the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex, the same complex that worked so hard to put him in the White House.  Ray McGovern is a retired CIA analyst who served as Chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer/briefer of the President's Daily Brief. Prior to that he served as an infantry/intelligence officer in the 1960's. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), an activist, a prolific writer and a frequent guest on various media outlets.   FOLLOW Ray on Twitter @raymcgovern, find his website at https://raymcgovern.com Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Paypal paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod, YouTube youtube.com/aroundtheempire, Spotify, iTunes, iHeart, Google Podcasts FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.  Join us on TELEGRAM https://t.me/AroundtheEmpire Find everything on http://aroundtheempire.com  and linktr.ee/aroundtheempire Recorded on August 23, 2021. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: Hold the Generals Accountable This Time, Ray McGovern Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President, Ray McGovern $10,000 Invested in Defense Stocks When Afghanistan War Began Now Worth Almost $100,000, Jon Schwarz Book: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, Barbara W. Tuchman  

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This week on Talk World Radio: Why won't disproven Russiagate ever go away? Our guest Ray McGovern was an infantry/intelligence officer in the early Sixties, and became a CIA analyst. His duties eventually included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing The President's Daily Brief. He conducted the one-on-one morning briefings of President Reagan's five most senior national security officials, including VP Bush, from 1981 to 1985. In retirement Ray co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) — an attempt by intelligence veterans to hold former colleagues to account for “fixing” intelligence to “justify” wars like Iraq. His website is https://RayMcGovern.com Ray's recent article for Antiwar.com: "The Guardian: Regurgitating the Russia-Gate Canard" is at https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2021/07/15/the-guardian-regurgitating-the-russia-gate-canard/

Ray McGovern is a former CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief. He received the Intelligence Commendation Medal at his retirement, returning it in 2006 to protest the CIA's involvement in torture. In 2003, together with other former CIA employees, McGovern founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). The organization is dedicated to analyzing and criticizing the use of intelligence, at first concerning the Iraq War. In the same year, McGovern confronted Donald Rumsfeld openly and live-broadcast by CNN interrogating him about his lies concerning weapons of mass destruction, a dispute later called the "vivisection of Donald Rumsfeld" by Keith Olbermann. McGovern's post-retirement work includes commenting for Consortium News, RT, and Sputnik News, among other outlets, on intelligence and foreign policy issues. __

Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, joins us to discuss the recently announced US COVID-19 relief package. The final numbers are surprisingly low and have prompted a furious response by activists on social media. Additionally, many economists argue that the modest amount allotted to struggling citizens is not nearly enough to address rent and food money shortages and spike a lagging US economy.Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo, professor, epidemiologist, veterinarian and the daughter of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, returns to The Critical Hour to discuss the mutation of the coronavirus that was recently found in the United Kingdom. Obasanjo tells us whether this mutation is a normal and expected outcome and if this is the first of many. Also, some EU countries are closing their borders to the UK due to fear, which may disrupt supply chains. Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), joins us to discuss a recent open letter from the organization to US President-elect Joe Biden regarding the allegations dominating US media that Russia was responsible for a recent hack of US government websites. VIPS argues that the media onslaught in the wake of the hack is a deep state operation designed to steer US foreign policy. The group advises Biden to avoid putting his foot in the "mousetrap" being laid for him to make it more difficult for his administration to "deal in a sensible way with Russia."Jim Kavanagh, writer at The Polemicist and CounterPunch, joins us as the final days of Brexit negotiations draw near. Talks have been hung up mainly over two seemingly intractable issues - "the bloc's fishing rights in British waters and creating a so-called level playing field providing fair competition rules for both sides," Reuters reported.James Carey, editor and co-owner of Geopolitics Alert, returns to discuss a serious health situation at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. "Muhammad Rahim has been confined to the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison for the last 12 years without charge," Al Jazeera reported. "But now his lawyer and a rights body fear the Afghan is facing a potentially serious health risk."KJ Noh, peace activist, writer and teacher, joins us to discuss China's olive branch to the incoming Biden administration. "China's top diplomat on Friday offered cooperation on key priorities of President-elect Joe Biden, warning that Beijing's many US critics were creating an atmosphere of 'McCarthyism' and ignoring common interests," AFP reported. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday, "It is important that US policy toward China return to objectivity and sensibility as early as possible." Danny Shaw, author, activist and professor of Latin American studies, joins us to discuss US policy towards South America and the Caribbean. Biden's advisers are getting ready to negotiate with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an effort to end the economic and humanitarian crisis resulting from harsh US Sanctions, Bloomberg reported last week, citing "three people familiar with the matter." Is this move genuine or simply a thinly disguised maneuver aimed at controlling the outcome of future elections and installing a US puppet government?Randi Nord, co-founder of Geopolitics Alert, joins us to talk about recent statements by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about China, which he argues is expanding as both a conventional and nuclear threat. Nord discusses what she considers the danger of the claim and whether Biden will adopt the same stance, resulting in a move to expand NATO and include China as a potential enemy.

Lee interviews former CIA analyst Ray McGovern. He co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to justify war in Iraq. The activists behind VIPS have played a role in unraveling the lies that we’re told by our government on a daily basis. A VIPS report after the 2016 election found that the data leak exposing DNC emails must have come from inside the DNC. Lee and McGovern discuss Julian Assange, the ever-collapsing Russiagate narrative, and more from the intelligence world. Naomi Karavani reports on a new policing pseudo-science that lets cops receive training in identifying liars and then use that skill to harass the public. The evidence behind these practices isn’t convincing but that has never stopped our police state from implementing damaging procedures before. Anders Lee finishes off the episode by looking back at a 1970s labor strike by US Postal Service employees that could inform this moment in history.

Ray McGovern was an infantry/intelligence officer in the early Sixties, and became a CIA analyst.  His duties eventually included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing The President's Daily Brief. He conducted the one-on-one morning briefings of President Reagan's five most senior national security officials, including VP Bush, from 1981 to 1985. In retirement Ray co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) -- an attempt by intelligence veterans to hold former colleagues to account for “fixing” intelligence to “justify” wars like Iraq. His website is https://RayMcGovern.com

On the very first episode of PARC Media, Vince speaks with Matthew Hoh. Matthew Hoh has nearly twelve years experience with America’s wars overseas with the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense and State Department. He has been a Senior Fellow with the Center For International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PARCMEDIA Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vince_Emanuele Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1713FranklinSt/ Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parcmedia/?hl=en

Ray McGovern served as an Army intelligence officer and a CIA analyst for 27 years under 7 presidential administrations, from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Among his duties was preparing the President’s Daily Brief, which was a one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s most senior national security advisers.  He was responsible for the analysis of Soviet intelligence regarding Vietnam and served as the Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Western Europe. Since retiring, Ray has been a vocal peace activist and journalist and helped create Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose the way intelligence was falsified to “justify” war on Iraq and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. He also works with Tell the Word, an ecumenical Catholic publishing house.   Ray’s opinion pieces appear in many leading news sources here and abroad.  He holds degrees in theology and philosophy from Fordham University, an MA in Russian History, is a graduate from Harvard Business School and has a certificate in theology from Georgetown University.   His website is RayMcGovern.com  and more of his writings can be found on ConsortiumNews.com

Ray McGovern is a former CIA analyst who headed the CIA's Soviet Foreign Policy Branch. He is also currently a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). On the show we delve into recent events near Iran as well as some giant plot holes in the RussiaGate narrative. McGovern explains how the FBI both never had access to the DNC server and also never even saw Crowdstrike's final report. McGovern goes on to explain how Guccifer 2.0 metadata suggests a leak rather than a hack. Finally McGovern also shares his thoughts on Julian Assange and Tulsi Gabbard.Support, Subscribe, and join the mailing list!www.primonutmeg.com/www.youtube.com/primonutmeg/ www.patreon.com/primonutmeg/www.facebook.com/primonutmeg/ www.twitter.com/primonutmeg/ www.instagram.com/primonutmeg/www.minds.com/primonutmeg/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

With this being the last day of 2018 we wanted to reach out to a few of our brilliant minds and get their take on the year that was. Our first guest is a Government Affairs and Public Relations Specialist and principal of TML Communications, LLC., Teresa M. Lundy. We are also joined by Daniel Lazare, journalist and author of three books: The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy; The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American Democracy and America's Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It.Teresa saw criminal justice reform as her big story. There is a difference between sentencing reform and criminal justice reform but this is a good first step. Lazar saw the slowdown in the Chinese economy as his big story. Teresa saw Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's sexual assault hearing and the “Me Too Movement” as one of the big stories. Lazar saw Russiagate as the next big story.For our second segment, we were joined by web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa and Ray McGovern, who leads the “Speaking Truth to Power” section of Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq and conducted the morning intelligence briefings, based on the President's Daily Brief, of Reagan's five most senior national security advisers, including Vice President George H. W. Bush. Ray McGovern also believes Russiagate as one of the big stories and topping his list the weakness of the media. Garaffa saw Facebook's never-ending issues as one of the biggest stories of the year. The second biggest story was IT workers who were protesting and standing against tech companies like Google over privacy issues on real issues was also significant. GUESTS:Teresa M. Lundy - Government Affairs and Public Relations Specialist and principal of TML Communications, LLC.Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup and America's Undeclared War.Ray McGovern — Former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Peace.Chris Garaffa — Web developer and technologist.

George H.W. Bush, the US 41st president and father of the 43rd died Friday evening at the age of 94. We have been hearing a lot of commentary about him as a person and an American hero but very little analysis of Bush 41 administration policy. So, I decided to turn to a man who had a longstanding professional and, later, cordial relationship. For many years after he stopped being president, they stayed in touch — mostly by letter. Our guest, Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray's duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan's five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. In January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. President Trump cast his Saturday meeting with President Xi Jinping of China as a huge win for the United States, insisting that American farmers and automakers would reap immediate benefits from their meeting. Was this a victory or a half-time tie? GUESTS:Ray McGovern — Former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Peace.Dr. William Spriggs — Professor in, and former chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University who also serves as chief economist to the AFL-CIO. In his role with the AFL-CIO, he chairs the Economic Policy Working Group for the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and serves on the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray's duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan's five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. In January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. His website is raymcgovern.com

Ray McGovern is a 27-year CIA veteran and former head of the CIA's Soviet Foreign Policy Branch. He returns to the show to discuss his Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) findings that the Guccifer 2.0 "hack" of the DNC was in fact a leak. Ray also talks about CrowdStrike, how Russian hacking could be forged using CIA's Marble Framework revealed by WikiLeaks, and US involvement in Ukraine. Become a supporter! www.patreon.com/primonutmeg Subscribe to PRIMO NUTMEG on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes and Vidme! www.primonutmeg.com/ youtube.com/c/primonutmeg/ soundcloud.com/primonutmeg vid.me/PRIMONUTMEG facebook.com/primonutmeg/ twitter.com/primonutmeg/ instagram.com/primonutmeg/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

If you want to support the show and receive access to bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. In episode 23 of Around The Empire, Dan and Joanne talk with Phil Giraldi about his recent article, "Do High-Level Leaks Suggest a Conspiracy?" Former intelligence officers are questioning whether leaks and other events signal an ongoing soft coup based in the national security establishment. Phil Giraldi is a former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA. Giraldi is a columnist at The American Conservative and unz.com. He is also a commentator on mainstream and independent media. He is a consultant, the Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, and he is a member of a group called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). Phil's article: "Do High-Level Leaks Suggest a Conspiracy?" Follow Around the Empire @aroundtheempire

Ray McGovern served at the CIA from 1963 to 1990. Ray’s duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’s Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. n January 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. We discuss accusations of Russia hacking the 2016 election and Donald Trump's rationale for bombing Syria. raymcgovern.com/ https://www.primonutmeg.com/ https://youtube.com/c/primonutmeg/ https://facebook.com/primonutmeg/ https://twitter.com/primonutmeg/ https://instagram.com/primonutmeg/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

Retired CIA Sr. Analyst Ray McGovern, who used to give presidents back to Ronald Reagan the CIA's daily briefing, and who later co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), talks with host Dave Lindorff about the CIA's claim --which he calls "a crock" -- that the Russians and Vladimir Putin were behind the release of Democratic National Committee and Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta's emails, in an effort to throw the election to Donald Trump. 

John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, who in 2007 became the first U.S. Government official to publicly confirm and describe CIA use of waterboarding on al-Qaeda prisoners, which he described as torture. In January 2013, Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison and was released after serving more than 23 months. Since then, he has become a tireless writer and speaker on whistleblowing, torture, and civil liberties. Kiriakou is the sole U.S. Government official to have been jailed for any reason relating to CIA torture – a victim of the Obama administration's unprecedented crackdown on government truth-tellers. When President Obama openly acknowledged at a White House press conference on August 1, 2014, “We tortured some folks,” John was in prison for having said essentially the same thing seven years earlier. Elizabeth Murray served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council before retiring after a 27-year career in the U.S. government. She is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), and of Sam Adams Associates. She writes for Consortium News. Murray and Kiriakou will be speaking at No War 2016. See http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy Intelligence Officer for the Near East, about her decision to leave the CIA and work for peace - including embarking on a recent peace delegation to Russia to find out just what all this saber-rattling is really about. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Elizabeth Murray was the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the US' National Intelligence Council before retiring after twenty-seven years of service. She is now a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII). She is currently the member in residence for the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA. Related Links: Elizabeth Murray's Articles on Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/tag/elizabeth-murray/ Join Elizabeth Murray and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence in Washington DC this September for the presentation of the Sam Adams Award to John Kiriakou as part of the 'No War 2016' conference. Details here: http://worldbeyondwar.org/sam-adams-award-presented-nowar2016/ World Beyond War "No War 2016" Conference http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016agenda/ Recommended Reading On US Military Involvement in the Ukraine Events of 2014: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/breedlove-network-sought-weapons-deliveries-for-ukraine-a-1104837.html Colonel Ann Wright on US/Russia Relations https://consortiumnews.com/2016/07/05/misunderstanding-russia-and-russians/ Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kathy Kelly on the Peace Delegation to Russia https://consortiumnews.com/2016/06/17/a-peace-journey-to-russia/ Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action http://www.gzcenter.org/ "Walk In Beauty" Episode from Echo Valley Hope http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-09T14_29_10-07_00 Live Share Grow: A Movement for the 100% http://www.livesharegrow.org/ Love (and Revolution) Radio Interview with Chuck Collins and Dariel Garner http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-12T14_00_00-07_00 Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran_Intelligence_Professionals_for_Sanity Music: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

On the May 28, 2015 edition of Tell Somebody, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) co-founder and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern reminds us that the “intelligence” used to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq was “fixed,” not “flawed,” and explains for whom the surge worked. ​​Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the HYPERLINK "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-somebody/id303907790"iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @HYPERLINK "https://twitter.com/tellsomebodynow"tellsomebodynow.   “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook:  www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Ray McGovern is quite frankly one bad motherfucker. He was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990 beginning under President John F. Kennedy and lasting until the Presidency of George H. W. Bush.  From 1981 to 1985 he prepared and presented the President's Daily Brief one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s most senior national security advisers including then Vice President George H. W. Bush. In 2003 Ray came out of retirement and founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) which analyses and criticises the use of intelligence.  He famously confronted Donald Rumsfeld publicly about lying about W.M.D. and nearly got him to recant his statements.  Ray also protested a speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by turning his back onkly to be physically removed, double handcuffed and seriously battered and bruised.  He did this at the spry age of 71. Please join me in welcoming Ray McGovern to London Real.  I consider him a piece of living history and was honoured to be able to speak to him about issues ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Cold War to Edward Snowden and Julian Assange to the Ukrainian Separatists, Gaza, ISIS and more.