(3 comments) SHARE        Thursday, May 22, 2008
An Appeal to Admiral Fallon on Iran I have not been able to find out how to reach you directly, so I drafted this letter in the hope it will be brought to your attention. First, thank you for honoring the oath we commissioned officers take to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. At the same time, you have let it be known that you do not intend to speak, on or off the record, about Iran.

SHARE        Monday, January 10, 2022
Putin's Quid No Offensive Missiles in 'ABM' Sites You would not know it amid the gloom and doom about "another Russian invasion" of Ukraine but diplomacy, not war, is about to break out this month.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, August 12, 2013
The Moral Imperative of Activism Today's crises -- endless war, environmental catastrophe, desperate poverty and more -- can seem so daunting that they paralyze action rather than inspire activism. But the imperative to do something in the face of injustice defines one's moral place in the universe.

(5 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, April 8, 2009
After Torture, Resurrection Three years ago, Easter dawned on Crawford, Texas, for the many friends of justice and peace who were gathered there to celebrate new hope. Rev. Joseph Lowery gave an inspired message that morning, in what turned out to be a warm-up for his Benediction at the Inauguration of our new president in January 2009.

SHARE        Wednesday, July 16, 2014
When the U.S. Welched on Shevardnadze James Baker keeps repeating that the Cold War "could not have ended peacefully without Shevardnadze." But he and others are silent on the quid pro quo. The quid was Moscow's agreement to swallow the bitter pill of a reunited Germany in NATO; the quo was a U.S. promise not to "leapfrog" NATO over Germany farther East. Washington welched on the deal.

(5 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Julian Assange and the Mindszenty Case Courageous publishers like Julian Assange and principled churchmen like Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty are a rarity: Neither would be silenced; and both had to seek asylum; but the similarity ends there, explains Ray McGovern.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, January 14, 2022
Peeking Past the Pall Put Over Arms Talks With Russia Western media are painting an image of gross failure for Russia at the U.S.-Russia bilateral talks in Geneva, as well as subsequent talks between Russia - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, March 17, 2012
Speak, Memory! When Obama got briefed on the history of Afghanistan and the oft-proven ability of Afghan "militants" to drive out foreign invaders -- from Alexander the Great, to the Persians, the Mongolians, Indians, British, Russians -- surely he would understand why they call mountainous Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires." But no -- that doesn't seem to be the case...

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, June 17, 2013
UK Grapples with Spying Disclosure British authorities are scrambling to justify how they --- while hosting a global economic summit in 2009 --- spied on their guests with help from America's National Security Agency. Some UK media outlets seem a little spooked themselves in getting commentary on the incident.

SHARE        Sunday, July 21, 2013
From The Past: Answering Helen Thomas On Why From the Archive: Often annoying her press colleagues, the late Helen Thomas was one of the few Washington journalists who would shatter the predictable frame for discussing tough issues. When she heard lazy rationalizations, Thomas would press the policymaker on why, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern wrote in 2010.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, March 23, 2016
US Intel Vets Warn Against Torture Experienced intelligence professionals reaffirm that torture -- while popular with "tough" politicians -- doesn't work in getting accurate and actionable information, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

(27 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 19, 2008
Impeach Bush now? Congressional proceedings would help prevent another mistaken war. A move to impeach would bolster the resistance to Bush among our senior military leaders who know that attacking Iran at this time would be the strategic equivalent of the marches into Russia by Napoleon and Hitler.

SHARE        Saturday, December 5, 2020
Barr Kicks Durham Can Down the Street Attorney General William Barr has abandoned the Trump ship. He poured cold water on President Trump's allegations of voter fraud, announcing that the Justice Department had found no fraud "on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election."

(2 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Will Lloyd Austin Speak Truth on Afghanistan? Afghanistan: Stay or Go? The final decision will depend largely on whether Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin can face down white White House armchair warriors allergic to "losing" wars already long lost, as well as arms makers profiteering on the ones that drag on for decades.

SHARE        Monday, October 26, 2020
Russia-gate Limps On The walking-wounded Russia-gate limps along -- witness how many former functionaries will still sign on to anything Clapper/Brennan sponsor and give it to a hungry Establishment media to regurgitate.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Jail Time for Tenet? As president, young George has found he can escape accountability altogether. Now when he screws up royally, he need not call Dad; George W. Bush is himself in control of all the levers he needs to pull in order to bail himself out. Is this a great country or what?

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, February 22, 2013
Brennan's Loose Talk on Iran Nukes Fresh, prejudicial evidence shows beyond a reasonable doubt that John Brennan is unfit to become director of the CIA. We Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity faxed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, a Memorandum discussing that evidence.

SHARE        Monday, April 8, 2019
Mexican Daily Front-pages VIPS Warning on Venezuela The group Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS, by its initials in English) warns in its current memorandum to the government of US President Donald Trump that his attempt to intervene in Venezuela could end up provoking a war between the US and Russia.

SHARE        Monday, February 22, 2010
New Grist for Hype on Iran Here we go again. A report issued Thursday by the new Director General of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, has injected new adrenalin into those arguing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, writes Ray McGovern.

(4 comments) SHARE        Thursday, February 7, 2013
Drone Memo Puts Brennan on Spot President Obama is finally giving the congressional Intelligence Committees a look at a Justice Department legal opinion justifying the killing of Americans in senior al-Qaeda positions plotting attacks on the U.S. The disclosure comes as the Senate considers John Brennan to be CIA director.