Raymond McGovern (born August 25, 1939) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (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.[2] McGovern’s post-retirement work includes commenting for Russian Government-funded RT and Sputnik News, among other outlets, on intelligence and foreign policy issues. In 2003 he co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Statement on Drone Assassination “In Roman times, crosses loomed over a community to warn people that they could be killed whenever the Empire decided. So, too, our drones fly over many countries threatening extrajudicial killings upon whoever happens to be in the vicinity. On this Good Friday, we recall Jesus’ call to love and nonviolence. We’re asking this Air Force base and this nation to turn away from a policy of modern-day crucifixion.
“What if our country were constantly being spied upon by drones, with some ‘suspected terrorists’ killed by drones? What if many bystanders, including children, were killed in the process? If that were happening, we would hope that some people in that attacking country would speak up and try to stop the killing. We’re speaking up to try and stop the illegal and immoral drone attacks on countries against which Congress has not declared war.” Moral Corrosion of Drone Warfare
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2023-08-22 FRM CIA Ray McGovern: Pentagon PANICS Ukraine-Russia War & Drones
2023-05-22 Did Putin Have ‘Other Options’ on Ukraine?
2023-05-12 Ray McGovern: The Real Possibility of Nuclear War over Ukraine
2023-05-04 Missiles & Drones in the Ukraine War – Ray McGovern
2023-03-30 Russia-Ukraine 101: How it Went Down
2023-02-01 Ray McGovern – UKRAINE: How We Got Here & What Now?
2022-08-03 INTERVIEW: Ray McGovern on NATO’s Quagmire in Ukraine
2022-07-27 Proxy War in Ukraine: How We Got to Where We Are Today
2022-05-20 VIDEO: Ray McGovern: The Growing Possibility of Nuclear War over Ukraine
2022-02-17 Ray McGovern Sheds Light on the Ukraine Showdown
2021-12-30 Ray McGovern on the Dumb but Dangerous Tension With Russia Over Ukraine
2021-12-27 What?! No Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
2019-11-14 RAY McGOVERN: Ukraine For Dummies
2017-07-16 Moral Corrosion of Drone Warfare
2017-06-04 Ray McGovern – ex CIA analyst reveals all
2017-03-17 US Drone Strikes: Interview with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern
2014-12-11 Testimony on the Lies at The People’s Tribunal on the Iraq War by Ray McGovern
2013-12-11 Former whistleblowers: open letter to intelligence employees after Snowden Thomas Drake, Daniel Ellsberg, Katharine Gun, Peter Kofod, Ray McGovern, Jesselyn Radack, Coleen Rowley: Blowing the whistle on powerful factions isn’t easy, but it’s the last avenue for truth, balanced debate and democracy
2011-02-18 Police Brutalize Ray McGovern as Hillary Clinton Talks Free Speech
2011-02-16 The Brutal Arrest and Political Targeting of Ray McGovern
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