Two dozen former U.S. intelligence professionals are urging the American people to demand clear evidence that the Syrian government was behind the April 4 chemical incident before President Trump dives deeper into another war. (Originally published on Consortiumnews.com on April 26, 2017.) AN OPEN MEMORANDUM FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE From: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity […]
More than two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with Russia. (Originally published on Consortiumnews.com on April 11, 2017) MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)* […]
RT interview, March 31, 2017 (six minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1dwWBfG6M&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop This interview was conducted at 7 PM. By that time on March 31, VIPS had heard from some of our U.S. military sources in the Middle East, who make a point of keeping us abreast at critical times, and who allergic to the all-too-common practice of “fixing” […]
Originally published in Consortiumnews on March 28, 2017 Exclusive: Amid the frenzy over the Trump team’s talks with Russians, are we missing a darker story, how the Deep State’s surveillance powers control the nation’s leaders, ask U.S. intelligence veterans Ray McGovern and Bill Binney. By Ray McGovern and Bill Binney Although many details are still […]
By Philip Giraldi, March 23, 2017 (originally published on The American Conservative.). There is a perception among some of the public and within the alternative media that America’s burgeoning national-security state is a monolith, a collective entity pursuing its own interests regardless of what is good for the country or its people. From both progressives […]
By PETER VAN BUREN published FEB. 18, 2017 in NYT Sunday Review “The spotlight has finally been put on the lowlife leakers! They will be caught!” So tweeted President Trump on Thursday morning after a week when his administration had been shaken by reports based on information from anonymous sources inside the government and intelligence […]
Katharine Gun says expanded jail terms for leaking state secrets will deter people from revealing abuses of power Published in The Guardian 2/13/2017 By Owen Bowcott, Legal Affairs Correspondent, published in The Guardian, 2/13/2017 A former GCHQ whistleblower has condemned plans by government lawyers to increase prison sentences and expand the definition of espionage for […]
By Jenna McLaughlin, Feb 10, 2017, at The Intercept IN 2010, THOMAS DRAKE, a former senior employee at the National Security Agency, was charged with espionage for speaking to a reporter from the Baltimore Sun about a bloated, dysfunctional intelligence program he believed would violate Americans’ privacy. The case against him eventually fell apart, and […]
February 7, 2017 on Ray McGovern website Former NSA Technical Director William Binney gave an excellent interview to WBAI radio’s Randy Credico on January 31. What Bill has to say should be REQUIRED LISTENING for those who feel a need for a cogent explanation, in understandable, non-technical language, of how NSA has been playing fast […]
Inspired by fringe theories about Islamic civilization, Michael Flynn is leading Trump down a dangerous path. By PHILIP GIRALDI • February 9, 2017 on The American Conservative The United States is adding new sanctions on Iran over that country’s alleged misdeeds, and nearly all of those allegations are either out-and-out lies or half-truths. It has […]