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Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern now works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. During a 27-year career at CIA, he served under nine CIA directors and in all four of CIA’s main directorates, including operations. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

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05 November 2013
Clarifying Snowden's "Freedom"
Ray McGovern
A common angle from the mainstream U.S. media is that NSA leaker Edward Snowden will regret his asylum in Russia (rather than life in prison in the U.S.). A...
01 November 2013
We met Edward Snowden in Moscow. Please defend his right to travel
Ray McGovern
Most Americans probably take the right to travel for granted until this right is lost or curtailed. Passports are, of course, required for most international...
13 October 2013
Snowden Accepts Whistleblower Award
Ray McGovern
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, from his asylum in Russia, accepted an award on Wednesday from a group of former U.S. intelligence...
30 August 2013
Target Iran: What Bombing Syria Is Really About
Ray McGovern
Amid the increased likelihood that President Barack Obama will cave in to pressure from foreign policy hawks to “Libya-ize” Syria and to accord Syrian...
21 May 2013
Boston Suspect's Writing on the Wall
Ray McGovern
Quick, somebody tell CIA Director John Brennan about the handwriting on the inside wall of the boat in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding before Boston-area...
31 January 2013
When Truth Tried to Stop War
Ray McGovern
Ten years ago, Katharine Gun, then a 28-year-old British intelligence officer, saw an e-mailed memo from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) that confirmed...

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