Ray McGovern with KPFA Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein in Fellowship Hall, Berkeley, CA, Sept 28, 2018. Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years who served as the Daily Presidential Briefer for four Presidents. He is a founding member of VIPS (…
Ray McGovern with KPFA Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein in Fellowship Hall, Berkeley, CA, Sept 28, 2018. Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years who served as the Daily Presidential Briefer for four Presidents. He is a founding member of VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity). “Russiagate” Segment Transcript, No Lies Radio Report by Vic Sadot begins with Ray McGovern saying that he wrote to President George H W Bush, Sr January 2003 to ask him to explain to his son, President George W Bush, Jr how dangerous the NeoCons could be to US National interests: The reason why you didn’t let the Crazies like Bolton or the rest of them there, Wolfowitz. Why you kept them at mid-level jobs so they couldn’t do any real harm to the country. Please tell him that! It was January 13th or so, 2003. He wrote back and said, Ray I too had some concerns about that. I don’t think its any problem. I trust my son’s judgment. I think its gonna be fine, you know. That was 2 weeks before they invaded Iraq, and you know the rest of that. So! There are certifiably crazy people! Now why, if Trump wants to have a decent relationship with Russia, which I applaud; People say, Well, how can you say anything like applaud in the same sentence with Trump? A broken clock is right how many times a day? Two! Here it is: Korea and Russia. There’s no reason why we can’t have a more decent relationship with Russiam except for these military, industrial, congressional, intelligence, media. Media is the big new element there. DB: Ray, you now establish your credentials explaining you believe that Trump is the worst President in the history of the world. But can you say for sure that if Hillary Clinton was elected President, that it actually could have been more dangerous, based on her projection of the kind of foreign policy and encounter she was looking for with Russia through a No Fly Zone? RM: No, I can’t say that for sure because I don’t believe it to be the case I was with Julian Assa..
