Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publication arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington, DC. He served at the CIA from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush, and was one of five CIA "alumni" who created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity in January 2003.
Other articles by this author
The Almost-War on Syria Three Years Ago
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Hillary Clinton's Imperious Brush-Off of Email Rules
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
A Need to Clear Up Clinton Questions
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Hillary Clinton's Damning Emails
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
US Intelligence Veterans Warn Against Torture
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Bush 41 Finally Speaks on Iraq War
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Pope Francis Faces a Moral Challenge
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Propaganda, Intelligence and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Barack Obama: No Jack Kennedy
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Will "Junior Partners" Act Like Adults at G-7?
By Ray McGovern, War Is A Crime | Op-Ed
Resurgence of the ''Surge'' Myth
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Phony "Bad Intel" Defense on Iraq
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Punishing Another Whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The West Snubs Russia Over V-E Day
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Neocon "Chaos Promotion" in the Mideast
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Guiding Obama Into Global Make-Believe
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
General Patreaus: Too Big to Jail
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
A Pointed Letter to General Petraeus
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Crime and CIA Embarrassments
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Will France Repeat US Mistakes After 9/11?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Torture's Time for Accountability
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Clashing Face-to-Face on Torture
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
CIA's Torturous Maneuvers on Torture
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
How Many Islamic State Fighters Are There?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
A Murder Mystery at Guantanamo Bay
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Guantanamo's Force-Feeding Challenged
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Russia's Humanitarian "Invasion"
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
A USS Liberty's Hero's Passing
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
The Berlin Wall and Missed Opportunities
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Rear-Guard Defense of Torture
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Kerry's Unenviable Record for Veracity
By Ray McGovern, Op Ed News | Op-Ed
The Broken Promise to Shevardnadze
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Report
The Risk of a Ukraine Bloodbath
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Who Violated Ukraine's Sovereignty?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Iraqis Are Not "Abstractions"
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
How the NSA Criminally Aids Criminal Cases
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Report
Leaving the USS Liberty Crew Behind
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
The Real Villains of the Bergdahl Tale
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Premature US Victory-Dancing on Ukraine
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
How NATO Jabs Russia on Ukraine
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Kerry's Propaganda War on Russia's RT
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Trying Not to Give Peace a Chance
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Ukraine: One "Regime Change" Too Many?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
No Tears for the Real Robert Gates
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Truman's True Warning on the CIA
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Edward Snowden's Brave Integrity
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Snowden Accepts Whistleblower Award
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Report
How War on Syria Lost Its Way
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Time to Reveal US Intel on Syria
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Broader Stakes of Syrian Crisis
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Moral Imperative of Activism
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Puttin' the Pressure on Putin
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
General Hayden's Glass House
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
UK Grapples with Spying Disclosure
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Secrecy's Tangled Web of Deceit
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Another Truth-Teller Steps Forward
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
The Moral Imperative of Bradley Manning
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Doubting Obama's Resolve to Do Right
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Boston Suspect’s Writing on the Wall
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
John Brennan's Heavy Baggage
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
"Talking Points" for Hagel on Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Eyes Wide Shut on the Iraq War
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
To Obama: Close the Deal with Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
John Brennan’s Tenet-Like Testimony
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Drone Memo Puts Brennan on Spot
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Colin Powell: Conned or Con Man?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analsis
When Truth Tried to Stop War
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | New Analysis
Post Iraq War US Intel Chief Praised
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Grilling that Brennan Deserves
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Obama Needs Hagel in the Pentagon
By Ray McGovern, The Baltimore Sun | Op-Ed
The Larger Question of Chuck Hagel
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Humiliation of Bradley Manning
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Real Blame for Deaths in Libya
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Netanyahu Backs Off On Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Why the Mideast Exploded, Really
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Pussy Riot’s Appeal for Justice
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Will Downing Street Memo Recur on Iran?
By Annie Machon and Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
FDA and GE: Extra Radiation? Who Cares?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
How Iran Might See the Threats
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Julian Assange’s Artful Dodge
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Sorting Out the Facts About Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
The Moral Challenge of "Kill Lists"
By Ray McGovern, Consortiumnews.com | Op-Ed
Applying the Six-Day War to Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Honoring a "Terror War" Architect
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Not Explaining the Why of Terrorism
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Render to Caesar, Extraordinarily
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Report
Obama’s Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Divining the Truth About Iran
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
A Betrayal of the Founders
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis
Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War
By Elizabeth Murray and Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed
Are Americans in Line for Guantanamo?
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | News Analysis