intelligence analyst turned political activist
A retried 27-year analyst for the CIA, Ray McGovern is a co-founder and steering group member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, a group of former intelligence officers formed to speak out on the use of intelligence to justify the war. He now works on the ecumenical project Tell The Word in Washington, which tries to spread the truth about what our country is doing in light of the faith tradition.
Ray McGovern: Faulty intelligence The former CIA analyst discusses his time in the agency and how he believes intelligence was used to wrongly justify wars.
Edward Snowden’s Revelations Keep On Coming New disclosures from National Security Agency files show contact lists from Americans’ e-mail and instant-message accounts are being scooped up. More and more countries are outraged by news that their top officials were spied on. We now know the NSA helped the CIA find targets from drones. Last week Edward Snowden said he wants to help the US and protect its citizens, and a group of whistle-blowers went to Russia to give him an award. We’ll update the latest uncovered secrets and hear different views of Snowden, the fugitive leaker who’s trying to craft his own public image.
Former CIA Director Tenet Goes Public Last night, it was 60 Minutes and tonight it ' s Larry King Live , in a publicity blitz for George Tenet' s new book, At the Center of the Storm . He claimed the Bush Administration ignored good intelligence in its rush to war in Iraq, but admitted that former Secretary of State Colin Powell got bad intelligence when he made the case at the UN Security Council that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Retail sales did not begin until this morning, but Condoleezza Rice was already leading the backlash on yesterday ' s televised talk shows over Tenet ' s claim that his famous " slam dunk " phrase was used to make him a scapegoat for intelligence failures. Tenet admits there was bad intelligence, but he claims good intelligence was ignored. Why didn ’ t he speak up sooner? Does he " tell all " or only part of the story?
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.
Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
