Description:
Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, with Danny Jones on Russia, Ukraine, and NATO, and on his claim that the public story about Russia is wrong.
He is the former CIA analyst who personally briefed Reagan's inner circle every morning, then spent the next three decades accusing the agency of lying the United States into wars.
He is the former CIA analyst who personally briefed Reagan's inner circle every morning, then spent the next three decades accusing the agency of lying the United States into wars.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Joining the CIA in 1963
00:04:21 Ukraine peace talks and the Minsk agreements
00:06:43 NATO expansion after the Berlin Wall
00:11:29 Bill Burns' warning about Ukraine joining NATO
00:13:00 Victoria Nuland's $5 billion and the Maidan uprising
00:19:51 Putin's missile warning and Biden's pledge
00:26:54 China's backing for Russia before the invasion
00:29:32 The Istanbul peace talks and Boris Johnson
00:35:03 The balance of power: Russia, China and the US
00:39:06 Ray's view of NATO without US support
00:42:51 Russiagate and the DNC email leak
00:49:53 Bill Binney and the challenge to the DNC hack account
00:56:49 Shawn Henry's testimony on DNC data exfiltration
01:00:58 Seth Rich's death and Ray's leak theory
01:07:37 The Columbia Journalism Review's Russiagate investigation
01:10:23 Ray's subpoena from Seth Rich's brother
01:13:03 Comey, Brennan and Trump's prosecutions
01:15:30 Oliver Stone's Putin interview and nuclear restraint
01:18:30 Ray's Moscow trip with Oliver Stone
01:25:45 Germany, Russophobia and Russia's threat perceptions
01:29:06 JFK's peace speech and assassination theories
01:35:40 Jane Roman, Oswald's file and JFK records
01:38:00 Fred Janney and Mary's Mosaic
01:40:29 Trump's orders and the federal bureaucracy
01:47:35 France's unrest and Europe's Ukraine spending
01:49:58 Iran, Israel and US national security
01:53:46 Ray's proposed Iran peace deal
01:55:53 Iraq's WMD claims and politicized intelligence
01:59:13 Tom Fingar and the 2007 Iran nuclear estimate
02:02:34 Nuclear weapons vs. uranium enrichment
02:06:58 Netanyahu's election and nuclear escalation fears
02:12:11 Arms sales, contractors and political influence
02:18:03 James Angleton and CIA reporting on Israel
02:19:34 Can analysts challenge the intelligence bureaucracy?
02:24:46 Intelligence failures and Iran war planning
02:28:04 The Houthis and Saudi Arabia
02:30:02 The USS Liberty attack and its survivors
02:33:57 Meeting USS Liberty survivor Bryce Lockwood
02:36:05 The USS Liberty SOS and recalled rescue planes
02:41:36 Ray's theories on why Israel attacked the Liberty
02:44:48 The 1967 war and occupied territories
02:49:16 Ray's account of intercepted Israeli communications
02:54:50 Ray's work and Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity