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Showing posts with label Ray McGovern. Show all posts

Anthony Aguilar & Ray McGovern | Trump's Iran Ship Sinking: Midterm Wipe Out Sparks Israeli Panic | Nov. 4, 2026

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Former Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern tell Danny Haiphong that JD Vance blamed the Iran war for the Republican midterm losses, while Trump is still talking about a large strike on Iran. They also take up an Israeli warning that Iran is considering chemical weapons, and Aguilar says he still expects major fighting to restart before the new Congress meets on 3 January 2027.

Timeline:
00:00:00 News update and escalation
00:04:57 Analysis of congressional war funding and the executive branch's role
00:13:37 Chemical weapons accusations and criticism of General Jack Keane
00:20:39 Potential for military escalation and Netanyahu's political motivations
00:34:48 Military planning, resource constraints, and the reality of the war
00:48:21 The potential for an off-ramp, nuclear war, and intelligence assessments
00:56:54 Final thoughts on the future of the war post-midterms

Scott Ritter & Ray McGovern | Is the Trump Era Over? On The World This Week | Nov. 1, 2026

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A top election analyst says if Trump loses just the House on Tuesday his era is over. Would a Democratic House have the guts to cut Iran war funding? Plus an update on the uprising in France. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter.

Ray McGovern is a former C.I.A. Russia analyst and presidential briefer, Scott Ritter is a former U.N. weapons inspector, intelligence officer and author. Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News. Cathy Vogan is executive producer of CN Live! and The World This Week.

Ray McGovern | The truth about Iran and Ukraine | Oct. 26, 2026

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Cyrus Janssen interviews CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the Ukraine and Iran wars.

Timeline:
0:00 Intro: CIA analyst Ray McGovern
1:04 Why Trump can't end the Russia-Ukraine war
2:29 How the deep state controls Trump's actions
4:12 Why the United States started the Iran war
6:13 Is Iran working on a nuclear weapon?
9:03 Why the Ukraine war will end by the end of the year
11:00 Will Putin get a security deal with Trump?
12:05 Why NATO keeps making mistakes against Russia
13:05 The biggest mistake Washington made with Russia
15:45 How Europe and America walked away from a Ukraine deal
19:09 Did Trump's mistakes in Iran force him to pivot to Russia?
21:03 Can Europe get a deal for Ukraine?
21:45 Why NATO is effectively dead for the future
23:25 Will Trump or Netanyahu strike Iran before the elections?
25:45 Why Israel and Netanyahu are the biggest threat
27:05 Will Israel stop invading Lebanon?
29:10 Can Russia help end the war in Iran?
30:30 What is China's role in the Iran war?
33:00 Why Trump will visit China again in 2026
35:05 Is America's influence on the world over?
37:40 Final thoughts 

Matt Hoh & Ray McGovern | War on the West Bank. On The World This Week | Oct. 24, 2026

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A convenient killing of IDF soldiers days before Israeli election; Will Iran war resume after U.S. vote? and Zelensky persists. This Week:

1. Israel vows worst West Bank assault since 1967 War.

2. Was Attack on IDF Provoked Days Before Election?

3. Is Ukraine Really Finished?

Plus: U.S. Mid-Term Races Heat Up/Iran War to Resume After U.S. Vote/And French Unrest Continues.

Guests: Ray McGovern, Matthew Hoh. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan.

Ray McGovern | 27-Year CIA Agent: "Everything You Know About Russia Is Wrong" | Oct. 24, 2026

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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.

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

Anthony Aguilar & Ray McGovern | Iran Blows Up US-Israeli Strike Plan; Russia Joins War | Oct. 21, 2026

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Trump & Israel are scrambling to launch a massive strike plan but Iran has other ideas. New reports suggest that Iran has blown up the attack but that hasn't stopped the masters of war in Washington and Tel Aviv from building up toward a new round of war that could begin at any moment. Former Lt. Colonel Anthony Aguilar and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern join to break it all down.

Patrick Henningsen & Ray McGovern | Russia to the rescue? On The World This Week | Oct. 11, 2026

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Russia is selling the U.S. 300,000 tons of diesel fuel after a sanctions waiver to lift Trump's November electoral chances, infuriating Zelensky as Kiev suffers its most intense pounding. Trump says he won't hit Iran until after the election. And in the U.S. an execution victim awakes from a coma, while the government is planning to live-stream an execution by firing squad.

Ray McGovern & Garland Nixon | Trump to NUKE Pickaxe!? US Attack Looms, Iran DEFIANT | Danny Haiphong | Sept. 23, 2026

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Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and geopolitical commentator Garland Nixon join to react to Trump's hints at striking Pickaxe mountain and the signs that the Iran war is set to escalate big.

Ray McGovern & Garland Nixon | Iran Fires Surprise Missile Attack on US Air Base, Israel is Next | Sep. 4, 2026

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CIA analyst Ray McGovern and independent commentator Garland Nixon discuss Israel's Channel 14 reports that Iran is preparing to expand its offensive with a massive attack on Tel Aviv as Iran's missiles have changed the game in the Persian Gulf. The US Navy and military is in full panic amid evidence that the Strait of Hormuz is fully lost.

Scott Ritter & Ray McGovern | Neo-Israelites v Neo-Ottomans — Consortium news| Aug. 23, 2026

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Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern on The World This Week. Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump really nuke Iran? Gaza and Ukraine updates and the Pentagon punishes Stars & Stripes by firing its editor and publisher.

Richard Wolff, Ray McGovern & Peter Kuznick | HOW NEAR IS NUCLEAR WAR? | Aug. 1, 2026

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Description:
Some NATO and Russian advisers think nuclear weapons are a viable option. Would a desperate Israel really nuke Iran? We speak with nuclear weapons expert Peter Kuznick, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and economist Professor Richard Wolff.
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