by Robert Parry, August 8, 2014
(The usual suspects are dredging up already discredited “evidence” to support John Kerry claims that the Syrian government was responsible for the Sarin attacks.)
The Fawning Corporate Media hate Sy Hersh yet from his stunning first installment of this story on Dec. 8, 2013: Whose SARIN?
http://www.lrb.co.uk/2013/12/08/seymour-m-hersh/whose-sarin
This is what Ray wrote at the time: “It is extremely telling that Sy could not find anyone in this country to publish this investigative piece so embarrassing to the powers that be (as well as to lazy journalists). Like Mearsheimer and Walt when they did their major piece on the Israel Lobby, Sy had to go to the London Review of Books.”
Let’s face it: Investigative journalists – the fewof them still left – are an endangered species. Look for the media to do their best to ignore Hersh’s story, as they did with Part One on Dec. 8.
In vivid contrast, Robert Parry of consortiumnews posted this story within an hour or two of when the Hersh article appeared online.
Was Turkey Behind Sarin Attack in Syria?
by Robert Parry, April 6, 2014
At the very outset, when John Kerry said, in effect, “Trust me,” rather than adduce any convincing evidence that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical attack, Robert Parry smelled a rat. In a relentless string of 15 or so articles, he pursued this story in a way no other journalist did. Do a quick search for “Parry and Syria” on the consortiumnews.com website and peruse this remarkable record.
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, too, has a not-too-shabby record. Here are links to three corporate memos warning Gen. Dempsey and President Obama himself. Links to three other relevant articles penned by Ray at the time are also included.
An Appeal to Gen. Dempsey on Syria
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
August 30, 2013, 1330 EDT
Obama Warned on Syria Intel
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
September 6, 2013, 1615 EDT
Time For Proof on Syrian Attack
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
October 1, 2013
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Should We Fall Again For ‘Trust Me’
By Ray McGovern, September 3, 2013
Time to Reveal US Intel on Syria
By Ray McGovern, September 9, 2013
How War on Syria Lost Its Way
By Ray McGovern, September 14, 2013
Former CIA analyst praises Edward Snowden
From The Joplin Globe, April 4, 2014
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1095870459/Former-CIA-analyst-praises-Edward-Snowden
Ray debates Amy Knight on Ukraine on Aljazeera TV (15 min.)
(Ray has mastered saying Russian, vice “Soviets;” is now learning to say EU rather than “EC.”)
Interview with Ray on CIA torture
One need not be a rocket scientist, or a super-analyst, to piece together why current CIA director John Brennan has been delaying release of the comprehensive Senate Intelligence Committee on CIA torture. It is a no-brainer: the report implicates Brennan and some of his closest co-conspirators, including his patron, former CIA director George Tenet – all of whom have gotten away with murder, literally, until now.
Ray comments on one purpose for which torture “works like a charm,” namely, extracting the kind of false information needed to start a war – read Iraq.
After Ray lectured at the University of Missouri in Columbia on the evening of April 1, he was interviewed by phone by Radio New Zealand. (5 min.)
Edward Snowden And The Right To Travel
Supporters are pushing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to revalidate Snowden’s right to travel. Writer elaborates on issues discussed at March 25 event at National Press Club and their implications.
By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, March 29, 2014
TheRealNews reports on Coleen Rowley, Norman Solomon, and Ray discussing Edward Snowden, his right to get his passport back and be free of threats.
This short segment highlights Establishment Washington and Mainstream Media hypocrisy in their continued effort to “kill the messenger,” while at the same time measures are being taken to end the abuses made known only through the patriotic whistleblowing of that same messenger, Edward Snowden.
The scene was the National Press Club on March 25; The Real News Network, as usual, has put together an excellent short package, based primarily on the reporting of a TRNN correspondent on the scene. (8 min.)
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11662