Ray McGovern

http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/08/snowden-honored-by-ex-intel-officials/

Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence announced on July 8 that Edward Snowden has been named recipient of its annual award for truth telling. (The traditional Citation and Corner-Brightener Candlestick Holder will be presented to Snowden as soon as it appears safe to do so.)

Previous awardees are Coleen Rowley of the FBI; Katharine Gun of British Intelligence; Sibel Edmonds of the FBI; Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan; Sam Provance; former US Army Sgt. at Abu Ghraib; Maj. Frank Grevil of Danish Army Intelligence; Larry Wilkerson, Col., US Army (ret.), former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell; Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; Thomas Drake, former senior NSA executive; Jesselyn Radack, Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project; and Thomas Fingar, former Assistant Secretary of State and Director, National Intelligence Council.

Ray describes historical examples of truth telling (aka whistleblowing) — both those of patriots who took great risks in stepping up to the plate, and by those (including Ray) who lacked the courage. Since Edward Snowden, on February 8, was given this year’s Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, Ray discusses the significance of the award and the implications of its being presented to Snowden.
 (40 minutes)

https://soundcloud.com/tellsomebodyradio/ts-july-9-2013-ray-mcgovern

by Daniel Ellsberg, Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/daniel-ellsberg-nsa-leaker-snowden-made-the-right-call/2013/07/07/0b46d96c-e5b7-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html

by Frank Grevil

Grevil received the Sam Adams award for 2008. A Danish Army Major, Grevil was imprisoned for several months for blowing the whistle on fraudulent “intelligence” adduced to “justify” the US/UK attack on Iraq.

http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/03/gauging-sympathy-for-snowden/

Ray’s team, debating pro, lost 149 to 150, but there was great fun to be had! Ray’s 10 minutes can be found at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w79XPIlwdvY

(10 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzjvOVAa0NI

Before Ray debated at the Oxford Forum on Jan. 24, he was interviewed for the Programme for the Study of Freedom at St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
 Ray had time to tell some of his favorite media-related stories.
 (32 min.)

http://freespeechdebate.com/en/media/in-defence-of-whistleblowing/

MP Clare Daly: “Stop Pimping Ireland For a Pat on the Head.”
 During Leaders’ Questions in Parliament (6 min.)


http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/goodness/obama-called-war-criminal-hypocrite-of-the-century-in-irish-parliament.html

(20 min.)

Ray includes inside stories about how the ethos at NSA (once governed by the “First Commandment” there: “Thou shalt not eavesdrop on Americans without a court warrant”) crumbled. All it took was a President who considered the Constitution just a “piece of paper;” dark-side Dick Cheney, and martinet generals thirsting for yet another star, a Congress that can see no evil but “the bad guys;” and Presto! – intrusive eavesdropping that would put the Gestapo and the East German Stasi to shame.

Our generals, part of the upper crust, know what’s best for us. They need to tell us the “least untruthful” lies, you see, because they have decided we can’t handle the truth. Ray draws parallels with Germany during the 1930s and ends quoting Dr. King: “There is such a thing as too late.”

And there is.

Trouble at High Tea Today in Northern Ireland


http://consortiumnews.com/2013/06/17/uk-grapples-with-spying-disclosure/