Eight years ago today VIPS Memo #50 asked: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job? Dem-leaning The Nation had a conniption, fired veteran columnist Patrick Lawrence for telling this neuralgic story. We were sternly warned NEVER EVER to utter words Seth Rich
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/
There is only us; there never has been any other (Annie Dillard). WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for. With genocide in Gaza & West Bank, we must not ape sheepish Germans of the 30’s when both Catholic & Lutheran Churches caved. Read, weep, pls THEN ACT
https://covertactionmagazine.com/?p=79802&preview=1&_ppp=eb3366ccb5
Released House Intel Committee report shows CIA’s Brennan & FBI’s Comey “fixed the intelligence” on Russiagate, just as Brennan’s patron former CIA chief Tenet did to “justify” Iraq. Michael van Landingham admits drafting the “fixed” Intel Community Assmt.
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/08/08/ray-mcgovern-decay-decrepitude-deceit-in-journalism/
Graham Fuller and I entered CIA in 1963. He became Vice-Chair of the National Intelligence Council, an intel community role equivalent to deputy to DNI Tulsi Gabbard today. I briefed The President’s Daily Brief for Nixon, Ford, Reagan. We were w/Nima today
I was called a “one-act pony” for pursuing the truth on Russia-gate for all those years. But I did manage to persuade best-selling author James Bradley (Flags of Our Fathers) not to continue writing Prostitutes, Pee, & Putin. Bradley, in turn, wrote this. covertactionmagazine.com/2021/11/05/ray
FBI’s James Comey wrote in Higher Loyalty (2018): “I was making decisions in an environment where Hillary Clinton was sure to be the next president.” So Comey/Brennan/Clapper played fast & loose w/the law, convinced they would be both immune and rewarded.
https://raymcgovern.com/2018/10/20/politico-report-says-russiagaters-should-prepare-for-disappointment/
A daunting challenge: what will Trump say on Ukraine. tonight. Ryabkov says it all: “Trump’s inconsistent actions & statements are not making our work easier!” Trump at a fork in the road; my guess is he will give priority to thaw in relations with Russia.
Rubio says Lavrov offered Thursday a “new, different approach” to talks on Ukraine which he will “take back to president Trump.” https://apnews.com/article/us-russia-ukraine-rubio-lavrov-tariffs-trump-asean-ca7569c363260b1a63bae12153fa7dd3 Larry & Judge see no flexibility in Russia’s public terms. Misses the point, in my view. See last 5 min
Elizabeth Murray & I in Berlin today till Jul 12 when we speak at Schiller Institute Conference. https://schillerinstitute.com/man-is-not-a-wolf-to-man/ . My panel at 4 am ET; EM’s at 8:30. Hans-Christof von Sponeck & Russia’s Prof. Dmitri Trenin are on my panel. Streaming in English at https://youtube.com/@SchillerInstitute