Emphatically suggest folks take the time to watch this illumining conversation between Mike Wong and Ray McGovern, especially until the end. And after you do that and are duly motivated, please try to follow Ray’s advice he gives in the last part of this wonderful conversation.
– The Peace and Planet News editors
Raymond McGovern is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned political activist. McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President’s Daily Brief. He received the Intelligence Commendation Medal at his retirement, returning it in 2006 to protest the CIA’s involvement in torture. McGovern’s post-retirement work includes commenting for Consortium News, RT, and Sputnik News, among other outlets, on intelligence and foreign policy issues. In 2003 he co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). His website is https://raymcgovern.com/