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RT
April 20, 2018
An investigation into the alleged hack, by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) last year, showed that the transfer rate simply did not support the claim that the servers were accessed from overseas. VIPS argued that the “data was leaked (not hacked) by a person with physical access to DNCÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 10, 2018
In particular, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) letter highlighted Haspel's role in destroying videotapes of interrogations including torture. This has led to claims that she was covering up major crimes and “loathsome physical abuses”. READ MORE: A Moral Stain' — US Intel Vets UrgeÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
April 10, 2018
In 2003, he and some colleagues from the CIA and other intelligence services founded the organization Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), which critically examines US policy. McGovern told DW, "The intelligence was not mistaken; it was fraudulent — and they knew it." And a significantÃâà...
Consortium News
April 5, 2018
Back to January 2003: a few days after I received President Bush's not-to-worry note of January 22, 2003, a handful of us former senior CIA officials went forward with plans to create Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). We had been giving one another sanity checks before finalizing draftÃâà...
Consortium News
March 31, 2018
... a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. His 27-year career as a CIA analyst includes serving as Chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer/briefer of the President's Daily Brief. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Conservative Review
March 29, 2018
A shadowy organization that is overtly sympathetic to the Russian government — and which was originally formed by anti-war activists — has emerged as one of the foremost critics of CIA director nominee Gina Haspel. Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) — a group made up ofÃâà...
American Spectator
March 29, 2018
By no means a pro-Trump publication, the Nation published an exhaustive report about an exacting forensic investigation of the DNC hack by the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), an organization of former CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, and military intelligence officers, technicalÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 28, 2018
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) comprises former employees of the CIA, NSA, FBI, military intelligence and other US agencies. Their recently published open memorandum to Trump outlines their argument for why Haspel should not have been put forward for the CIA director's job,Ãâà...
Artvoice
March 27, 2018
The Nation magazine reported on a study issued by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), a group of former high-level US intelligence officials, who concluded that, “There was no hack of the Democratic National Committee's system … not by the Russians and not by anyone else.” If it was notÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
March 27, 2018
We Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) are extremely concerned at the possibility that Gina Haspel might become the next Director of the CIA. Haspel actually supervised a CIA “black site” codenamed “Cat's Eye” in Thailand where a number of suspected terrorists were tortured.
Mintpress News
March 27, 2018
We Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) are extremely concerned at the possibility that Gina Haspel might become the next Director of the CIA. Haspel actually supervised a CIA “black site” codenamed “Cat's Eye” in Thailand where a number of suspected terrorists were tortured.
RT
March 27, 2018
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity includes former CIA, NSA, FBI and Army operatives. In a memorandum to the president, the group claims Haspel's actions disqualify her from the role. “In 2002 Haspel supervised the first CIA 'black site' for interrogation, where cruel and bizarre forms of tortureÃâà...
Consortium News
March 26, 2018
We Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) are extremely concerned at the possibility that Gina Haspel might become the next Director of the CIA. Haspel actually supervised a CIA “black site” codenamed “Cat's Eye” in Thailand where a number of suspected terrorists were tortured.
Antiwar.com
March 19, 2018
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He was an Army Infantry/Intelligence officer and CIA analyst for a total of 30 years and now servers on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Sputnik International
March 16, 2018
Murray, who is also a member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) group, said the choice of someone with Haspel's background also reassures those complicit in torture that they will likely never be held accountable for ugly acts and horrific violations of human rights. "Indeed, they mayÃâà...
Antiwar.com
March 12, 2018
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He was an Army Infantry/Intelligence officer and CIA analyst for a total of 30 years and now servers on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Consortium News
March 7, 2018
... by overreach from the beginning. Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He served in Army and CIA intelligence analysis for 30 years and, after retiring, co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Consortium News
March 4, 2018
... the world may live? 'Nuff said. Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Savior in inner-city Washington. He served 30 years as an U.S. Army Intelligence and CIA analyst, and in retirement co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Antiwar.com (blog)
March 3, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin's State-of-the-Nation speech Thursday represents a liminal event in the East-West strategic balance – and an ominous one. That the strategic equation is precarious today comes through clearly in Putin's words. The U.S. and Russia have walked backwards over theÃâà...
Communitynewslinesville
March 3, 2018
If you don't believe me then please visit Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), which explained this in detail about five hundred years ago. Sorry but it seems like this ridiculousness has been unfolding for that long. Many of us out here in the non-corporate-media-viewing-world, simply read the Wikileaks whenÃâà...
Dissident Voice
March 2, 2018
Here in the United States, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, a group of retired intelligence workers, has just issued a public warning, or what they call a memo, to Donald Trump (Why bother? Do they actually think he is listening or is in charge?) Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based onÃâà...
Consortium News
February 22, 2018
Former CIA analyst and founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Ray McGovern, in this tongue-in-cheek article, outlines steps he would take ... Binney and other highly experienced NSA alumni, as well as other members of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), drawing on theirÃâà...
Consortium News
December 31, 1999
We the undersigned Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity join a number of other credible experts including former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford (this recent interview on BBC Radio Scotland), former UN weapons inspectors and former military officers who are strongly recommending that youÃâà...
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)
December 31, 1999
March 21, 2018 (EIRNS)—The above headline, on a March 19 article by Ray McGovern, of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), appropriately captures the mindset of the psychopath former CIA Director John Brennan, whose hysterical attacks on President Donald Trump reflect his own, clearlyÃâà...
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)
December 31, 1999
Feb. 26, 2018 (EIRNS)—In a recent discussion, former FBI whistleblower and now member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) Coleen Rowley addressed the issue of “domestic terror” behind mass shootings, pointing to the media's role in fostering a widespread “culture of violence.” In a Feb. 21 podcastÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 31, 1999
The moves on the chessboard are happening fast and furious. Divide and conquer is clearly the strategy of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States. Here in the United States, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, a group of retired intelligence workers, has just issued a public warning, or whatÃâà...
Iranian
December 31, 1999
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) is a group of current and former officials of the United States Intelligence Community, including some from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S. State Department's Intelligence Bureau (INR), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Mintpress News
December 31, 1999
As President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans offers corrections to a number of false accusations that have been leveled against Iran. by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). February 26th, 2018.
