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Ray McGovern

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[Wikipedia] Raymond McGovern is an American political activist and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and participated in preparing the President's Daily Brief. He received the Intelligence Comm

Quotes by Ray McGovern

You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been…

Activist

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Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general…

American citizens

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I have the manual, and the sad thing is that many of the techniques are exactly the same ones with a few…

Allies

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You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And…

Blackmail

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I knew about some experience on the operational part of the CIA with Latin American services and so forth having to do…

Abhorrent

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I would have never thought that I would hear myself saying that the president of the United States is afraid of the…

Cia

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Well, the role of our "allies," in my view, is a scandal. 53 other countries cooperated in the kidnapping, "extraordinary rendition," of…

Allies

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Form a small group. Five or six people, of people who think the way you do, and are willing to meet regularly,…

Action

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You know, we may just be planting seeds for future generations, but that's okay. We can't be deterred from doing things, because…

Accomplish

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Now the big danger is to avoid doing anything, unless you have a surety, unless you have an assurance that you'll be…

Assurance

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Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically.…

Activity

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I would answer with the words of the Stasi alumnus Wolfgang Schmidt, who was asked that question: "What about these Americans who…

Alumni

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We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent,…

Activist

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I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have…

Ability

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Everyone knows that due process means judicial process, and when John Brennan brings him a list of people to be killed this…

Amendments

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I think the question really is, whether our political leaders have stepped out of bounds. Because all this has been approved by…

Approved

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This was the ethos of the intelligence analysis directorate during most of the 27 years I spent there.

Analysis

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And the passiveness, you know, the apathy, well, that's not responsible citizenship. When I'm asked, why am I an activist, I say,…

Activist

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My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to…

Bradley manning

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When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The…

Administration

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When Private Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning put his conscience ahead of his personal well-being by allegedly releasing important information to the world's…

Aka

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