In this episode of The Source, we talk with a former CIA officer Ray McGovern about his experience at the CIA and why he decided to return the Intelligence Commendation Medal that he received when he retired in 1990. We also have an in-depth and contextual discussion about the war in Ukraine. Watch our latest videos on similar topics: Seymour Hersh - How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline Col. Wilkerson on Ukraine & Nord Stream Jeffrey Sachs on Seymour Hersh & Nord Stream Bombing Prof. Richard Wolff: The Economics of the US-China Cold War The Incident btw. Russian Jets and a US Drone | Dimitri Lascaris New Findings on Nord Stream Sabotage Former CIA Officer McGovern on Ukraine at UN Security Council “The Reality is Ukraine is losing“ - Journalist Dimitri Lascaris Seymour Hersh & US History of Secret Operations | Prof. Kuznick Historian Vijay Prashad on the war in Ukraine: Noam Chomsky on Ukraine: ABOUT RAY McGOVERN: Raymond McGovern is a former Central Intelligence Agency employee turned political commentator and activist. During his 27 years as a CIA analyst, he was chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Division in the 1960s and deputy National Intelligence Officer for Western Europe in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he chaired the National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief. Upon retirement, he received the CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal, which he returned in 2006 to protest CIA involvement in torture. In 2003, he co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). DONATE: ► PayPal: PayPal@ ► Patreon: ► Donate via the “Thanks“ option under our YouTube video ► Betterplace (Credit Card inkl.): ► Int. Bank Account: DE89430609678224073600 FOLLOW US ONLINE: ► PODCAST: ► RUMBLE: ► TELEGRAM: ► Facebook: ► Instagram: ► Website: ► Twitter: ► YouTube: Interview topics: 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Ray McGovern's CIA Biography 8:13 CIA's Torture Program 18:25 The War in Ukraine 46:31 Counter Arguments #trending #cia #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #nato #germany #unitedstates
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