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KPN

(15,642 posts)
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:01 AM May 2016

Another jury result.

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the 2016 Postmortem forum).

Hillary Clinton’s Damning Emails ~ Consortiumnews.com
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511896118

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Explanation: Meh. It's an issue that is out there. Hiding it won't make it go away.
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Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: idiot conspiracy
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Explanation: More right wing bullshit posted by an alleged "progressive."
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Explanation: There is an FBI investigation.
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Explanation: This is not going away, and pretending it will is delusional. Leave it.
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Another jury result. (Original Post) KPN May 2016 OP
IBTL. BTW, Consortiumnews.com is garage. FSogol May 2016 #1
The purity tests and loyalty oaths are casting their shadows ahead! Betty Karlson May 2016 #2
Seems that way. KPN May 2016 #3
The basement server problem will bring us down CentralCoaster May 2016 #4
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #5
Let them wallow in their denial. frylock May 2016 #6
+1000 SheenaR May 2016 #9
Huh?? polly7 May 2016 #7
Until he wasn't nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #10
Thanks, nadin. polly7 May 2016 #11
Whenever I search for info on this topic I get about 20 unmentionable RW sources ucrdem May 2016 #8
Good hide... SidDithers May 2016 #12
Soon those hides will come with free pizza! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #14
Really good hide. Nothing but RW shit. PeaceNikki May 2016 #13
Locking after a review by forum hosts Omaha Steve May 2016 #15

FSogol

(45,470 posts)
1. IBTL. BTW, Consortiumnews.com is garage.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:02 AM
May 2016
 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
2. The purity tests and loyalty oaths are casting their shadows ahead!
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:03 AM
May 2016

KPN

(15,642 posts)
3. Seems that way.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:05 AM
May 2016
 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
4. The basement server problem will bring us down
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:10 AM
May 2016

There's a solution to that.

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
5. Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:12 AM
May 2016
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton

frylock

(34,825 posts)
6. Let them wallow in their denial.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:51 AM
May 2016

It's going to be devastating to them when the shit comes down.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
9. +1000
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:58 AM
May 2016

polly7

(20,582 posts)
7. Huh??
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:57 AM
May 2016

Why would that be hidden?

Ray McGovern
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Raymond McGovern (born August 25, 1939) is a retired 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.[1] McGovern's post-retirement work includes commentating on intelligence issues and in 2003 co-founding Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.

Ray McGovern was born in the Bronx in New York City and grew up there. He earned a degree with honors from Fordham University and then served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964.

McGovern has been married to Rita Kennedy for 50 years. Together they have five children and nine grandchildren.

Career

McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years (1963 to 1990), "routinely presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House."[2] His CIA career began under President John F. Kennedy, and lasted until the Presidency of George H. W. Bush.[3] McGovern chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief, and in the mid-1980s was "a senior analyst conducting early morning briefings one-on-one with the vice president, the secretaries of State and Defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the assistant to the president for national security."[4] At his retirement in 1990, McGovern received the CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal.[1][4]

He worked as an officer for the CIA, where he was responsible for the analysis of Soviet policy in Vietnam.

Post-retirement and views

Intelligence activism

McGovern has been an outspoken commentator on intelligence-related issues since the late 1990s.[5] He was heavily critical of the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case in 2000.[6] In 2002 he was publicly critical of President George W. Bush's use of government intelligence in the lead-up to the war in Iraq.[7]

In 2003, together with other former CIA employees, McGovern founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity or VIPS. The organization is dedicated to analyzing and criticizing the use of intelligence, specifically relating to the War in Iraq.[1]

In January 2006, McGovern began speaking out on behalf of the anti-war group Not in Our Name. According to the group's press release, McGovern served symbolic "war crimes indictments" on the Bush White House from a "people's tribunal."

In 2006 McGovern returned his Intelligence Commendation Medal in protest at the CIA's involvement in torture.[1]
On October 9, 2013, McGovern, along with three former winners, gave the Sam Adams Award for integrity in intelligence to Edward Snowden in a Moscow ceremony.[8][9]

McGovern is a founding member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.[10] In September 2015 McGovern and 27 other members of VIPS steering group wrote a letter to the President challenging a recently published book, that claimed to rebut the report of the United States Senate Intelligence Committee on the Central Intelligence Agency's use of torture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McGovern

I thought he was one of the good guys here.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
10. Until he wasn't
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:01 PM
May 2016

his fall from grace started in 2011 when he confronted HRC

polly7

(20,582 posts)
11. Thanks, nadin.
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:02 PM
May 2016

I do remember that.

I think it's shameful that such good people who've fought for all the right things and been so applauded here for years are suddenly slimed and silenced.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
8. Whenever I search for info on this topic I get about 20 unmentionable RW sources
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:57 AM
May 2016

for every mainstream article. Meaning that this is a thing mainly in the RW delusion-sphere. Meaning that emailghazi is and remains a 200% partisan witch-hunt.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
12. Good hide...
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:03 PM
May 2016

Nice to see some DUers still have standards.

Sid

 

CorkySt.Clair

(1,507 posts)
14. Soon those hides will come with free pizza!
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:04 PM
May 2016

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
13. Really good hide. Nothing but RW shit.
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:03 PM
May 2016

Omaha Steve

(99,573 posts)
15. Locking after a review by forum hosts
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:05 PM
May 2016

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