Ray McGovern to speak in KC on Oct 4

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Former CIA Analyst, Ray McGovern,

Proves Intelligence Is and was “Cooked” and Explains How to Get Out Of Iraq



Ray McGovern, a retired CIA analyst whose career spanned 27 years

—from the administrations of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush, will be
in Kansas City on Wednesday, October 4 and will give a talk entitled "Iraq: How We Got In: How We Get Out Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Shows in the Show-Me State” at 7:30pm at Park University, McCoy Meeting House, 8700 NW River Park Dr., Parkville, MO. The event is sponsored by Park University, Department of Social Sciences, KC Iraq Task Force and the American Friends Service Committee.

McGovern’s purpose for speaking and traveling is to help return the CIA’s function in society to more closely reflect the words chiseled into the marble entrance to the CIA headquarters, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

In January 2003, after it had become clear that intelligence analysis was being corrupted by political pressure to “justify” an unprovoked attack on Iraq, a handful of intelligence community alumnae, including McGovern, created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). VIPS now includes 55 former professionals from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Army Intelligence, the FBI, the National Security Agency, and other US and Allied intelligence agencies.