#442 - "It Wasn't Russia" 27-Year CIA Agent Drops DNC Hack Bombshell | Ray McGovern

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Ray McGovern is the former CIA analyst who personally briefed Reagan’s inner circle every morning, then spent the next three decades accusing the agency of lying the United States into wars. https://substack.com/@raymcgovern

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OUTLINE

00:00 - Joining the CIA in 1963

04:21 - Ukraine peace talks & the Minsk agreements

06:43 - NATO expansion after the Berlin Wall

11:29 - Bill Burns' warning about Ukraine joining NATO

13:00 - Victoria Nuland's $5 billion & the Maidan uprising

19:51 - Putin's missile warning & Biden's pledge

26:54 - China's backing for Russia before the invasion

29:32 - The Istanbul peace talks & Boris Johnson

35:03 - The balance of power: Russia, China & the US

39:06 - Ray's view of NATO without US support

42:51 - Russiagate & the DNC email leak

49:53 - Bill Binney & the challenge to the DNC hack account

56:49 - Shawn Henry's testimony on DNC data exfiltration

01:00:58 - Seth Rich's death & Ray's leak theory

01:07:37 - The Columbia Journalism Review's Russiagate investigation

01:10:23 - Ray's subpoena from Seth Rich's brother

01:13:03 - Comey, Brennan & Trump's prosecutions

01:15:30 - Oliver Stone's Putin interview & nuclear restraint

01:18:30 - Ray's Moscow trip with Oliver Stone

01:25:45 - Germany, Russophobia & Russia's threat perceptions

01:29:06 - JFK's peace speech & assassination theories

01:35:40 - Jane Roman, Oswald's file & JFK records

01:38:00 - Fred Janney & Mary's Mosaic

01:40:29 - Trump's orders & the federal bureaucracy

01:47:35 - France's unrest & Europe's Ukraine spending

01:49:58 - Iran, Israel & US national security

01:53:46 - Ray's proposed Iran peace deal

01:55:53 - Iraq's WMD claims & politicized intelligence

01:59:13 - Tom Fingar & the 2007 Iran nuclear estimate

02:02:34 - Nuclear weapons vs. uranium enrichment

02:06:58 - Netanyahu's election & nuclear escalation fears

02:12:11 - Arms sales, contractors & political influence

02:18:03 - James Angleton & CIA reporting on Israel

02:19:34 - Can analysts challenge the intelligence bureaucracy?

02:24:46 - Intelligence failures & Iran war planning

02:28:04 - The Houthis & Saudi Arabia

02:30:02 - The USS Liberty attack & its survivors

02:33:57 - Meeting USS Liberty survivor Bryce Lockwood

02:36:05 - The USS Liberty SOS & recalled rescue planes

02:41:36 - Ray's theories on why Israel attacked the Liberty

02:44:48 - The 1967 war & occupied territories

02:49:16 - Ray's account of intercepted Israeli communications

02:54:50 - Ray's work & Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices