Podcast Show #31

Friday, 20. August 2010

The Boiling Frogs Presents Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern shares with us his analysis of the recent article published in the Atlantic written by the infamous American-Israeli writer Jeffrey Goldberg on Israel’s case for
bombing Iran and the reasons why the United States should join in. He
talks about the ramifications of the recent and ongoing WikiLeaks
disclosures, the pitiful state of the mainstream media, the Internet as
the new fifth estate, and more.

Ray McGovern’s 27-year career as a CIA analyst spanned administrations from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Ray’s duties at CIA included
chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’
Daily Brief (PDB). During the mid-eighties, Ray was one of the senior
analysts conducting early morning briefings of the PDB 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 Affairs. Ray received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Fordham
College, designated a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was
commissioned upon graduation and served as an infantry/intelligence
officer in the US Army from 1962-64. Ray holds an M.A. in Russian
Studies from Fordham University and a certificate in Theological Studies
from Georgetown University.

He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Here is our guest Ray McGovern unplugged!

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