A Ray McGovern Moment

McGovern was Army MI during the Kennedy assassination and coverup. Ray served as a CIA analyst under seven presidents. Yessiree, under LB "Tonkin" Johnson, I Am Not a Crook Nixon, Pratfall Ford, Peanut Farm Subsidy Carter, Bonzo Reagan, and Daddy Carlyle Bush. Hmmm.

An interview with Ray at Busted Halo.

BH: Being a Catholic who grew up in the 40s and 50s, did you feel that your work was, in some ways, a higher calling?
RM: Yes, I did. It was the height of the Cold War. The opponent was “godless Communism” that threatened our own freedoms and wrought havoc with East Europeans and others whom the Soviets dominated.

Hmmm. In 2003 McGovern cofounded VIPS - Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Today, Ray McGovern has become a spokesman for some on the "left." Was it a conversion experience? No, as he tells BH: "People who ask that are not aware of the thoroughly moral atmosphere that existed in CIA’s analysis directorate, at least prior to the arrival of director William Casey and his protégé, Robert Gates, both of whom institutionalized the politicization."

Ray worked for the CIA back when the CIA atmosphere was moral - as in Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Chile, Central America, fighting godless commies, and the first Iraq War, etc.

Ray also is co-director of the Servant Leadership School, which provides training and other support for those seeking ways to be in relationship with the marginalized poor. The School is one of ten Jubilee Ministries, not-for-profit organizations inspired by the ecumenical Church of the Saviour and established in an inner-city neighborhood in Washington, DC. Church of the Savior practices a "conservative theology" serving where He "leads" them (with faith-based grants?). Servant Leadership offers a variety of courses, classes, activities, some 3 day intensive seminars, etc. The Church of the Savior was founded 50 years ago by a "few committed souls."

The nation is indeed fortunate to have a former MI officer from 1962-1964, "former" CIA career analyst, and a Servant, who speaks now against the right wingnuts.