MEMORANDUM FOR: The President-electFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Attempts to Sucker You Into Russia-BashingDear President-elect Biden,“Fool Me Once …” You may recall that President George W. Bush could not remember the last part of...
Intel Vets: To the Attorney General – Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Attorney GeneralFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings (Part 2) REFERENCE: Our March 13, 2019 Memo to you: “Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings” (Part 1)Dear Attorney General Barr:Former...
Intel Vets: To the President – Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to VenezuelaMr. President:Recent U.S. rhetoric and actions against Venezuela – most immediately regarding Iran’s...
Doubling Down Into Yet Another ‘March of Folly,’ This Time on Iran
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Doubling Down Into Another “March of Folly”?The drone assassination in Iraq of Iranian Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani evokes memory of the assassination of...
Intel Professionals Urge Trump to Avoid War in Venezuela
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Avoiding War with Russia over VenezuelaMr. President:Your Administration’s policies regarding Venezuela appear to be on a slippery slope that could take us toward war...
Moscow Has Upped the Ante in Syria
TO: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Moscow Has Upped the Ante in SyriaWe are concerned that you may not have been adequately briefed on the upsurge of hostilities in northwestern Syria, where Syrian armed forces with Russian...
Intel Vets: Support for Brennan Is Not Unanimous
TO: The MediaFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Support for Brennan Far From “Unanimous”As former members of the intelligence community, we feel compelled to add our voice to the public debate surrounding President Trump’s...
Intel Professionals Ask Twitter to Restore Van Buren’s Account
TO: Twitter Board of DirectorsFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Suspension of VIPs Associate Peter Van Buren’s Twitter AccountWe at Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs) are greatly disturbed by the recent decision...
Veteran Intel Professionals Call on Trump Not To Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Being “Played” By Bogus Evidence on IranNOTE: The evidence presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 30 alleging a covert Iranian nuclear weapons...
Trump Should Withdraw Haspel Nomination, Intel Vets Say
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Request to Withdraw Nomination of Gina HaspelEXECUTIVE SUMMARY With respect, we veteran intelligence officers from CIA and other agencies urge you to withdraw the nomination of...
