MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: War With IranIntroductionIn our December 21st Memorandum to you, we cautioned that the claim that Iran is currently the world’s top sponsor of terrorism is unsupported by...
Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job?Executive SummaryForensic studies of “Russian hacking” into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July 5,...
Intel Professionals: Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation
Two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with RussiaMEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran...
US Intel Vets Dispute Russia Hacking Claims
As the hysteria about Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. election grows, a key mystery is why U.S. intelligence would rely on “circumstantial evidence” when it has the capability for hard evidence, say U.S. intelligence veterans.Veteran Intelligence...
Obama Warned To Defuse Tensions With Russia
ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: PREVENTING STILL WORSE IN SYRIAWe write to alert you, as we did President George W. Bush, six weeks before the attack on Iraq, that the consequences of limiting your circle...
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-Up on Torture
MEMORANDUM FOR: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: U.S. Media Mum On How Your Committee Faced Down Both CIA and ObamaWe write to thank you for your unwavering support...
Intel Vets Call ‘Dissent Memo’ on Syria ‘Reckless’
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Beware Foggy Bottom DissentDissent and disagreement within the foreign policy and national security bureaucracy only comes to the...
Intel Vets Urge Fast Report on Clinton’s Emails
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Those “Damn Emails” – “Really a Concern”IntroductionLast Wednesday Robert Gates, CIA Director under President Bush-41 and Defense Secretary under President Bush-43, publicly...
US Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Veteran Intelligence Professionals Challenge CIA’s “Rebuttal” on TortureFormer CIA leaders responsible for allowing torture to become part of the 21st...
Veteran Intel Professionals: Obama Should Release MH-17 Intel
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Releasing an Intelligence Report on Shoot-Down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17It has been a year since the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, resulting...
