Ray McGovern, meet Professors Walt and Mearsheimer

In the MSM that I’ve seen/read, McGovern is being presented respectfully, as a “27-year veteran of the CIA.”

Not so fast.

From Counterpunch, McGovern in his own words:

If you read page 147 of the [9/11] commission report carefully, you will find embedded there a key sentence throwing light on the motive of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whom the report calls the “mastermind of the 9/11 attacks:”

“KSM’s animus toward the United States stemmed not from his experiences there as a student, but rather from his violent disagreement with U.S. foreign policy favoring Israel.”

A footnote points out that his statements regarding the “why” of attacking the United States echo those of his nephew, Ramzi Yousef, when he was sentenced in New York to a prison term of 240 years in January 1998. Yousef, mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, accused the United States of supporting Israeli terrorism against Palestinians, adding that he was proud to fight any country that supports Israel.

Hats off to commission staff for shoehorning that information in and to the commissioners who let it stay. This is highly unusual prose for a Washington establishment usually allergic to any hint at the cruel reality that Israel is the tail wagging the dog–the dogs of war let slip on Iraq by those in the Bush administration who draw no distinction between U.S. strategic interests and those of Israel. [emphasis mine]

In a bizarre coincidence, on the same day that McGovern spoke “truth” to Donald Rumsfeld’s power, the New Haven Advocate published a piece, by Marc Oppenheimer, that was highly skeptical of McGovern.

The article is titled: “Spook Goes Spooky: What on earth is Ray McGovern talking about?” Read it.