tompaine.com RAY MCGOVERN: My meeting with Rumsfeld.

My Meeting With Rumsfeld
Ray McGovern
May 08, 2006

Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour. A 27-year veteran of CIA’s analyst ranks, he now serves on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
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When those friends learned last Monday that Rumsfeld would be in Atlanta Thursday to give an afternoon speech at the Center, it seemed a natural to go. The event was said to be open to the public, but it took tradecraft skills assimilated over a 27-year career with the CIA to acquire a ticket. (The event was strangely absent from the Center’s website, reportedly at the insistence of the Defense Department.)

The fact that my presence there was pure coincidence turned out to be a huge disappointment for those who began interviews later that day by insisting I tell them why I had stalked Rumsfeld all the way from Washington to Atlanta. Especially people like Paula Zahn, who asked me on Thursday evening "what kind of axe" I had to grind with him.
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That evening a friend emailed me about a call she got from a close associate in “upper management at CNN” to ask about me. She quoted the CNN manager: “We checked and double-checked everything this guy had to say and he was 100 percent accurate.” He then asked if those protesting the war “were getting organized or something.” She responded, “Indeed we are and have been for some time, and it’s about time the mainstream media caught up.”
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/08/my_meeting_with_rumsfeld.php

BEST VERSION OF RAY MCGOVERN RUMMY SMACKDOWN HERE: http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002783.htm
shows complete question Ray asked.

Link to Ray McGovern thankyou site here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x28005

was that only one person would make eye contact with him after the event, and that they berated him. McGovern also said it brought to mind meetings in Germany during the 30s.....scary stuff.

As Mcgovern said, it took all 27 years of his tradecraft to get a ticket.

The croud was VERY hostile to him...and the jackass who asked a question after took a pot shot at him.

of Affluent Republicans, and that sounds about right for them....

Thanks for posting the link.

in simple and undeniable terms.

The funniest part about his description is how CNN had to come to him to get "sources" for his facts, and acted surprised when everything checked out!!

Funny, and maybe sad as well.

a couple of nights ago. It was great and Ray smacked the crap out of ol Tucker.

It was on MSNBC last week...5/4

Tucker Carlson's show 11pm est

Maybe the is a clip somewhere on the web or at MSNBC's site.

Indeed

I missed Randi Rhodes also. :(

If not, oh well.