William Binney, former Technical Director, Military Analysis, NSA; co-founder, SIGINT Automation Research Center (ret.)
Larry Johnson, CIA & State Department (ret.)
Edward Loomis, NSA, Cryptologic Computer Scientist (ret.)
David MacMichael, National Intelligence Council (ret.)
Ray McGovern, former US Army infantry/intelligence officer & CIA analyst (ret.)
Elizabeth Murray, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Middle East (ret.)
Todd E. Pierce, MAJ, US Army Judge Advocate (Ret.)
Coleen Rowley, Division Counsel & Special Agent, FBI (ret.)
Peter Van Buren, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officer (ret.)
Ann Wright, Col., US Army (ret.); Foreign Service Officer (resigned)
MEMORANDUM FOR: The US President
''Your
administration has not provided any satellite imagery showing that the
separatists had such weaponry, and there are several other “dogs that
have not barked.” Washington’s credibility, and your own, will continue
to erode, should you be unwilling – or unable – to present more tangible
evidence behind administration claims. In what follows, we put this in
the perspective of former intelligence professionals with a cumulative
total of 260 years in various parts of U.S. intelligence.
We
are also troubled by the amateurish manner in which fuzzy and flimsy
evidence has been served up – some of it via “social media.”
Moreover,
we suggest you instruct your subordinates not to cheapen U.S.
credibility by releasing key information via social media like Twitter
and Facebook.
We,
the undersigned former intelligence officers want to share with you our
concern about the evidence adduced so far to blame Russia for the July
17 downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. We are retired from
government service and none of us is on the payroll of CNN, Fox News, or
any other outlet. We intend this memorandum to provide a fresh,
different perspective.''
http://consortiumnews.com/.../obama-should-release.../
Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on July 23, 2014, in Ramallah, West Bank. (U.S. government photo)
