NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
National Security Agency insiders explain how NSA botched intelligence collection and analysis before 9/11 and covered up mistakes
January 7, 2014
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Former NSA Senior Executives/Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Input for Your Decisions on NSA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Fire Clapper
December 11, 2013
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Time for Proof on Syrian CW Attack
October 1, 2013
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Is Syria a Trap?
September 6, 2013
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MEMORANDUM FOR: General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Syria and Our Oath to Defend the Constitution
August 30, 2013
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Chair,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Brennan’s Loose Talk on Nukes
February 22, 2013
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: A Persian Gulf ‘Hot Line’ Proposed
July 31, 2012
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Avoiding Another Long War
January 4, 2012
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: War With Iran
August 3, 2010
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Intelligence Veterans Back Torture Probe
September 27, 2009
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Torture
April 29, 2009
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Admiral Dennis Blair
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Obama’s DNI Urged to Back Freeman
March 8, 2009
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Dangers of a Cornered George Bush
July 27, 2007
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MEMORANDUM
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: How Not to Counter Terrorism
June 18, 2007
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MEMORANDUM
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Brinkmanship Unwise in Uncharted Waters
March 29, 2007
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Denouement on Iraq: First Stop the Bleeding
March 14, 2007
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Recommendation: Try a Circle of „Wise Women“
August 24, 2005
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Your State-of-the-Union Address
January 13, 2004
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Colleagues in Intelligence
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: One Person Can Make a Difference
October 13, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Colleagues in Intelligence
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Now It’s Your Turn
August 22, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Intelligence Unglued
July 14, 2003
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LETTER TO
The Honorable Kofi Annan, Secretary General
The United Nations
May 19, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Intelligence Fiasco
May 1, 2003
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MEMORANDUM
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: The Stakes in the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction
April 24, 2003
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Arafat Interviewed by Christisons
March 26, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem
March 18, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Confused Americans
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Cooking Intelligence for War
March 12, 2003
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Today’s Speech By Secretary Powell At The UN
February 5, 2003
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