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May 9, 2006
Player of the Week - 5/8 - Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern, former CIA agent and questioner of Donald Rumsfeld wins our Political Sports Player of the Week Award. Ray, worked at the CIA for 27 years, and at one time wrote the Daily Presidential brief, pointedly asked the Sec. of Defense why he lied to get us into the Iraq War. (bio)
Ray's duties at CIA included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President' Daily Brief (PDB). These, the most authoritative genres of intelligence reporting, have been the focus of press reporting on "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq and on what the president was told before 9/11. During the mid-eighties, Ray was one of the senior analysts conducting early morning briefings of the PDB one-on-one with the Vice President, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Runsfeld denied the charge. However the exchange resulted in a virtual firestorm in the media. Some, like Paula Zahn, asked McGovern whether he had an agenda. Others attacked him as a liberal, out for the administration's blood. Though others have questioned the veracity of Rumsfeld's statements, McGovern's seem to have struck a rare nerve, probably because of his CIA background. For asking the perfect question at the perfect time, Ray wins our Player of the Week Award.
Posted by Chip Spear at May 9, 2006 12:37 PM
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