En sammenslutning af amerikanske efterretningsveteraner, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), advarer i et memorandum sendt personligt til Angela Merkel d. 30. august, om upålideligheden af de af NATO og USA fremførte "beviser" om en "russisk invasion" af Ukraine, og sammenligner disse "beviser" med dem, som Colin Powell i 2003 fremlagde for FN's Sikkerhedsråd som en direkte casus belli for en intervention i Irak.
The anti-coup federalists in southeastern Ukraine enjoy considerable local support, partly as a result of government artillery strikes on major population centers. And we believe that Russian support probably has been pouring across the border and includes, significantly, excellent battlefield intelligence. But it is far from clear that this support includes tanks and artillery at this point – mostly because the federalists have been better led and surprisingly successful in pinning down government forces.
At the same time, we have little doubt that, if and when the federalists need them, the Russian tanks will come.
Underskrevet af:
William Binney, former Technical Director, World Geopolitical & Military Analysis, NSA; co-founder, SIGINT Automation Research Center (ret.)
Larry Johnson, CIA & State Department (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.)
Ann Wright, Col., US Army (ret.); Foreign Service Officer (resigned)
