IW Archives 2011 Aug 17

Alex welcomes back to the show retired CIA officer turned political activist, Ray McGovern. Ray presented morning intelligence briefings at the White House during his 27 year career as an employee of the federal government. McGovern will talk about GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry's demand that AG Holder and the Justice Department prosecute private citizens who are participating in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla. He will also talk about the helicopter crash in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 30 American and 8 Afghan troops and also the manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling. Alex covers the latest news and take your calls.