Memos by the Veteran Intelligence
Professionals for Sanity
VIPS MEMO: To President Biden —Avoiding a Third World War
ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Throwing Good Money After Bad: Decisions in an Intelligence Vacuum
January 25, 2024
VIPS MEMO: To Nancy Pelosi — Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails?
MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker Nancy Pelosi
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails?
August 3, 2020
VIPS MEMO: To the AG–More on Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Attorney General
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings (Part 2)
REFERENCE: Our March 13, 2019 Memo to you: “Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings” (Part 1)*
June 5, 2020
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President.
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
May 22, 2020
VIPS Memo to the President: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same As Yours?
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President.
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same As Yours?
June 21, 2019
VIPS: Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All
MEMORANDUM FOR: The governments and people of the United Kingdom and the United States
FROM:Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT:Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All
VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal to Interview Assange
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: The Fly in the Mueller Ointment
April 16, 2019
VIPS Urge Trump to Avoid War in Venezuela
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Avoiding War with Russia over Venezuela
April 4, 2019
VIPS: Mueller’s Forensics-Free Findings
Moscow Has Upped the Ante in Syria
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Moscow Has Upped the Ante in Syria
September 9, 2018
VIPS Tells Media Support for Brennan is Not Unanimous
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Media
SUBJECT: Support for Brennan Far From “Unanimous”
August 29, 2018
VIPS Asks Twitter to Restore Van Buren’s Account
MEMORANDUM FOR: Twitter Board of Directors
SUBJECT: Suspension of VIPS Associate Peter Van Buren’s Twitter Account
August 8, 2018
VIPS Plead for Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange
MEMORANDUM FOR: The US Embassies of Ecuador and the United Kingdom, and the U.S. State Department
SUBJECT: Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange
August 6, 2018
VIPS to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Intelligence on Iran Fails the Smell Test
August 1, 2018
Memo to the President Ahead of Monday’s Summit
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Info Your Summit Briefers May Have Missed
July 15, 2018
VIPS Call on Senate Intel Panel to Vote Against Haspel
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SUBJECT: Opposition to Gina Haspel as CIA Director
May 8, 2018
VIPS Call on Trump Not to Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Being “Played” By Bogus Evidence on Iran
May 7, 2018
Trump Urged to Seek Evidence Before Attacking Syria
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Evidence Required for Military Decision on Syria
April 13, 2018
Trump Should Withdraw Haspel Nomination, Intel Vets Say
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Request to Withdraw Nomination of Gina Haspel
March 25, 2018
Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts, Intel Vets Warn
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: War With Iran
February 26, 2018
Intel Vets Tell Trump Iran Is Not Top Terror Sponsor
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Is Iran the “World’s Leading Sponsor of Terrorism?”
December 21, 2017
Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job?
July 24, 2017
Intel Vets Voice Doubts on Syrian Crisis
OPEN MEMORANDUM FOR: The American People
SUBJECT: Mattis ‘No Doubt’ Stance on Alleged Syrian CW Smacks of Politicized Intelligence
April 26, 2017
Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation
MEMORANDUM FOR: President Trump
SUBJECT: Syria: Was It Really “A Chemical Weapons Attack”?
April 11, 2017
A Demand for Russian ‘Hacking’ Proof
MEMORANDUM FOR: President Obama
SUBJECT: A Key Issue That Still Needs to be Resolved
January 17, 2017
US Intel Vets Dispute Russia Hacking Claims
MEMORANDUM FOR: U.S. Senate
SUBJECT: Allegations of Hacking Election Are Baseless
December 12, 2016
Obama Warned to Diffuse Tensions with Russia
ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: PREVENTING STILL WORSE IN SYRIA
October 2, 2016
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-up on Torture
MEMORANDUM FOR: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SUBJECT: U.S. Media Mum On How Your Committee Faced Down Both CIA and Obama
September 16, 2016
Merkel Urged to Temper NATO’s Belligerence
MEMORANDUM FOR: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
SUBJECT: NATO Summit in Warsaw
July 6, 2016
Intel Vets Call ‘Dissent Memo’ on Syria ‘Reckless’
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
SUBJECT: Beware Foggy Bottom Dissent
June 25, 2016
Intel Vets Urge Fast Report on Clinton’s Emails
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Those “Damn Emails” – “Really a Concern”
May 23, 2016
VIPS Offers Advice to Candidates
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Bernie Sanders, Dr. Jill Stein, and Donald Trump
February 26, 2016
A Call for Proof on Syria-Sarin Attack
MEMORANDUM FOR: Secretary of State Kerry & Foreign Minister Lavrov
SUBJECT: A Call for Proof on Syria-Sarin Attack
December 22, 2015
U.S. Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Veteran Intelligence Professionals Challenge CIA’s “Rebuttal” on Torture
September 19, 2015
Obama Should Release MH-17 Intel
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Releasing an Intelligence Report on Shoot-Down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
July 22, 2015
Judith Miller’s Blame-Shifting Memoir
MEMORANDUM FOR: Americans Malnourished on the Truth About Iraq
SUBJECT: A New “Miller’s Tale” (with apologies to Geoffrey Chaucer)
April 7, 2015
US Intel Vets Oppose Brennan’s CIA Plan
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: John Brennan’s Restructuring Plan for CIA
March 9, 2015
Curbs on Surveillance State Urged
MEMORANDUM FOR: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Subject: Two Administrations and Congress Dismantled the Constitution How Can It Be Restored?
March 5, 2015
Udall Urged to Disclose Full Torture Report
MEMORANDUM FOR: Senator Mark Udall
SUBJECT: Stopping Torture
December 29, 2014
Warning Merkel on Russian ‘Invasion’ Intel
MEMORANDUM FOR: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
SUBJECT: Ukraine and NATO
August 29, 2014
Obama Should Release Ukraine Evidence
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Intelligence on Shoot-Down of Malaysian Plane
July 29, 2014
Needed: Obama-Putin Summit on Ukraine
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Urgent Action on Ukraine
May 4, 2014
Obama Urged to Show Restraint on Ukraine
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT: Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. National Interest
April 28, 2014
NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Input for Your Decisions on NSA
January 7, 2014
Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Fire Clapper
December 11, 2013
Time for Proof on Syrian CW Attack
MEMORANDUM FOR: Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
SUBJECT: Time for Proof on Syrian CW Attack
October 1, 2013
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Is Syria a Trap?
September 6, 2013
An Appeal to Gen. Dempsey on Syria
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SUBJECT: Syria and Our Oath to Defend the Constitution
August 30, 2013
Brennan’s Loose Talk on Iran Nukes
MEMORANDUM FOR: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SUBJECT: Due Diligence on John Brennan
February 22, 2013
A Persian Gulf ‘Hot Line’ Proposed
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Avoiding Spiraling Violence in the Persian Gulf
July 31, 2012
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Avoiding Another Long War
January 4, 2012
Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: War With Iran
August 3, 2010
Intelligence Vets Back Torture Probe
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Accountability for Torture
September 27, 2009
Memo to President Obama on Torture
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Torture
April 29, 2009
Obama Urged to Back Chas Freeman
MEMORANDUM FOR: Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
SUBJECT: Obama’s DNI Urged to Back Freeman
March 8, 2009
Dangers of a Cornered George Bush
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Memo
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity & Dr. Justin Frank
SUBJECT: Assessing the potential dangers and possible countermeasures available to constrain GW Bush
July 27, 2007
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Memo
SUBJECT: Have Bush administration policies made Americans safer from the threat of terrorism since 9/11?
June 18, 2007
Intel Vets Question the Iraq-UK Crisis
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Memo
SUBJECT: Brinkmanship Unwise in Uncharted Waters
March 29, 2007
Intelligence Vets’ Memo to Congress
MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader
SUBJECT: Denouement on Iraq: First Stop the Bleeding
March 14, 2007
Bush Urged to Counsel with “Wise Women” on Iraq
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Recommendation: Try a Circle of “Wise Women”
August 24, 2005
Advice for Bush’s State of the Union
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Your State-of-the-Union Address
January 13, 2004
One Person Can Make a Difference
MEMORANDUM FOR: Colleagues in Intelligence
SUBJECT: One Person Can Make a Difference
October 13, 2003
Intelligence Vets Urged to Speak Out on Iraq Intel
MEMORANDUM FOR: Colleagues in Intelligence
SUBJECT: Now It’s Your Turn
August 22, 2003
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Intelligence Unglued
July 14, 2003
VIPS to Annan: Return UN Inspectors to Iraq
LETTER TO: The Honorable Kofi Annan, Secretary General, The United Nations
May 19, 2003
The Iraq War Intelligence Fiasco
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Intelligence Fiasco
May 1, 2003
The Stakes in the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The Stakes in the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction
April 24, 2003
Arafat Interviewed by VIPS’ Christisons
INTERVIEW: Arafat Interviewed by Christisons
March 26, 2003
Iraq Intel: Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem
March 18, 2003
Cooking Intelligence for War in Iraq
MEMORANDUM FOR: Confused Americans
SUBJECT: Cooking Intelligence for War
March 12, 2003
Powell’s UN Speech and the Case for War
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
SUBJECT: Today’s Speech By Secretary Powell At The UN
February 5, 2003