The sacrifice of global interests to domestic politics and to bureaucratic self-interest is nothing new, and it is certainly not a uniquely American problem. Still, we have not seen such systematic distortion of intelligence, such systematic manipulation of American opinion, since the war in Vietnam.



I am resigning because I have tried and failed to reconcile my conscience with my ability to represent the current U.S. Administration



Excerpts from U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation.