This group has absolutely no credibility...look them up on FR's keyword search feature.... they were part of the same group that, with the former ambassador to Gabon, Joe Wilson and wife Valerie Plame [who have since gone into supporting the Global Zero nuclear reduction project, a reincarnation of the old KGB supported Nuclear Freeze movement], they were also involved in the setup of Scooter Libby, and they were also involved in the Niger forgeries affair which worked to the advantage of the French company that provided "security" for yellowcake in Niger...Cotecna. They swore up and down that Niger's uranium was secure despite it later turning up in Libya.
VIPS is an anti-Semitic Lyndon LaRouche -linked organization started by Ray McGovern, one that supported John Kerry [which might explain their French] in 2004 and Obama against Hillary. Like LaRouche, they are adept at appearing to be hyperpatriots on one hand, but then in bed with the communists on another, sowing discord between US allies such as the UK and Israel.
They also affiliate with Dan Ellesberg's leaker project which is intended to cripple US intelligence.
And at least one of their number, Karen Kwiatkowski, attached herself to Ted Kennedy and fed him nonsense about the DoD. One of their bunch threatened a Freeper here some years ago when the freeper argued against one of their conspiracy theories.
Another was Tyler Drumheller, a source for Hillary's pal Sid Blumenthal. They're also frequently found in connection with Russia Today, and have been contributors to it. Ray McGovern and Jill Stein attended the awards event for RT and sat at Putin's table along with one of Trump's staffers, and likely are responsible for setting him up.
Their efforts to attach themselves to Trump are part of the reason Trump's got the cloud of suspicion over his head even in the eye of other conservatives.
Others member of VIPS are Larry Johnson and Patrick Eddington, author of a book called “Gassed in the Gulf.” Yet another is William Christison, who is a backer of a group called “Urgent Call.” Other people associated with Urgent Call are Pol Pot apologist Noam Chomsky, Barbara Kingsolver, Julian Bond, and Jonathan Schell.]
Both VIPS and Ray McGovern had email accounts on the web domain of a group called “counterpunch.org.”
Counterpunch.org is run by Alexander Cockburn, a columnist for the leftwing rag “The Nation.”