"VIPS, formed in 2003 by a group of former US intelligence officers"

As in, "not currently working in the US intelligence community with current information".

And..

"We have also learned since publication, from longtime VIPS member Thomas Drake, that there is a dispute among VIPS members themselves about the July 24 memo. This is not the first time a VIPS report has been internally disputed, but it is the first time one has been released over the substantive objections of several VIPS members."

Is that the best you can do?