Pages

Thursday, February 17, 2011

At Clinton Speech: Military and CIA Veteran Bloodied, Bruised and Arrested for Standing Silently


As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University yesterday condemning governments that arrest protestors and do not allow free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern was grabbed from the audience in plain view of her by police and an unidentified official in plain clothes, brutalized and left bleeding in jail. She never paused speaking. When Secretary Clinton began her speech, Mr. McGovern remained standing silently in the audience and turned his back. Mr. McGovern, a veteran Army officer who also worked as a C.I.A. analyst for 27 years, was wearing a Veterans for Peace t-shirt.'

Read more...

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thanks for your comment it is much appreciated.