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Ray McGovern. Ray McGovern. 11 April 2008, Phoenix, Ariz. Raymond McGovern (born August 25, 1939) is a retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief. He received the Intelligence Commendation Medal at his retirement, returning it in 2006 in protest at the CIA's involvement in torture.[1] McGovern's post-retirement work includes commentating on intelligence issues and in 2003 co-founding Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Personal life[edit] Ray McGovern was born in the Bronx in New York City and grew up there.
He earned a degree with honors from Fordham University and then served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964. McGovern has been married to Rita Kennedy for 50 years. Career[edit] McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years (1963 to 1990), "routinely presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House".[2] His CIA career began under President John F. TalkingStickTV - Ray McGovern - The Real Agenda of the American Empire. Rob Kall: Former CIA Agent Ray McGovern Discusses Arrest at Secretary Clinton's Internet Freedom Speech. On Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on issues of free speech at George Washington University, 71-year-old former CIA analyst Ray McGovern was assaulted, dragged from the room and double handcuffed with metal cuffs causing profuse bleeding.
What had he done to elicit this treatment? He stood in "silent witness. " This was not the first time this former Army intelligence officer employed this form of peaceful, civil resistance. In 1992, McGovern who is a Roman Catholic, expressed his dissent of the church's position on women as priests by standing during Sunday Mass in what became a years' long protest. This civil protest ultimately resulted in media attention and a conversation with James Cardinal Hickey. Ray explained that it was in this spirit that he chose to protest Clinton's policies and track record. Hillary is the driving force, together with a few others, behind the wars in Afghanistan. It was my symbolic way of saying not everybody agrees with her. Ray McGovern Bloodied, Bruised and Arrested at Clinton Speech.
Activist Put on Police Harassment List for Turning Back on Hillary Clinton | Think Tank. Say Thank You | Thank You Ed Snowden. FB: Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern sues State Dept. for Putting Him on Watch List: Lawsuit Challenges Brutal Arrest at Clinton speech. February 18th, 2014 2:03 PM By Mara Verheyden-Hilliard The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of U.S. military veteran and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern against John Kerry, in his capacity as the Secretary of State, and against officers at George Washington University. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia three years to the date of Mr. McGovern's brutal and false arrest at GWU during a speech of then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Circumstances of arrest The circumstances of McGovern's 2011 arrest were marked by stinging irony. As Secretary Clinton was reading from her prepared remarks regarding Egypt’s dictatorship saying, “Then the government pulled the plug,” Mr.
As Secretary Clinton continued undisturbed in her speech which was being live broadcast worldwide by the State Department and was stating, “the government ... did not want the world to watch,” Mr. Political targeting Mr. Mr. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and protects against abuse of government authority. The Amendment requires that felonies be tried only upon indictment by a grand jury; the Grand Jury Clause is one of the few provisions of the Bill of Rights not held to have been incorporated to the states, most of which have replaced grand juries. The Amendment also provides several trial protections, including the right against self-incrimination (held to also apply to custodial interrogations and before most government bodies) as well as the right to be tried only once ("double jeopardy") in federal court for the same offense.
The Amendment also has a Due Process Clause (similar to the one in the 14th Amendment) as well as an implied equal protection requirement (Bolling v. Sharpe). Finally, the Amendment requires that the power of eminent domain be coupled with "just compensation" for those whose property is taken. Text[edit] 'So This is America': Veteran Ray McGovern Bloodied and Arrested At Clinton Speech. From the Partnership for Civil Justice: 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. Blind-sided by security officers who pounced upon him, Mr. Mr. Mr. Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Beaten, Arrested for Silent Protest at Clinton Speech. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. JUAN GONZALEZ: On Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a major address calling for internet freedom around the world. Speaking at George Washington University, Clinton condemned the Egyptian and Iranian governments for arresting and beating protesters. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: What happened in Egypt and what happened in Iran, which this week is once again using violence against protesters seeking basic freedoms, was about a great deal more than the internet.
In each case, people protested because of deep frustrations with the political and economic conditions of their lives. AMY GOODMAN: Just moments before Hillary Clinton spoke those words, a 71-year-old man was violently ejected from Clinton’s own event and arrested for turning his back on the Secretary of State. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: Then the government pulled the plug. RAY McGOVERN: So, this is America! Show Full Transcript › Sam Adams Award. The Sam Adams Award is given annually to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. The Award is given by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence[1] , a group of retired CIA officers.
It is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War, and takes the physical form of a "corner-brightener candlestick".[2] Ray McGovern established the Sam Adams Associates "to reward intelligence officials who demonstrated a commitment to truth and integrity, no matter the consequences. "[3] The 2012, 2013 and 2014 Awards were presented at the Oxford Union.[4][3] Edward Snowden receiving the Sam Adams Award in October 2013 Recipients[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Thomas Fingar. Thomas Fingar Charles Thomas Fingar is a professor at Stanford University. In 1986 Fingar left Stanford to join the State Department. In 2005, he moved to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and concurrently served as the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council until December 2008.[1] In January 2009, he rejoined Stanford University as a Payne Distinguished Lecturer in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[2] Background[edit] Early life[edit] Education[edit] Fingar received his B.A. in Government and History from Cornell University (1968), and his M.A.(1969) and Ph.D.(1977) in Political Science from Stanford University.
Honors and Awards[edit] The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) awarded Fingar the 2005 Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Senior Professional. Dr. "Dr. Those pressing for an attack on Iran in 2008 found themselves fighting uphill. Family[edit] Career[edit] U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003. Edward Snowden's Brave Integrity. I've had a couple of days to reflect after arriving back from Moscow where my whistleblower colleagues Coleen Rowley, Jesselyn Radack, Tom Drake and I formally presented former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with the annual Sam Adams Associates award for integrity in intelligence.
The thought that companioned me the entire time was the constant admonition of my Irish grandmother: "Show me your company, and I'll tell you who you are! " I cannot remember ever feeling so honored as I did by the company I kept over the past week.That includes, of course, Snowden himself, WikiLeaks journalist Sarah Harrison (and "remotely" Julian Assange) who, together with Russian civil rights lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, helped arrange the visit, and – last but not least – the 3,000 Internet transparency/privacy activists at OHM2013 near Amsterdam, whom Tom, Jesselyn, Coleen and I addressed in early August and who decided to crowd-source our travel.
Compelled? Well, yes, compelled. Stood on the side of those who refuse to be dogs. Edward Snowden’s Brave Integrity. Exclusive: President Obama says he welcomes the debate on post-9/11 surveillance of Americans and the world, but that debate was only made meaningful by the disclosures of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who was then indicted and sought asylum in Russia, where he just met with some ex-U.S. intelligence officials, including Ray McGovern.
By Ray McGovern I’ve had a couple of days to reflect after arriving back from Moscow where my whistleblower colleagues Coleen Rowley, Jesselyn Radack, Tom Drake and I formally presented former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with the annual Sam Adams Associates award for integrity in intelligence. The thought that companioned me the entire time was the constant admonition of my Irish grandmother: “Show me your company, and I’ll tell you who you are!” I cannot remember ever feeling so honored as I did by the company I kept over the past week. Call me naïve, but I had no sense that I was cavorting with treasonous criminals. Compelled? “the paltry privileges granted to those who adapt themselves to this world. The greatness of my country is beyond price. Resistance, Rebellion, and Death by Albert Camus. Commentary: Context And Accuracy: George F. Kennan's Famous "Quotation," by Gilles d'Aymery - ga192.
Swans Commentary » March 28, 2005 Context And Accuracy George F. Kennan's Famous "Quotation" by Gilles d'Aymery "We have about 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of its population. ... In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. (Swans - March 28, 2005) You've all seen this quotation cited countless times on Web sites, listservs and other mailing lists, from the left to the right, and everything in between. George F. Mr. Alexander Cockburn posits ("The Passing Show," AVA, March 23, 2005) that Kennan "will be best remembered for his self-consciously 'realistic' assessment in those postwar years, in State Department PPS23 that, [enter quotation].
" Robert Buzzanco, Associate Professor of History (University of Houston, Texas), used a short excerpt of the quotation in "What Happened to the New Left? What did Kennan actually write? VII. Notice that Prof. We have about 50 percent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 percent of its population.... Legalese. Dispense with all sentimentality, George F. Kennan's. Thomas Fingar. NSA (Hacker's & Security Experts) Other inside sources.