78-year-old CIA veteran Ray McGovern had his arm dislocated by Capitol Hill police as he was dragged out of the confirmation hearing for Trump CIA Chief nominee Gina Haspel today.
- Who is Ray McGovern?
Ray McGovern was a high-level CIA analyst with a career spanning 27 years.
He is now an anti-war advocate & heads Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. [wiki] Before this hearing, Ray wrote an article "Will a Torturer Become CIA Director?" [link]
- Why didn't he stay silent?
Gina Haspel ran a 'black site' in Thailand where people were tortured and ordered the destruction of 92 tapes of video evidence.
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- Gina Haspel Had Leading Role in Torture
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/us/politics/cia-deputy-director-gina-haspel-torture-thailand.html
- Gina Haspel Destroyed Video Evidence
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/torture-claims-and-destroyed-videos-shadow-trump-s-cia-nominee
Comments
(Long Spike)
What's funny is we'll look back and ask why the fuck no one did anything...but someone tried.
(Member)
Yeah its sad people just sit and laugh