Former CIA analyst and anti-war activist Ray McGovern was forcibly removed from the US Senate hearing where Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, was answering questions about her record on torture.
McGovern was dragged from the room by Capitol Police after demanding that Haspel answer questions put to her about the waterboarding of terror suspects at a CIA “black site” in Thailand.
Another protester has been forcibly dragged out—who appears to be Ray McGovern. (H/t @attackerman) pic.twitter.com/KaOyyV4GVc
— Katie Bo Williams (@KatieBoWill) May 9, 2018
As McGovern struggled, police repeatedly shouted at him to “stop resisting!” Due to the commotion in the room, it was unclear exactly what McGovern said to Haspel. He wrote an opinion piece headlined, “Will a Torturer Become CIA Director?” ahead of the nomination hearing, claiming that the torture is not only immoral, but fails to give the correct intelligence.
Before the McGovern incident, Haspel was interrupted by another lone protester. A woman, wearing a red t-shirt and shouting “Bloody Gina!” and “you are a torturer!” was also removed by police.
“Bloody Gina” was the nickname given to Haspel by her CIA colleagues, according to whistleblower John Kiriakou, who also claimed that Haspel personally tortured people because she “enjoyed it”.
‘Bloody Gina!’ Protest breaks out during #Haspel Senate hearings https://t.co/pqTvO90ADP pic.twitter.com/N5SjuQxErI
— RT (@RT_com) May 9, 2018
Haspel was grilled by the Senate Intelligence Committee on topics ranging from the CIA’s failure to declassify documents related to her history at the agency, to her willingness to blindly follow “immoral” orders and her role in the destruction of CIA tapes depicting harsh interrogation methods.
McGovern is a frequent guest on RT where he has talked about the CIA’s history of lying to the American public.
https://www.rt.com/usa/426282-mcgovern-protest-haspel-hearing/
Waterboard that bitch!!!
Then put her in the Brazen Bull and Perillos her ass
Way to stand up and speak the truth about this thug!
So, this is what they do, just call in the capitol police thugs when they don’t want the truth to get out?
I don’t think she’ll enjoy the luxury of being hanged quickly.
All this dog and pony show does is allow this behavior in the future, because we did not protest. Never mind that any protestations were shut down, these historical recordings will only show “no protest”, therefore it it acceptable. Case closed.
NEXT!!
Fu#%ing bullsh*% lawyers, judges and assorted jewry bastiches…
That Zappa quote keeps running through my head:
“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry”