[GPSCC-chat] Fw: After Brutal Arrest, Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Sues State Dept. for Putting Him on Watch List
Brian
snug.bug at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 18 11:32:48 PST 2014
Here's a one-minute video on Ray's arrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8R8c7j4UgU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCU5Ac7Vd7cqPk074nnKSTw
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:08:02 -0800
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Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: After Brutal Arrest, Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Sues State Dept. for Putting Him on Watch List
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Subject: After Brutal Arrest, Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Sues State Dept. for Putting Him on Watch
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Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern sues
State Dept. for Putting Him on Watch List:
Lawsuit Challenges Brutal Arrest at Clinton speech
For anti-war beliefs, State Dept. instructed agents to stop and question McGovern on sight
Download and Read State Dept. Notice to "Be On the Look-Out" (BOLO) for Ray McGovern
>From the Complaint:
"The
Department of State issued a Be On The Lookout Alert ('BOLO Alert') for
the then- 71-year-old McGOVERN which described his 'considerable amount
of political activism, primarily anti-war,' displayed his picture and
directed law enforcement that if Mr. McGOVERN was encountered, 'USE
CAUTION, stop' and question him and contact the Department of State
Diplomatic Security Command Center."
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. After the arrest, the PCJF uncovered that then
71-year-old McGovern was put on a "Be On the Look-Out" list, and agents
were instructed to stop and question him on sight. The reasons cited
included his "political activism, primarily anti-war" — a clearly
unconstitutional order.
Circumstances of arrest
The circumstances of McGovern's 2011 arrest
were marked by stinging irony. McGovern was brutalized and arrested
after peacefully and silently standing with his back to Hillary Clinton as she gave a policy speech condemning authoritarian governments who repress dissenters and internet freedom.
As described in the Civil Complaint: "As
Secretary Clinton was reading from her prepared remarks regarding
Egypt’s dictatorship saying, 'Then the government pulled the plug,' the
then-71-year-old McGovern was forcibly and falsely arrested by GWU
police officers, grabbed by the head, assaulted, and as Secretary
Clinton continued undisturbed stating, 'the government ... did not want
the world to watch,' Mr. McGovern was removed from public view with
excessive and brutal force, taken to jail, and left bleeding with
bruises and contusions."
Political targeting
The complaint continues: "The Department of
State then opened an investigation into Plaintiff McGovern, including
specifically his lawful, protected political beliefs, activities,
statements and associations which it kept open for nearly seven months,
despite all charges having been dropped against Mr. McGovern and despite
having determined that Mr. McGovern was engaged in no criminal
activity."
As the complaint states: "The Department of
State issued a Be On The Lookout Alert ('BOLO Alert') for the then-
71-year-old McGOVERN which described his 'considerable amount of
political activism, primarily anti-war,' displayed his picture and
directed law enforcement that if Mr. McGOVERN was encountered, 'USE
CAUTION, stop' and question him and contact the Department of State
Diplomatic Security Command Center."
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard stated:
"Mr. McGovern's brutal arrest and his subsequent political targeting by
the State Department stands in sharp contrast to the policy
announcement that Secretary Clinton was delivering, which insisted that
governments respect dissent and dissenters and their freedom of speech."
Carl Messineo, Legal Director of the PCJF, explained,
"Mr. McGovern is a veteran who committed no crime. Yet the State
Department carried out a purely political investigation of him and put
him on the BOLO list in clear violation of his Fourth and First
Amendment protections."
Mr. McGovern, 74, is a veteran Army
officer who also served as an analyst with the Central Intelligence
Agency for 27 years. Mr. McGovern wrote for the President’s daily brief
under Presidents Nixon and Ford. From 1981 to 1985, he personally
briefed this publication in the morning one-on-one to Vice President
George H. W. Bush, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and other
senior officials of the administration of Ronald Reagan.
Upon retirement in early 1990, Mr.
McGovern was awarded the Intelligence Commendation Award for his
particularly commendable service and received a laudatory farewell
letter from then-President George H. W. Bush.
Thirteen years later, Mr. McGovern
co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity to expose that
intelligence was being falsified by the U.S. government to justify war
on Iraq.
Click here to read the complaint and see photos.
We need your help! PCJF attorneys represent Ray McGovern pro bono. Please make an urgently needed tax-deductible contribution to help cover the legal costs of this critical battle in defense of freedom, dissent and constitutional rights.
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