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March 3, 2011

Charges Dropped for Silent Protest at Clinton Speech 
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Charges have been dropped against a career CIA officer-turned-peace
activist who held a silent protest against U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton last month. Ray Mc Govern was accused of disorderly
conduct after he stood up and turned his back to Clinton during a speech
in Washington, D.C. Mc Govern was seized by government agents who
assaulted him as they removed him from the room. Mc Govern spoke to
Democracy Now! about the incident last month.

Ray Mc Govern: "I was standing up in silent witness to the fact that
Hillary Clinton is responsible, partly responsible, for countless
thousands of Iraqis, Americans, Afghans and, God help us, Iranians-I
hope not-and that she should not get the idea that everybody is going to
sit down and applaud politely when there are so many of us that are
usually excluded from these sessions who are feeling very, very, very
sad and very angry at the foreign policy of our government."



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