Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Arrested and Beaten at Hillary Clintons Lecture About Free Speech

Feb 17th, 211 | By Hayden |

TruthisTreason.net – Kevin Hayden

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lectured about freedomto the rest of the worldat George Washington University andcondemed governments that arrest protestors and do not allow free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern wasseized from the audience right in front of her by police and an unknownofficial in plain clothes. He wasbrutalized and left bleeding in jail. And yet Hillarynever even paused; didnt skip a beat in her speech.

When Secretary Clinton began her lecture to the world,Ray McGovern was standing silently in the audience and turned his back to her. Mr. McGovern, a veteran Army Officer who also workedfor theCIAfor 27 years, was wearing a Veterans for Peace t-shirt.

McGovern discussed his protest and subsequent arrest at Secretary Clintons Freedom Speech in an interview with blogger Rob Kall.

I turned my back to her and stood [silently]. When she came in, I not only remained standing but I turned my back to her I didnt think that would get me roughed up and arrested for disorderly conduct.

He was suddenly grabbed bysecurity officers and police. As he was being hauled out the door,Mr. McGovern remarked, So this is America? Mr. McGovern received bruises, lacerations and contusions from officers.

It is the ultimate definition of lip service that Secretary of State Clinton would be trumpeting the US governments supposed concerns for free speech rights and this man would be simultaneously brutalized and arrested for engaging in a peaceful act of dissent at her speech, stated attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF).

Take a look at this Jon Stewart video contrasting Clintons reaction to McGovern with that of Donald Rumsfeld at a speech four years ago this one broadcast live on CNN. McGovern asked the former Secretary of Defense why he had lied about weapons of mass destruction.

Comparing the two experiences, McGovern told Kall, As bad as Donald Rumsfeld was, he let me speak. He let me speak and engaged me in dialog.

Mr. McGovern now works for Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He has been featured on several documentaries for hisopinion and expertise from 27 years as a CIA analyst, including Aaron Russos film, America: Freedom to Fascism.