Apparently the venue was not a free speech zone.75-year-old [ex-CIA anylist Ray] McGovern was blocked from entering [an event featuring retired Gen. David Petraeus], was roughly put under arrest, and was held overnight in jail. He described his ordeal in an interview with RT, saying “I was warned as soon as I got to the ticket-taker, ‘Ray, you’re not welcome here.’”
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He was hauled off to a local precinct and charged with resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. He said he spent the night on a stainless steel cot.
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McGovern, who was arrested by New York City police on Thursday night to prevent him from attending a speech by retired Gen. and ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, told me the day before that he was planning to ask a question during the Q-and-A.
McGovern, who writes regularly for Consortiumnews.com, compared his goal in New York to his famous questioning of then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Atlanta in 2006 when McGovern pressed Rumsfeld on false statements he had made about Iraq’s WMD and ties to al-Qaeda.
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McGovern told RT that he had planned to ask Petraeus, who was responsible for training the Iraqi army, about his failure to train those forces sufficiently to stand up to a recent offensive by the Islamic State.
Robert Parry: Consortium News
I believe this is a good definition of a political prisoner.
You can read that whole article for details about Petraeus’ hand in the disastrous decisions by both Bush and Obama that has been the Iraq quagmire.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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