Above: Protesters at the home of CIA director, John Brennan, hold a sign saying “A Torturer Lives Here” as part of a weekend Torturers Tour.
Note: The “Guantanamo Anniversary Weekend Torturers Tour” is part of the week of actions organized by Witness Against Torture. They are protesting for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and for an end to torture.
Dick Cheney Targeted By Anti-Torture Protesters
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Two protesters were arrested at the McLean, Virginia, home of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday after 20 demonstrators, some in orange prison jumpsuits, walked onto his property to mark the 14th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison.
The protesters from the anti-war group Code Pink walked up to the house before police arrived and asked them to leave, said Fairfax County police spokesman Roger Henriquez. Two members who refused to go were arrested on trespassing charges, he said.
Police identified the two as Tighe Barry, 57, and Eve Tetaz, 83, both of Washington DC. The pair face misdemeanor charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct, police said.
Another Code Pink group demonstrated without incident outside the home of CIA Director John Brennan, also in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, as part of its “Guantanamo Anniversary Weekend Torturers Tour.”
A U.S. Senate report last month said the CIA misled the White House and public about its torture of detainees after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and acted more brutally and pervasively than it acknowledged. Cheney has defended the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects in the aftermath of al Qaeda’s hijacked plane attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people in New York and Washington.
The prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was opened in January 2002 to house suspected militants and still holds 127 detainees, despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to close the facility. Obama continues to face obstacles posed by Congress to the goal of emptying the prison before he leaves office, not least of which is a ban on transfer of prisoners to the U.S. mainland. (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Alan Crosby) More From Twitter
Nice little visit on Dick Cheney’s patio! @codepink @witnesstorture Dick #wishyouwerehere #TortureReport #EndTorture pic.twitter.com/JD1pHd7b5T — Josie Setzler (@jvsetzler) January 11, 2015
Demonstrators at John Brennan’s home @witnesstorture @codepink #EndTorture #accountability 4 #torture #TortureReport pic.twitter.com/OzHirB56M7 — Josie Setzler (@jvsetzler) January 11, 2015
Tighe Barry of @codepink arrested outside of Dick Cheneys house! Police won’t say why! 83 y/o woman arrested too!! pic.twitter.com/y22QZmaCTC — CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Got onto Dick Cheney’s property to protest war profiteering, torture, and war crimes! #torturetour #codepink pic.twitter.com/EPLTtyu4iB — CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
‘We are a community of resistance!” Activists gathering at home of John Brennan. pic.twitter.com/Jm2UHVClpV — CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
We’re gonna build a nation that doesn’t torture anyone. activists gathering at home of CIA director, John Brennan. pic.twitter.com/ASd30ajsrE — CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
CODEPINK and Witness against torture gather at home of John Brennan in VA to protest torture and drones. pic.twitter.com/IIfE7K6nbW — CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Photos by Ted Majdosz of anti-torture protest at the CIA, more photos available here.
Solidarity Action in Texas: The North Texas Light Brigade braved (almost) freezing temperatures to demand accountability for torture at the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Source: The North Texas Light Brigade.
