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CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns


With demonstrators suspecting governmental assistance in the crackdowns clobbering Occupy Wall Street encampments, the CIA is trying to distance itself from divulging any incriminating evidence regarding their role in the raids.

The Partnership for Civil Justice (PCJF), a Washington DC-based civil rights group, filed a Freedom of Information Act request last month to see what role, if any, the CIA has had in the brutal raids of OWS encampments that have left thousands jailed and droves of demonstrators beaten, in some instances ending up in intensive care. Now after reviewing the request to publically release any information, the Agency is scoffing at the PCJF, who in turn is calling this “a classic case of CIA-double speak” used to hide its involvement..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/cia-occupy-foia-ows-291/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

itong cia ay napaka.infamous sa mga gawaing buhong, masama, genocidal even. ang ating si claro m. recto ay ang pinakamalakas na ebidensya na dito pa lang sa pilipinas ay "enemy of the human race" na itong kalbong agila at ang kanyang covert cia arm. at pati mga amerikano mismo at ang OWS, di pinatawad.

"Any CIA involvement in the crackdowns would break not just departmental code but national legislation. As a result, even if there was involvement, the Agency won’t investigate it because any leads could yield the revelation of (surprise!) wrongdoing within the CIA.

"Specifically, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the PCJF, asked the agency to disclose “any documents or information pertaining to Federal coordination of, or advice or consultation regarding, the police response to the Occupy movement, protests or encampments.”"

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