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The Government Had to Approve This Op-Ed: Prepublication review of the writings of current and former federal employees violates their First Amendment rights.

4/2/2019

The New York Times April 2, 2019
By Mark Fallon
Mr. Fallon worked for the federal government for 31 years.

Between the time I wrote these words and the time that you are reading them, a team of government censors decided how much of what I wrote you would get to see. Fortunately, it was cleared without redactions. But I haven’t always been so fortunate.

There are millions of others like me who face this scrutiny as present and former employees of the armed services and a dozen other government agencies, from the C.I.A. and F.B.I. to the State and Energy Departments. We have faithfully carried out our duties and upheld our oaths of allegiance to the Constitution. Many of us earned the highest trust of our country, serving in roles that brought us in contact with government secrets and classified material. We have honored and repaid that trust, guarding sensitive information and fulfilling the obligations associated with our security clearances. . . .

9/11 Terrorist Attacks, American Civil Liberties Union, Censorship, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Federal, Federal Employees, First Amendment, Government, Government Transparency, Knight First Amendment Institute, Lawsuits, Prisoners, State Department, Torture

King of the Towels: The Torture and Murder of Pedro Albizu Campos

3/10/2015

King of the Towels: The Torture and Murder of Pedro Albizu Campos
Latino Rebels Nelson A. Denis MAR 10, 2015 11:12 AM

There is a most unusual TV interview of Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín on YouTube. The interview occurred in March 1954, just after the Nationalist attack on U.S. Congress that was led by Lolita Lebrón. (NOTE: This video was shared on Facebook by the Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín in 2013.)

During that time, Muñoz Marín had rushed up to Washington, D.C. to assure the world that he (and the rest of Puerto Rico) did not condone the actions of these “lunatics, fanatics, fascists and Communists.” This is how Muñoz Marín described the Nationalists to The New York Times, prior to the TV interview.

The interview was an installment of Washington Merry Go Round, which was the 1950s equivalent of today’s 60 Minutes, Meet the Press or Face the Nation. It was moderated by Drew Pearson, the top political columnist of that era. For nearly 10 minutes, Muñoz Marín filled America with lies about Pedro Albizu Campos and the Nationalist movement in Puerto Rico.

The most shocking moment occurred from 7:15 to 8:45—a 90-second segment where he described Albizu Campos as a lunatic who constantly wrapped himself in cold wet towels, in order to protect himself from “mysterious machines throwing nuclear rays at him from a great distance.”

On national TV, Muñoz Marín and Pearson scoffed at this madman from Puerto Rico. The implicit message was that anyone who believed in the independence of Puerto Rico was as crazy as Albizu Campos.

But Albizu Campos was not crazy.

He was, in fact, being subjected to lethal TBI (Total Body Irradiation) in his prison cell. This radiation continued for several years, until it finally killed him. . . .

Congress, Eisenhower Administration, Ethics, Federal, Human Experimentation, Latino Rebels, Medical, Murder, Nuclear Radiation, Prisoners, Psychiatritic Abuse, Puerto Rican Independence Movement, Puerto Rico, Torture, Total Body Irradiation

L.A. to Use Laser Heat Ray Gun on Prisoners

8/27/2010

CBS News AUGUST 27, 2010 / 11:24

Due to CBS News copyright restrictions we are unable to quote the material but it tells of planned use of a non-lethal laser weapons on prisoners in Los Angeles County.

American Civil Liberties Union, Assault Intervention Device, California, Department of Justice, Directed Energy Weapons, Electromagnetic Weapons, Infrared Cameras, Joysticks, Laser Heat Ray Guns, Lasers, Los Angeles County, Non-Lethal Weapons, Prisoners, Raytheon Missile Systems, Sheriff, Torture

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