American Free Press Journalist
Previously Aired On: August 19, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Christopher Bollyn is an investigative journalist who has written extensively on the events of September 11, 2001 in the Washington-based American Free Press. He has researched different aspects of the 9/11 attacks and uncovered facts and evidence that challenge the official version of events. Various people have tried to smear Bollyn as an “anti-Semite” in order to discredit him and diminish the significance of his work.
Recently, Mr. Bollyn was victimized by undercover police at his quiet neighborhood home for no apparent reason. Beaten, arrested, in front of his wife and child, it leads one to question: Why? In Bollyn’s own words: “At a minimum, this was a brutal demonstration of the violent militarization of U.S. law enforcement. But at its worst, this was a deliberate attempt to intimidate and harass an American reporter, who has been writing about some of the most controversial issues, today.”
View the full story at: American Free Press
August 19th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Christopher Bollyn |
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Dalai Lama Foundation
Previously Aired On: August 14, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Tenzin Tethong is one of the Core Founders of the Dalai Lama Foundation in the United States and the founder of key Tibet initiatives in the U.S. including the Tibet Fund, Tibet House-New York, and the International Campaign for Tibet. He is a former Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York and Washington, D.C., and former Chairman of the Kashag, the Tibetan Cabinet. Mr. Tethong currently serves as Chairman of the Committee of 100 for Tibet and as a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
About the Dalai Lama Foundation
The Dalai Lama Foundation was established by friends and students of the Dalai Lama who have known and worked with him for many years. It is done with the Dalai Lama’s knowledge, endorsement and advice. All are warmly welcome to join in their vision and endeavor for a better world.
The long-term vision of the Dalai Lama Foundation is to develop a financially-endowed, international foundation, one that plays a significant role as both thought leader and change agent in areas of concern to all of us, including peace, how people of different faiths and cultures can live together in today’s interconnected world, and how to promote happiness and human development for all in an increasingly technical, market-driven world.
Dali Lama Foundation
August 14th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Tetzin Tethong |
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Amnesty International
Previously Aired On: August 9, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
In light of continuing investigations of alleged atrocities committed by US military in Iraq - everything from the first disturbing public photos of Abu Ghraib mistreatment of detainees to the alleged Haditha Massacre, to the present hearing on the rape and murder of a 14 year old Iraqi girl, this edition of The People Speak focuses in on this issue from the perspective of Advocacy Spokesperson Zahir Jan Mohamed from Amnesty International who recently met with the Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, will talk about this and other issues in the Middle East inlcuding Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan, Lebanon and much more.
BACKGROUND
ABU GHRAIB prison is located in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km west of Baghdad. It was built by British contractors in the 1960s and covers 280 acres (1.15 km²) with a total of 24 guard towers. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein’s government tortured and executed dissidents and, later, as the site of abuse of Iraqi suspects by the United States military…
HADITHA MASSACRE - On 19 November 2005, US Marine Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas was killed in Haditha in a roadside bomb attack on Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Subsequently, 24 Iraqis, including 11 women and children, were allegedly killed by 12 Marines from the unit. The US military is investigating these claims, and two captains and a lieutenant colonel have been relieved of duty. In August of 2006 a commission reviewing the killings found probable cause for charging the Marines.
ABEER QASSIM HAMZA AL-JANABI was a 14 year old Iraqi girl who lived in the village of Mahmoudiyah southeast of Baghdad. Military investigators believe that Pfc. Steven D. Green along with four other soldiers who manned a nearby military checkpoint were involved in the commission of the pre-meditated gang rape and murder of Abeer. In addition, her mother and father and 5-year old sister were also killed.
Amnesty International
August 9th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Zahir Jan Mohamed |
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CIA Analyst
Previously Aired On: August 2 , 2006 - Listen to this Show!
McGovern was born and raised in the Bronx and was a graduate, summa cum laude, of Fordham University. A Distinguished Military Graduate, he served in the US Army from 1962-64 as an intelligence officer. McGovern also received an M.A. in Russian Studies from Fordham University, a certificate in Theological Studies from Georgetown University and was a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
McGovern was a mid level officer in the CIA in the 1960s where his focus was analysis of Soviet policy toward Vietnam. McGovern was one of President Ronald Reagan’s intelligence briefers from 1981-85 when he was in charge of preparing daily security briefs for the President, the Vice President, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Cabinet and National Security Advisor. Later, McGovern was one of several senior CIA analysts who prepared the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for President George Herbert Walker Bush.
McGovern has become an outspoken critic of the current Bush administration, and together with other former CIA employees, founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity or VIPS. The organization is dedicated to exposing what these former Intelligence professionals believe to be the mishandling of important intelligence, specifically relating to the War in Iraq.
August 2nd, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Ray McGovern |
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