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"Out of the nearly 800 people who have been imprisoned at Guantánamo over the last fourteen years, only 8 have been convicted of a crime—that’s just 1%. Yet, Republicans, eager to keep the prison open, continue to fuel the false narrative that the men at Guantánamo are the worst of the worst.... we cannot have guilt by association, Muslim-until-proven-innocent, determine the future of Guantánamo. Such racist rhetoric and blatant disregard for due process is the real danger to this country."

For those who remain detained, “political scapegoats”, “too tortured for release” and “Yemeni” are more adequate descriptors than “worst of the worst."
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Tomorrow night! In 1971, a small band of Citizens' Commission members broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania. The documents the took and leaked to the press changed the course of history. They the FBI’s illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens and its COINTELPRO program, which led to the first-ever Congressional investigation into American intelligence agencies. Join us for a free screening as part of our Freedom Flicks series. Register here.

Before Edward Snowden, before WikiLeaks, and before Watergate, there was The Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI.
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Read the story Truthdig called "simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming" that led them to name CCR's Pardiss Kebriaei their "Truthdigger of the week."

THIS WEEK! Before Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks, and even before Watergate, there was The Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI. The documents they leaked to the media would reveal the FBI’s illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens and its COINTELPRO program, which led to the first-ever Congressional investigation into American intelligence agencies.

Join us for a free screening of 1971, which tells their story, and a discussion afterwards with Betty Medsger, who wrote the first stories about the case for the Washington Post, and CCR Board Member Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele.

Thursday, March 31, 7-9pm, at DCTV, 87 Lafayette St., NYC
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