From: James Forman <jforman@igc.org>
Subject: Abolition of the CIA
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:13:56 GMT

Dear Peacnet:

	Following is a news release from the Unemployment and
Poverty Action Committee (UPAC) concerning a press conference for
Tuesday, August 18, 1992, the International Day of Solidarity with
the Afro-American People.  I hope you will post it and share it
with others.

	The current trial of Clair E. George should be of
paramount interest to all users or subscribers to peacenet.  It is
now going into its fifth week and has been widely covered by such
newspapers as the The Washington Post,  The New York Times, and
perhaps The Los Angeles Times.  The Black America News Service
(BANS) has attempted to provide information about documents on the
Iran-Contra Scandal as well as data about George's trial.

	I understand for some it is vacation time, but the history
of the CIA in Chile, Central America, collaboration with Nazis,
and many other sordid realities justify more and more attention to
the trial of Clair E.  George who has been identified as the top
CIA person in charge of the worldwide covert activities from July
1984 through December, 1992.  The U.S. Grand Jury says the
fore-going in its indictment.

	Many thanks for your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

James Forman, President of the Unemployment and Poverty Action
Committee and Publisher of the Black America News Service, BANS
For Immediate Release        Conatact:  Jim Forman/202-547-1408
August 16, 1992

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From:  The Unemployment and Poverty
	 Action Committee (UPAC) P.O. Box 21097 Washington, D.C.
       20009

Attention:  All assignment editors and all members of the press!

	  UPAC will hold a press conference on the CIA

     Washington, D.C....On Tuesday morning, August 18, 1992, UPAC
will hold a press conference in front of the U.S. District Court
Building for the District of Columbia to protest the existence of
the CIA and to call its abolition.  U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick
Moyniham of New York State has also issued a call for the
abolition of the CIA.

     CIA spymaster, Clair E. George, is currently on trial in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for violations of
the 1984 Boland Amendment and other charges.  This Boland
Amendment was an act of the U.S. Congress that prohibited the CIA
and all other U.S. intelligence agencies and personnel from
interfering in the internal affairs of the Nicaraguan people.  The
U.S. Grand Jury indictment against George said that he was the
person who "supervised the worldwide intelligence activities of
the CIA in the areas of covert action, intelligence collection,
and counter-intelligence, " from July, 1984 through December,
1987.

     The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is
located at Third Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW in Washington,
D.C.  All members of the press and the public are invited to
attend this press conference.
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Background information on UPAC:   The Unemployment and Poverty
Action Committee (UPAC) was formed in Detroit, Michigan in the
spring of 1974 as an independent, non-profit, and non-
governmental organization designed to combat the causes and
effects of poverty and unemployment.  UPAC is now headquarted in
the tri-state area of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

     UPAC has been active in campaigns to promote self-
determination for the people of Central America and other areas.
UPAC has been and is still active in efforts to promote Civil
Rights in the U.S., the pro-choice movement, the ending of
Apartheid in South Africa, and many other important causes.
Recently, UPAC participated with many others in efforts to stop
David Duke from becoming Governor of Louisiana and the 1992
Republican Party nominee for U.S. President.
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Please post and share with others.



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