Former C.I.A. operatives to address sligo meeting

sligo | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 10:39 by J. Dunne

Two former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operatives, Kathleen Christison and Bill Christison will address a public meeting in the City Hotel, Quay Street, Sligo, on this Friday evening (27th October) at 8.30.p.m.

The Public Meeting is being held under the auspices of the Connolly Forum and the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Sligo’s former Mayor, Councillor Declan Bree, will preside at the event.

Kathleen Christison is a former CIA analyst and has worked on Middle East issues for 30 years. She is the author of a number of acclaimed books including "Perceptions of Palestine" and "The Wound of Dispossession".

Bill Christison was a senior official of the CIA. He served as a National Intelligence Officer for Southeast Asia, and Africa. Subsequently, he served as Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political Analysis, an office overseeing 200 experts on all nations, regions, and global problems of the world.

In recent years, Bill and Kathleen Christison have collaborated in seeking to expose what they claim is the ongoing destruction of Palestine by the Israeli regime, and they are particularly highlighting U.S. complicity in the process which they believe is one of the root causes of global terrorism. They have also been scathing critics of the “war on terror” and particularly the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The Christison’s arrived in Ireland earlier this week having spent the last two weeks visiting Palestine, Lebanon and Israel. They will also address meetings in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Limerick and Galway.