{"id":524,"date":"2018-05-07T07:48:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/?p=524"},"modified":"2018-10-14T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:14:56","slug":"haspel-nomination-nc-anti-torture-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/2018\/05\/07\/haspel-nomination-nc-anti-torture-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Haspel Nomination &#038; NC anti-torture actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<p>* On\u00a0<b>May 7<\/b>, 7,790 signatures of North Carolinians opposed to Gina Haspel&#8217;s nomination for CIA Director will be delivered to Sen. Thom Tillis&#8217; office in Raleigh at 9:00 am.\u00a0 The delegation delivering the signatures:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Steve Hickle, United Methodist clergy (retired) \u2013 NC Conference; Immediate Past President, NC Council of Churches<\/li>\n<li>Sandy Irving, Western Boulevard Presbyterian Church; NC Council of Churches Program Associate<\/li>\n<li>Christina Cowger, Coordinator, NC Stop Torture Now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">* Also on\u00a0<b>May 7<\/b>, supporters of transparency and accountability for U.S. torture will attend the 6:00 pm meeting of the Johnston County Commissioners.\u00a0 At their March meeting, the Commissioners were asked to push for criminal investigation of torture-related flights emanating from their airport, and to adopt a policy prohibiting such flights.\u00a0 Today, concerned citizens are going back to learn their response.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>* On<b>\u00a0May 4<\/b>, Gina Haspel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/gina-haspel-nominee-to-head-cia-sought-to-withdraw-over-questions-about-her-role-in-agency-interrogation-program\/2018\/05\/06\/eaa9b990-50dc-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.dbc388de2b16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/gina-haspel-nominee-to-head-cia-sought-to-withdraw-over-questions-about-her-role-in-agency-interrogation-program\/2018\/05\/06\/eaa9b990-50dc-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect%3Don%26utm_term%3D.dbc388de2b16&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525779808668000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_pCiyxgYUtT3PQXc5QgLbhdrY4w\">attempted to withdraw<\/a>\u00a0her nomination as CIA Director.\u00a0 President Trump pushed for her to remain, and she is still scheduled for a hearing on Wed., May 7, in the Intelligence Committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Burr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>* Also on\u00a0<b>May 4<\/b>, 7,790 signatures of North Carolinians opposed to Haspel&#8217;s nomination were delivered to Sen. Richard Burr.\u00a0 The petition was organized by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and most of the signers are people of faith.\u00a0 Meeting with Sen. Burr\u2019s State Director, Dean Myers, in the Winston-Salem office to deliver the signatures were (pictured below ):<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Rob Jackson, Salem Presbytery representative to the NC Council of Churches Executive Board<\/li>\n<li>Christina Cowger, Coordinator of NC Stop Torture Now<\/li>\n<li>Emily Sprague, President of Church Women United of North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-525\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Burr-petition-delivery-May-2018-e1525693712635-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information:\u00a0 Christina Cowger, 919-637-7678<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* On\u00a0May 7, 7,790 signatures of North Carolinians opposed to Gina Haspel&#8217;s nomination for CIA Director will be delivered to Sen. Thom Tillis&#8217; office in Raleigh at 9:00 am.\u00a0 The delegation delivering the signatures: Rev. Steve Hickle, United Methodist clergy (retired) \u2013 NC Conference; Immediate Past President, NC Council of Churches Sandy Irving, Western Boulevard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}