As the messages of condemnation emanate from Washington, DC - directed at various foreign governments - the story of Ray McGovern appears to have gone largely un-noticed.
McGovern is a former CIA analyst and occasional contributor to Al Jazeera English.
His silent protest at press conference for US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and the violent treatment he received as Clinton calmly continued with her speech, is documented by Democracy Now.
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