America's State Secrets and Human Rights Abuses: A Civil Society Strategy To Protect Humanity

Michael Posner (executive director of Human Rights First) wisely said, "If we are going to transform the Middle East, we have to be law-abiding and uphold the values we want them to embrace - otherwise it is not going to work." We must respond to acts of terrorism, but before we respond hastily with hostility to further perpetuate an endless cycle of violence, we must be willing to ask ourselves the sources of our enemies’ hatred—the root of the problem—which we must honestly deal with in order to respond correctly to transform the world in which we live to be a safer more tolerant place for posterity. Damming secrets the CIA hopes to hide and keep quiet are worthy of examining before the United States purports to liberate countries abroad with war and tries to forcibly establish democracy via occupation. The hypocrisy of U.S. democracy at home still has need of further reforms both in the election process and the manner in which states are governed. American values are better upheld and democracy furthered globally when the U.S. behaves abroad as it expects its citizens to behave at home, respectfully engaging the international community through diplomacy, using economic sanctions to provide incentives for compliance, and resorting to military force only when national security is endangered. Covert action however can wreck democratic processes at home and abroad. Several former CIA agents have concluded that the CIA is its own worst enemy and thereby the enemy of the United States as it spreads a culture alien to American character and values. Paul F. Davis is a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Wellness Trainer who has touched 89 nations serving the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines, Churches, and Universities across the globe. Paul provided rescue relief with the Salvation Army the first week of September 11th, 2001 at "ground zero" in New York City following the bombing of the World Trade Center. Paul traveled to Pakistan twice after 9/11, the nation where Paul believed Osama Bin Laden was hiding; prior