SF Anti-War Protestors Arrested While Occupying Offices Linked to Pentagon Hawk

Six protestors in San Francisco were arrested this morning for staging a non-violent occupation of Autonomy Corporation offices in San Francisco while scores of others picketed outside the office. This protest, coordinated with a simultaneous action in Cambridge, England, highlighted the surveillance software company’s unethical ties to Bush advisor Richard Perle. Pearle, an influential Pentagon insider and key promoter of the war on Iraq, was placed on the board of the company three years ago. Perle has been subject to recent scrutiny as a result of his large financial holdings in a company that has been the recipient of major government contracts.