Before anyone gives any testimony, I want to see this about the cost of the war at home: I deployed to Iraq with 150 men, not all of them were married. Since we've returned, 60 have been divorced . . . over half of the married men.

I missed the last two panels due to testimony verification I was giving; my apologies to anyone who wanted to see commentary on the last two.

Adrienne Kinne served in the army from '94 to '98 as an Arabic language linguist in military intelligence before moving into the army reserves. Because of her experience in military intelligence, Adrienne is well-versed in the rules of collecting intelligence on US citizens. After 9/11, the MI soldiers that Kinne worked with would monitor and eavesdrop on US citizens and US aid organizations and non-governmental organizations, as well as journalists. While listening in on two aid workers (one American; one British), Kinne heard the British man tell the American that he should be careful what he talked about on the phone because the US would be listening. The American man said that wouldn't happen because of a long-standing rule against such a thing, and the US was listening. The uproar within the office led to clarification: US MI could eavesdrop on Americans as long as they were in the Middle East. At the time, this required a waiver; now, it is completely legal. It violates our Constitution and the values our nation was founded upon; it is impeachable.

You do not have to be in Iraq to have a hand in the occupation; Adrienne Kinne had a hand in it all by eavesdropping on US citizens. The work that she did helped justify the invasion and occupation without ever setting foot in Iraq, and she is visibly shaken by it. After serving ten years in the military, it took joining IVAW for Adrienne to feel she was serving her country.