-Peterson AFB  
Three people entered Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on the morning of August 9 to find General Ralph Eberhart of the Air Force Space Command, deliver an indictment, and arrest him for violations of international law related to his authority over U.S. nuclear missile forces. Donna Johnson, Peter Sprunger-Froese, and Bill Sulzman were quickly arrested and held for two hours before local police took them away on a charge of trespass. Their trial is set for January 4, 2002.

Documents they read aloud while in custody, and gave to an aide to the general, explained their action.

"We are here today to continue the legacy of recent actions by Daniel Sicken and Sachio Ko Yin (August 6, 1998) and Fr. Carl Kabat (August 6, 2000). Their protests at nuclear missile silo N-7 in our state are part of the inspiration for our action here today... The arrogance shown in the actions of August 1945 is alive 56 years later. Our government has recently taken a series of steps to withdraw from international cooperation on the world economy, on the world's ecology and in the arms regime affecting nuclear weapons and the peaceful uses of outer space.

"The traditional isolationism of withdrawal has been replaced by an isolationism of domination. Our country is not choosing to remain on the sidelines. The administration and congress are just setting a unilateral agenda and demanding everyone else's acquiescence. When such an abuse of power occurs both moral and legal tradition demand a response from the individual citizen. It is time for us to rebuke the immoral and illegal actions of our own government. If we do not act world domination will surely lead to world destruction. Apathy is no excuse. Being too busy is no excuse. Waiting for others to take the lead is no excuse. 56 years of nuclear insanity is enough. No more! Not in our name!..."

For more information, contact Citizens for Peace in Space, POB 915, Colorado Springs CO 80901, (719)389-0644.