Following a Kitsap-Bangor Naval Base anti-nuclear protest, Father Bill 'Bix' Bischel, 81, and Sister Anne Montgomery, 83 were hooded, handcuffed and held face down on the ground for four hours before being arrested. They were arrested along with three others at the Naval Base, which they had entered in the early hours the morning on All Souls Day to highlight the "illegality and immorality" of the Trident weapons system, Ekklesia reports.
Susan Crane, 65, Lynne Greenwald, 60, and Steve Kelly, 60, were also arrested.
The group entered the base through the perimeter fence and then made their way to the Strategic Weapons Facility - Pacific (SWFPAC). They cut through the first chainlink fence surrounding SWFPAC and then cut the next double layered fence, which was both chain link and barbed wire, entering the grounds of SWFPAC, the report said.
As they walked they carried a banner with the words: "Disarm Now Plowshares : Trident: Illegal + Immoral".
When they were caught, they were thrown to the ground face down, handcuffed and hooded. They were then held there for 4 hours on the wet, cold ground. Still hooded, they were carried out through the holes in the fence that they had made, for questioning by Base security, FBI and NCIS.
They refused to give any information except their names, and were charged with trespass and destruction of government property.
The Trident submarine base at Bangor is home to the largest single stockpile of nuclear warheads in the US arsenal, holding more nuclear warheads than China, France, Israel, India, North Korea and Pakistan combined, the report adds.
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