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To the Editor:
Re “Military Might, Protest Power” (front page, June 15):
Thirty-three years ago this month, I was interrogated by the secret police in China when my year of teaching English was ending. At that time, I had no knowledge about my rights as a U.S. citizen, so I didn’t know to demand them. Later, however, I realized that being a U.S. citizen afforded me rights in another country. This truth gave me confidence and calm from that day on.
Today I no longer have such confidence. But what makes it so much worse is that my rights are being trampled in the United States, the country of my birth.
