Anti-war protesters attempt to 'arrest' Henry Kissinger at Senate hearing

John McCain calls protesters against 91-year-old former secretary of state "low-life scum"

When Henry Kissinger entered a Senate hearing on Thursday, he was accosted by a hostile group of anti-war demonstrators. 

The 91-year-old former secretary of state sat silently while protesters from the group Code Pink chanted, "Arrest Henry Kissinger for war crimes!"

The display prompted Senator John Mc

Cain to call for the police. He ordered one protester to "get out of here you low-life scum."

The chants continued for roughly two minutes while another protester read war crimes “charges” on behalf of the people of Chile, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and East Timor.

Dr Kissinger was on Capitol Hill to testify before a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on US national security strategy. He was accompanied by former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and George Shultz.

Mr McCain, the chairman of the committee, apologised profusely to Dr Kissinger.
“I've been a member of this committee for many years" said Mr McCain, "and I have never seen anything as disgraceful and outrageous and despicable as the last demonstration that just took place.”
Dr Kissinger, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in ending the Vietnam War, was also famously accused of war crimes by British writer Christopher Hitchens.