Brian Terrell

Brian Terrell is an Iowa based peace activist who has spent more than six months in prison for protesting targeted assassinations at U.S. military drone bases.

Brian and two friends walked onto the Whiteman Air Force Base in central Missouri to present a letter to the base commander calling for an end to the U.S. drone warfare. They tried to make the case that dropping bombs on women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will not lead to peace -- much less improve our own security -- but will inspire thousands of people to join the violent movements against the United States. They were immediately arrested, tried and sentenced in federal court.

Terrell is a joint coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. He lives on a Catholic Worker Farm in Maloy, Iowa.