From 2002 to 2009 , Benjamin engaged in numerous protests involving U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ; U.S. President George W. Bush ; U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ; and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , among others . Benjamin engaged in similar protest actions at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and the 2004 Republican National Convention . On December 4 , 2007 , she was arrested by plainclothes police in Lahore , Pakistan , detained by the ISI for eight hours , and deported after protesting the house arrest of lawyers ( including Aitzaz Ahsan ) . In 2009 , Benjamin joined the steering committee for the Gaza Freedom March . In February 2012 Benjamin was arrested and deported for illegal entry to Bahrain and participating in an illegal protest
2004 Democratic National Convention
2004 Democratic National Convention
Medea Benjamin