In Binghamton New York, the trial has begun for the Saint Patrick’s Four–the four anti-war activists facing federal conspiracy charges for spilling their own blood inside a military recruiting station to protest the Iraq war. One of the defendants, Daniel Burns, said in court on Tuesday, ” We wanted to make visible the truth of war. We were called by our faith, the law and our moral beliefs to peacefully protest the war.” The four protesters face up to six years in prison and $275,000 in fines.