Take a stand against torture!
Posted on 2007-Nov-12 at 11:46 AM
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I personally believe that this is a wrong headed policy that has proven not to work. I find it offensive to be a part of a nation that allows this to go on uncontested.
If you feel the same way, you are free to add your signature as well.
Jeeps
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Waterboarding and every other form of torture are wrong. Now we have a chance to make this crystal clear in U.S. law.
President Bush's nominee for Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, claims current law is not specific enough for him to stand up and stop President Bush's misguided policy. He won't have any more excuses after this legislation passes.
Here's what's happening. Senator Ted Kennedy introduced the Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act to make one basic reform: apply the Army Field Manual -- which prohibits brutal techniques like waterboarding -- to all U.S. government interrogators, not just those in the Department of Defense. With this simple measure, we will clarify the law this Administration has so shamefully distorted.
Stand with us against torture:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
When Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, we recognized that the Army Field Manual embodies our most responsible interrogation techniques. It contains rules that protect our own personnel from torture, ensure that we collect only credible information in pursuing terrorists, and prevent the secret abuse of detainees.
The Bush Administration, however, exploited a loophole -- the Act applies only to the Department of Defense, not to other agencies like the CIA. The Bush Administration continued to rely on false and deceptive legal justifications for the brutal techniques we've heard so much about.
One Department of Justice memo defined torture so narrowly that "it must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." This outrageous reasoning contradicts the military's own established standards, flunks the fundamental test of human rights, and endangers Americans serving throughout the world.
The U.S Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has denounced brutal interrogation techniques and said, "history shows that they also are frequently neither useful nor necessary."
Senator Kennedy's legislation ensures that our government honors its commitment to the basic rights enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. It will protect both the values we cherish as a free society and the lives of our servicemen and women overseas.
Make your own statement that torture is not an American value:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
The Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act is an opportunity to restate our commitment to the security and ideals of our country. It is an opportunity to repair some of the damage done to our international reputation by the Abu Ghraib scandal and the abuses at Guantanamo, restore our nation's role as a beacon for human rights, fair treatment, and the rule of law. It is an opportunity to protect our own brave servicemen and women from such tactics.
It's a simple measure that's long overdue.
Now it's up to Congress to restore the rest of the government to the principles of law and justice that make this country great. Show your support for the Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act today:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
I personally believe that this is a wrong headed policy that has proven not to work. I find it offensive to be a part of a nation that allows this to go on uncontested.
If you feel the same way, you are free to add your signature as well.
Jeeps
--------
Waterboarding and every other form of torture are wrong. Now we have a chance to make this crystal clear in U.S. law.
President Bush's nominee for Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, claims current law is not specific enough for him to stand up and stop President Bush's misguided policy. He won't have any more excuses after this legislation passes.
Here's what's happening. Senator Ted Kennedy introduced the Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act to make one basic reform: apply the Army Field Manual -- which prohibits brutal techniques like waterboarding -- to all U.S. government interrogators, not just those in the Department of Defense. With this simple measure, we will clarify the law this Administration has so shamefully distorted.
Stand with us against torture:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
When Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, we recognized that the Army Field Manual embodies our most responsible interrogation techniques. It contains rules that protect our own personnel from torture, ensure that we collect only credible information in pursuing terrorists, and prevent the secret abuse of detainees.
The Bush Administration, however, exploited a loophole -- the Act applies only to the Department of Defense, not to other agencies like the CIA. The Bush Administration continued to rely on false and deceptive legal justifications for the brutal techniques we've heard so much about.
One Department of Justice memo defined torture so narrowly that "it must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." This outrageous reasoning contradicts the military's own established standards, flunks the fundamental test of human rights, and endangers Americans serving throughout the world.
The U.S Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has denounced brutal interrogation techniques and said, "history shows that they also are frequently neither useful nor necessary."
Senator Kennedy's legislation ensures that our government honors its commitment to the basic rights enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. It will protect both the values we cherish as a free society and the lives of our servicemen and women overseas.
Make your own statement that torture is not an American value:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
The Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act is an opportunity to restate our commitment to the security and ideals of our country. It is an opportunity to repair some of the damage done to our international reputation by the Abu Ghraib scandal and the abuses at Guantanamo, restore our nation's role as a beacon for human rights, fair treatment, and the rule of law. It is an opportunity to protect our own brave servicemen and women from such tactics.
It's a simple measure that's long overdue.
Now it's up to Congress to restore the rest of the government to the principles of law and justice that make this country great. Show your support for the Torture Prevention and Effective Interrogation Act today:
http://www.democraticmajority.com/to...om/torture
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