Impeach Bush and Cheney, Fight FISA, Fight Torture, A Dennis Update and Listen For Liberty…

Impeach Bush and Cheney, Fight FISA, Fight Torture, A Dennis Update and Listen For Liberty… Calls for Action From: Senators Leahy and Kennedy, Congressman Conyers and Amnesty International.

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Dear ed.,

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. I've 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 me against torture:

http://www.democraticmajority.com/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."

My 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/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/torture

Sincerely, Senator Edward M. Kennedy

Torture position at The Court Of Impeachment and War Crimes Blog.

http://courtofimpeachmentandwarcrimes.blogspot.com/2008/03/just-give-me-one-good-reason-to-impeach.html

TEAR IT DOWN! (Amnesty International)

http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/counter-terror-with-justice/actions/appeals-for-action/say-no-to-illegal-us-detentions

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