Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Please write to your representatives about this. It does not matter if you're a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertaria, a Green, etc. -- this is a vitally important issue for our national security. Some (not all) Republicans in Congress are attempting to include language in H.R. 10 (which is otherwise concerned with the 9/11 commission report) that would exempt those deemed as "terrorists" from the protections of the U.N. convention on torture and allow their extradition to foreign countries to be tortured. It is a very nasty piece of legislation that will greatly weaken U.S. security worldwide.
I can't believe I even have to write about this, I was under the impression that all Americans were against the use of torture. I guess I was mistaken.
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