[Anyone] Who Will George Bush Torture In Your Name?

[Thos Myers]

ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE:  September 20th, 2006

** URGENT ALERT **

Don't Let the President Legalize Torture
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/epzK0BCQlf0COb0BNhB0E1

The White House is currently pushing for a new law to allow torture of
detainees in the "war on terror" -- a law that would violate the
Geneva Conventions and contradict our United States Constitution.

The proposed law would allow evidence to be withheld from defendants
in terrorism trials, and severely restrict the fundamental right of
habeas corpus. It would apply retroactively to 2001 -- thus protecting
Administration officals for illegal acts they may have committed. Most
notably, it would allow the use of coerced testimony in military
tribunals -- even though this information has been shown not to be
reliable.

Tell your Senators NOT to let the President legalize torture.  Click
here:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/epzK0BCQlf0COb0BNhB0E1

In contrast, Senators Graham, McCain and Warner have recently defied
the White House and helped pass different legislation out of the
Senate Armed Services Committee. This bill has very significant flaws
-- but is a great deal better than the Administration's proposal.

Their legislation would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees, from hiding prisoners
from the Red Cross, and from using interrogation methods not
authorized by a new Army field manual. These principles should be
taken as a bare minimum for any detainee policy that Congress passes
into law.

Tell the Senate -- the President's torture proposals are simply
unacceptable, and must never pass the Senate. Click here:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/epzK0BCQlf0COb0BNhB0E1

It's vitally important that this administration not be allowed to wipe
out our constitutional freedoms and protections under the guise of
protecting us from terrorism. So take action today!


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THANK YOU for working to build a better world.

Will Easton
Manager, ActForChange.com
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