[Active-l] (ACTION ITEM) (NOW) (EMAIL) Email or telephone NOW against President Bush's torture bill

[Dara (R'ykandar Korra'ti)]

	Andrew Sullivan has issued what amounts to his first (as far as I 
know) ACTION ITEM against President Bush's torture legalisation bill. 
Last I heard, it was still in committee. The youtube link near the 
bottom is a link to some short bits of the testimony against it.

	I think Mr. Sullivan puts it well here:

All I know is that al Qaeda is winning battles every week now. And they 
are winning them because their aim of gutting Western liberty is shared 
by the president of the United States. The fact that we are finding 
this latest, chilling stuff out now - while this horrifying bill is 
being rushed into law to help rescue some midterms - is beyond belief. 
It must be stopped, filibustered, prevented. And anyone who cares about 
basic constitutional freedom - conservatives above all - should be in 
the forefront of stopping it.

	Also, here's a good article on the redefinition of "torture" not to 
include things we certainly called torture when the Soviets and the 
North Koreans were doing it:

	http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2371815,00.html

	If you ever have done or are ever going to do anything political, do 
this. Stop. This. Bill. Email or phone your Senator and Representative 
saying they MUST vote against that any bill which includes:

* Any deviation from Geneva Convention Common Article 3 that will lead 
to the cruel and degrading treatment of detainees in prisons.
* Any trials that utilize coerced or secret evidence
* Interrogation techniques that allow torture or inhumane punishment
* The President to interpret “the meaning and application” of the 
Geneva Convention

	Or you can just refer to the "Torture bill" or the "McCain compromise" 
or the modifications to the War Crimes Act and I imagine they'll know 
what you're talking about.

	The Congressional switchboard number: 202-224-3121. You can call and 
ask to be transferred to your Representative and Senator(s).

					- Dara

----- from andrewsullivan.com -----
Stop This Bill
26 September 2006, 4:12pm Eastern Daylight Time
andrewsullivan.com

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/09/stop_this_bill.html

A series of impassioned pleas on Capitol Hill - from the military, 
Catholic bishops, intelligence experts and others - not to pass a bill 
allowing the president the right to seize anyone in this country, 
detain him or her without charges indefinitely and torture them in 
secret. Please do not look away. Fight back - for your freedom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXI-MiQdL0U&eurl=


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