No Amnesty for Torturers, Democrats.com petition.

[started 04/20/11 --- 03/27/11 STILL OPEN, LINKS HOT. Democrats.com INEDIBLE PETITION w/ COMMENT BOX: NO AMNESTY FOR TORTURERS http://www.democrats.com/no-amnesty-for-torturers 
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        Our fellow activists at Democrats.com are
doing a terrific job of mobilization with an action page declaring "No Amnesty For Torturers", and we all want to pile on there as well.
        Your voices speaking out are primarily to thank for the fact that the torture memos were released at all. And now that they are out there in all their horrific despicableness, we have no choice, as if we EVER did, other than to bring those responsible for those crimes to justice.  
        23002 of 10000 people have signed {I am not sure what this means ... clearly there is an arithmetic booboo somewhere?}
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No Amnesty Action Page:
http://www.democrats.com/no-amnesty-for-torturers
TARGET: Congress
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NO AMNESTY FOR TORTURERS, Bob Fertik April 16, 2009

On April 16, President Obama said he would not prosecute CIA agents who engaged in torture, because George Bush's lawyers told them it was "legal." President Obama also said Attorney General Eric Holder would use taxpayer dollars to defend torturers against lawsuits by torture victims, and to pay all judgments if they lost.

These decisions are intolerable and unacceptable. Torture is utterly immoral and un-American. It produced absolutely no useful intelligence.a  
It recruited terrorists responsible for at least half the U.S. deaths in Iraq.b  
And it endangered every U.S. soldier who may be captured in the future.
And torture is absolutely illegal. The U.S. ratified the United Nations Convention Against Torture,c 
which prohibits torture and requires prosecution of torturers. In 1947, the U.S. prosecuted a Japanese officerd   for waterboarding. No lawyer can "legalize" what is illegal.

Congress must take the following actions:

1. Demand the appointment of a Special Prosecutor by Attorney General Eric Holder for torture, warrantless wiretapping, and other heinous crimes of the Bush Administration. (Thanks to Rep. Jerrold Nadlere  for leading the way!)

2. Prohibit the use of any taxpayer dollars to defend government officials who committed such crimes against lawsuits, or to pay for judgments against them.

3. Impeach Judge Jay Bybee, the torture memo author who serves on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California.

4. Protect human rights by restoring Habeas Corpus and the Fourth Amendment (search and seizure), including repeal of the Orwellian-named Protect America Act, U.S.A. Patriot Act, the FISA Amendments, and Military Commissions Act.

5. End secret government by prohibiting use of "State Secrets," "Sovereign Immunity" and "Signing Statements."

As my representative in Congress, I urge you to act immediately.

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No Amnesty Action Page:
http://www.democrats.com/no-amnesty-for-torturers

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From: "The Pen"
Date: 20 апреля 2009 г. 0:20

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a  http://www.democrats.com/efficacy-of-torture
b  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802242.html
c  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Torture
d  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding
e http://www.democrats.com/jerrold-nadler-wants-a-special-prosecutor

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