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Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to Take the Next Step Toward Justice for all Gitmo Detainees
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      • The President of the United States
      • The U.S. Senate
      • The U.S. House of Representatives
      • US Attorney General (Eric Holder)
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    Bryan D. Freehling
    Lahaska, PA
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Attorney General Eric Holder announced that a group of Guantánamo detainees, including defendants charged with participating in the 9/11 attacks, will be prosecuted in federal court rather than in the Guantánamo military commissions.

This is a victory for the American values of fairness and due process, and we need your help to thank the administration for upholding the rule of law. At the same, we must urge it to take the next step and move all the Guantánamo cases to our tried and true federal courts.

Send Attorney General Holder a message of support for this important step forward, and urge him to try all terrorism suspects in our tried and true courts.

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RE: Justice for all Guantánamo detainees

Dear Mr. Holder,

I want to applaud you for your decision to try the defendants charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks in federal court rather than in the Guantánamo military commissions.

Returning to a system of justice that upholds our values and laws is an important step toward correcting the tragic decisions made after 9/11 which strayed far from fundamental American principles.

Yet, it's disappointing that the administration has chosen to stop short of justice for all and will continue to prosecute some Guantánamo detainees in the unsalvageable military commissions system.

I urge you to take the next step towards true justice. If America is going to remain a nation of laws, all those held at Guantánamo Bay must have their fair day in court.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours sincerely,

[Your name]

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