Torture Vote Tomorrow


By borges, Section Templum
Posted on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 02:54:24 PM CST

 
[from NRCAT, National Religious Campaign Against Torture]

An important vote is going to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13.

The Senate will decide whether we stop the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- or as we would call them, torture.  Section 327 of the Intelligence Authorization Conference Report (H.R. 2082), would prohibit the CIA from using abusive interrogation techniques (such as waterboarding) by requiring the CIA to comply with the Army Field Manual while conducting interrogations.  The Army Field Manual prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

Please call your Senators now -- and urge them to support Section 327 of the Intelligence Authorization conference report.  Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senators' offices.  You can also go to the NRCAT website  and click on the link in the upper right red box.  It will take you to a page that makes it easy to email your Senators.

This is the most important anti-torture legislation now before Congress with a real chance of passage.  (The House has already passed this bill.)  Every phone call counts.

Thank you for all that you do to end U.S.-sponsored torture.

Sincerely,

Linda Gustitus, NRCAT President
Richard Killmer, Executive Director

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by borges on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 02:01:37 PM CST
On Saturday, March 8, President Bush vetoed H.R. 2082, an important piece of anti-torture legislation that would have banned the use of waterboarding, stress positions, induced hypothermia, and other so-called "harsh" interrogation techniques by requiring all U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA, to abide by the restrictions in the Army Field Manual while conducting interrogations.  H.R. 2082 was passed by a majority of both houses of Congress.

Sometime this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, the U.S. House will vote on whether or not to override the President's veto.  It is very difficult to override a veto (it requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress), so the attempt to override may not be successful. That said, we want to make every effort to convince as many Members of Congress as possible to vote for the override.

Please call your Representative in Congress and urge him or her to vote to override the President's veto of H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization bill. To contact your Member of Congress you can call the Capitol switchboard at (202)224-3121 and ask to speak with your Representative.

Thank you for your efforts to end U.S.-sponsored torture.

Sincerely,

Linda Gustitus, President, NRCAT
Richard Killmer, Executive Director, NRCAT

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