Dear Friend,
When a defendant admits to destroying key evidence, it’s typically called "obstruction of justice." When the Bush administration admits to destroying evidence of wrongdoing, it’s called business as usual.
Last week, the head of the C.I.A., Michael Hayden, announced the agency destroyed tapes of what he called a "harsh interrogation" and what you and I would call torture. The reason? To protect agency operatives from legal consequences.
We want to get to the bottom of this and the only way to do that is to appoint an independent prosecutor.
Sign our petition: Demand Attorney General Mukasey appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute wrongdoing.
The C.I.A. withheld knowledge of the tapes’ destruction from the House and Senate intelligence committees who oversee the C.I.A. They also withheld the tapes from federal prosecutors and the 9/11 Commission even though they were specifically asked for depictions of interrogations. According to the former director of the 9/11 Commission, this could amount to obstruction of justice.
Thankfully, members of Congress are already expressing their outrage over this action.'
THIS NOTICE COURTESY OF THE ACLU
SIGN PETITION HERE!
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=31Vge4uhN-3tn4lJ6AIfhQ..
No comments:
Post a Comment