Torture and the American Civil Liberties Union

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Please note that by playing this clip You Tube and Google will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube's privacy statement on their website and Google's privacy statement on theirs to learn more. To view the ACLU's privacy statement, click here. Why does accountability matter? What can I do to demand it? See the evidence of torture We are finally beginning to learn the full scope of the Bush administration's torture program. Government documents show that hundreds of prisoners were tortured in the custody of the CIA and Department of Defense, some of them killed in the course of interrogations. Justice Department memos show that the torture policies were devised and developed at the highest levels of the Bush administration. The ACLU is committed to restoring the rule of law. We will fight for the disclosure of the torture files that are still secret. We will advocate for the victims of the Bush administration's unlawful policies. We will press Congress to appoint a select committee that can investigate the roots of the torture program and recommend legislative changes to ensure that the abuses of the last eight years are not repeated. And we will advocate for the appointment of an independent prosecutor to examine issues of criminal responsibility. We can't sweep the abuses of the last eight years under the rug. Accountability for torture is a legal, political, and moral imperative.
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NEWS (View All Torture News ) BLOG (View All Torture Posts) Torture Photo Release Decision Should Be Left To Courts, Says ACLU Fri, 12 Jun 2009 Obama Administration Seeks To Keep Torture Victims From Having Day In Court Fri, 12 Jun 2009 Court Gives Government More Time To Pursue Legal Options On Torture Photos Thu, 11 Jun 2009 ACLU Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure Of Still-Secret Torture Documents Thu, 11 Jun 2009 ACLU Letter to the Department of Defense Regarding Its Level 1 Anti-terrorism Training Materials Wed, 10 Jun 2009 ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism” Wed, 10 Jun 2009 ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism” Wed, 10 Jun 2009 CIA Refuses To Disclose Interrogation Tape Documents Tue, 9 Jun 2009 Senate Questions Indefinite Detention Without Charge Tue, 9 Jun 2009 Rep. Harman Introduces Bill To Restrain Domestic Deployment Of Spy Satellites Fri, 5 Jun 2009 DOJ Seeks Rehearing of ACLU Rendition Case Fri, 12 Jun 2009 Accountability Is Coming to the USA Fri, 12 Jun 2009 Torture, America, and Accountability Thu, 11 Jun 2009 Why Protect Whistleblowers? Wed, 10 Jun 2009 Jameel Jaffer Answers CIA’s "Propaganda" Charge on Hardball Wed, 10 Jun 2009 CIA Refuses to Hand Over Torture Tape Documents Tue, 09 Jun 2009 UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Transparency and Accountability Fri, 05 Jun 2009 Death by Detention Thu, 04 Jun 2009 Jimmy Carter on Accountability for Torture Wed, 03 Jun 2009 Case of Tortured U.S. Citizen Tests Obama Administration on Human Rights Tue, 02 Jun 2009

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TORTURE PROGRAM: The Bush
Admin officials who
created the torture
program

TORTURE FOIA: Documents
obtained by ACLU torture
FOIA revealing the
systematic nature of
the torture program

KEY DOCS AND DATES: The
ACLU torture FOIA timeline

ACCOUNTABILITY VIDEO:
Former military officials
and ACLU Executive Director
Anthony D. Romero

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