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Tell the truth about torture through an independent commission

Tell your Representative and Senators and President Obama to expose abuse and hold perpetrators accountable.

Momentum for an independent investigation into torture is growing. However, without your help, we may not achieve a strong, independent commission with the force of law that can expose the torture and abuse committed in our name and that can help prevent the U.S. from torturing in the future.

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Dear (recipient name),

I want you to investigate and prosecute those responsible for torture.

According to the recently released bipartisan Senate Armed Services Committee report, the previous administration’s Office of Legal Counsel "distorted the meaning and intent of anti-torture laws" and "rationalized the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody."

Please help establish and support a non-partisan, independent commission of distinguished Americans to examine, and provide a comprehensive report on, policies and actions related to the detention, treatment, and transfer of detainees after 9/11 and the consequences of those actions, and to make recommendations for future policy in this area.  Such a commission needs to be independent, backed by the full force of law, and adequately funded.

The U.S. government has a legal obligation to prosecute grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.  I ask that you help establish this commission of inquiry to live up to obligations and to help hold perpetrators of abuse accountable. Moreover, I ask that you ask Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a criminal investigation into abuses and hold those responsible for violations accountable.

Finally, I would like you to ensure that the Administration produces and publishes all remaining relevant policy memos that argued for, documented, and established the basis for coercive interrogation, detainee treatment and policy in the last administration. It is important that we expose the truth about the abuses that were committed in our name and hold the guilty responsible so that these abuses do not happen again.  Please let me know of your actions to hold abusers accountable, and to uphold our obligations under law.

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