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Who's held accountable for torture -- the torturers, or
whistleblowers who exposed it?<br>
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The latter. Whistleblower John Kiriakou has been prosecuted, while
nothing's happened to any torturers or those who enabled it.<br>
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Help make this injustice become an embarrassment to the Obama
Administration.<br>
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<td>[ufpj-activist] held accountable for torture!</td>
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<td>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:40:55 -0500</td>
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<td>Sue Udry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sue.udry@defendingdissent.org"><sue.udry@defendingdissent.org></a></td>
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<td>ufpj-activist <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org"><ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org></a>,
DC Guild <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dcguild@lists.riseup.net"><dcguild@lists.riseup.net></a>, UFPJ-DC
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No, of course not. Instead of going after the torturers the Obama
Admin went after the guy who blew the whistle. He's been
sentenced to 30 months in prison -- sign the petition demanding
that Obama commute his sentence here : <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-commute-the-sentence-or-pardon-john-kiriakou#">http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-commute-the-sentence-or-pardon-john-kiriakou#</a>
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is an American hero. He refused to participate in torture,
helped expose the program -- including the systematic use
of torture, renditions and secret black sites -- and said
on national television that torture was wrong. Instead of
being rewarded for his courage and moral rectitude, he is
currently the only person to be criminally prosecuted, and
soon to be jailed, as a result of the Bush-era torture
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The President of the United States <br>
President of The United States (President Barak
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the sentence or pardon John Kiriakou,<br>
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It is deeply disturbing that the first man to refuse
to participate in the Bush era torture program, and
to speak out on national television and expose the
egregious violations of international law and human
rights, is the one person to be prosecuted and
imprisoned. This is a great travesty of justice.
Kirakou is an American hero and should be honored
for speaking out against evil. Punishing him, and
his five children who will be without a father, and
his wife, for having the courage to stand up for
what is right is shameful. Please pardon him (even
though he did nothing wrong) or commute his
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-- <br>
Sue Udry<br>
Executive Director<br>
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