[Peace-discuss] petition - who's held accountable for torture?

[Stuart Levy]

Who's held accountable for torture -- the torturers, or whistleblowers 
who exposed it?

The latter.   Whistleblower John Kiriakou has been prosecuted, while 
nothing's happened to any torturers or those who enabled it.

Help make this injustice become an embarrassment to the Obama 
Administration.


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Subject: 	[ufpj-activist] held accountable for torture!
Date: 	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:40:55 -0500
From: 	Sue Udry <sue.udry at defendingdissent.org>
To: 	ufpj-activist <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>, DC Guild 
<dcguild at lists.riseup.net>, UFPJ-DC <ufpj-dc at yahoogroups.com>, 
<ufpj-accountability at lists.mayfirst.org>



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 : 
http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-commute-the-sentence-or-pardon-john-kiriakou# 


Kirakou 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 
regime.

To:
The President of the United States
President of The United States (President Barak Obama)
Commute the sentence or pardon John Kiriakou,

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 sentence.
-- 
Sue Udry
Executive Director
Defending Dissent Foundation
6930 Carroll Ave. Suite 413
Takoma Park, MD 20912
www.defendingdissent.org <http://www.defendingdissent.org>
twitter: @defenddissent
office: 202-529-4225; cell: 301-325-1201



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