The People's Email Network Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Go Back Declassify The Senate And CIA Torture Reports ********** [105724:042914] M.F., Jacksonville, FL We need to stop this horrendous secretive torture, and take our country back from the crimminally insane, who are running it, and spreading their evil around the world. Declassification is necessary to stop the unbearable suffering of living feeling human beings, and to be able to bring Justice to victims of torture and their perpetrators. We need to take our country back and return to the living feeling country we once were. Torture is giving fuel to anyone who wants to see America nuked. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Love thy neighbor as thyself for the love of God. Think about where you will spend eternity. ********** [092020:033014] C.S., Miami Beach, FL I am not for torture. What Cheney and certain "American" agencies have been promoting - torture as a legitimate American anti-terrorism policy - is a disgrace. I was initially stunned to learn that the CIA just called for criminal prosecutions of Senate staffers, because they read documents that the CIA had itself provided access to. Then when I thought for a moment about who was doing the demanding, I was not stunned, and that was the biggest shame of all. These documents need to be published for all to see, and "we the people" need to renounce - or affirm - policies we don't believe in. ********** [183423:032414] R.P., Olympia, WA Torture is never acceptable. Torture is morally repugnant while not yeilding the desired information. ********** [105918:032314] S.V., Woodland Park, CO WTF??? ********** [113212:032214] s.c., Washington, DC Torture is despicable and undemocratic. ********** [200000:032114] K.E., Columbus, OH Torture is an action that is absolutely disgraceful and abhorrent and is only utilized by the weak minded. So do the only thing you can do, admit your mistake, make recompense and prove that you have enough intelligence to maintain that this is a land of the Free and the Brave. ********** [082939:032114] T.E., Brush Prairie, WA Torture IS a war crime. The fact that it has been allowed at all, is a disgrace. Open the files and prosecute those involved. ********** [110047:032014] B.C., Sunnyvale, CA Stop the insanity . ********** [210744:031914] M.L., Bellevue, WA Anyone who thought that torture was not a current issue got a rude awakening this week when the CIA called for criminal prosecutions of Senate staffers, because they read documents that the CIA had itself provided them access to. Release the 6,300 page Senate Report . . . release the CIA's own Panetta investigation . . . both of which conclude that torture yielded NO actionable intelligence of any value. Oh . . . did we mention it was also grossly counterproductive and an utter disgrace of us all? Let the American people finally know what atrocities were committed so gratuitously in our names, and start prosecuting those who tortured, those who approved torture, and those who tried to cover up the fact that the CIA and others in the US government have tortured people. ********** [135303:031914] M.F., Jacksonville, FL Cheyney, Bush, and any other people involved in the implementation of torture, need to be prosecuted for war crimes. Actually they should also be made to undergo psychiatric evaluation for criminal insanity. This is not what our country is about, far, far, far, from it. Please do your job and protect our democracy from leaders like this, that are driving our country ane the world into Hell on earth, before it is too late, if it is not already. If we fail to save this country and the world for future generations, we can at least say we tried. But not trying to stop this criminal insanity, is making our country the most dangerous place on earth to live, with rogue nukes floating around. Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you. Love thy enemy. It may be hard to love one's enemy, but trying to save their soul, can make the world a better place and have 1 less enemy to deal with. ********** [210526:031814] S.B., Wyckoff, NJ Secrecy ends Democracy and you know it. Have you not taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution and all of its ideals. What happened to this government? The corruption just keeps on getting bigger. ********** [162545:031814] K.E., Minneapolis, MN Torture should be as un-American as mom and apple pie. ********** [125640:031814] M.S., Hyattsville, MD Why do we condemn others for what we do. What is going on ? Do we have any honor left or is honor old fashioned? ********** [120536:031814] P.M., Farmington, MI The more violence we perpetrate on others, the more violence our own citizens -- at war and at peace -- are likely to be subjected to here and abroad. Please stop putting us all at risk by stopping this practice and offering reparations to those who were harmed. ********** [115937:031814] J.S., Escanaba, MI We need to know the details of the program that ruined the reputation of this nation in the world. We say one thing and do another, and yet of another country were to act in this manner we would brand them as hypocrites. Only with the details can we make certain that this torture activity does not happen again. ********** [113037:031814] J.L., Tucson, AZ Torture is not consistent with American Values! ********** [104533:031814] J.M., Sylva, NC Americans have a right to transparency on an issue as important to our national integrity as torture. There is no justification for such a sadistic and useless practice. ********** [090344:031814] S.G., Pawling, NY torture is unproductive and shameful and a disgrace for all Americans. ********** [080849:031814] c.f., San Jose, CA CIA??? NOTHANKS>>>> ********** [184718:031714] B.S., Washburn, WI Documentation of this outrageous behavior must see the light of day. I have lost both my parents (age 93, and 90) in the last year and a half. Both my parents were veterans of World War II. They did not fight for a country that would allow such barbaric practices which only put our nation at greater risk. ********** [162010:031714] B.T., Middleville, MI Get on with accountabililty for torture. ********** [151951:031714] S.W., Westminster, CA Torture is WRONG regardless of who does it. The C.I.A. is totally out of control and needs to be dismantled. Unfortunately, the President made a huge mistake when he said he's not looking back concerning the then known torture, war crimes, et al of the previous Bush Administration. ********** [121831:031714] D.D., Charlotte, NC I have never been so ashamed to be a US Citizen than during the revelations of the decidedly unAmerican and illegal torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. We know torture does not work - it was torture extracted information that sent us looking for Saddam's non-existent "Weapons of Mass Destruction." It is illegal and the US squandered our good name when a new adminstration was voted in on the strength of promises of open books and no more secrets. That the CIA - or any - US agency persists in such illegal and immoral behavoir under this - or any other President - and removes files from Congressional investigations is yet another nail in the coffin that once was a beacon of truth and freedom for the rest of the world. Shame on the CIA and the government that allows and supports such unconstitutional and unconscionable terrorist acts perpetrated on our own elected officials. As my elected representatives, I urge you to punish this action and rectify harm that has been done. This is not the US my father, a career military man and winner of the Silver Star for bravery under attack at Pearl Harbor risked his life to protect. ********** [101843:031714] J.K., Lafayette, LA Here in the US of A, we claim to uphold certain truths to be true, according to our constitution, we especially hold dear all of our freedoms and our right to a just and fair trial. We brag to other countries that even our prisoners are treated with humanity. It seems that the CIA and its members think that it has somehow risen above our constitutional rights and that torturing prisoners is now an acceptable practice. I say that it isn't and it never will be ok to torture citizens or even non-citizens in this country or in any other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ********** [095406:031714] H.S., Austin, TX Our Constitutional assurance of freedom from cruel and unusual punishments distinguishes us from beasts and barbarians. That the CIA would routinely inflict torture on captives suspected of terrorist leanings seriously undermines the level of respect which people of other nations have toward citizens of the US. The practice of torture must stop. ********** Go Back