ABC News: Clinton Won't Sign Anti-Torture Pledge (Updated: She signed it)

[jsamuel]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/10/clinton-wont-si.html

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has declined to sign an anti-torture pledge circulated by a liberal organization, making her the only Democratic candidate for president to withhold her endorsement of a blanket statement condemning torture.

The anti-torture pledge, initiated by the American Freedom Campaign -- a group founded by a coalition of civil-liberties groups and liberal activists -- commits the candidates to disavowing some of the controversial tactics employed by the Bush administration.

"We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal remedy, we do not tap people's phones and emails without a court order, and above all we do not give any President unchecked power," the statement reads. "I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from assault by any President."

The freedom campaign first sent letters to the presidential candidates in August, asking for their pledges. With Sen. Barack Obama's commitment on Tuesday, all of the Democratic candidates except for Clinton have signed off on the commitment.

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Update: She signed it soon after ABC reported it.