Independant commission for torture scandal, veterans for common

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sense.... great organization.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm?Page=Article&ID=5394
November 12, 2005

Dear VCS Members and Supporters:

Yesterday morning Veterans for Common Sense honored the service of veterans by reiterating our commitment to our original oath of service -- to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

As we've written to you in recent weeks, VCS recently launched our campaign to call for an independent commission to investigate the torture scandal. This week a full page ad ran in Congressional Quarterly with the Open Letter that 3,700 of you signed. Then, yesterday morning, VCS held a press conference at the National Press Club calling for the creation of the commission, with attendance by NBC News, Salon, Fox News, Executive Intelligence Review and others.

You can view the full page ad here:
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/vcs/VetsAdfullpagev2.pdf
>>As military veterans who have served in every U.S. conflict since 1941, and their supporters,
we have worked for decades to defend the national security of the United States and
to uphold the honor, integrity and effectiveness of its military. We have greatly valued
the opportunity to serve, and we remain committed to this critically important cause.
The rising number of serious allegation of abuses and deaths in custody raise
serious questions concerning U.S. detention policy. Given the range of individuals
and locations involved in these reports, it is simply no longer possible to view these allegations
as a few instances of an isolated problem. Yet none of the purported major or
comprehensive investigations have assigned responsibility to any individuals responsible
for policymaking nor held any commanding officer accountable for these abuses,
other than the demotion, by one grade, of a Brigadier General.<<

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1. Joined them. Thanks for the info.