Reply #22: letter...

[Triana]

John Ashcroft's abject refusal to provide Congress with copies of or access to the torture memos relating to the Abu Ghraib and Guantanimo prison abuses is not only incredibly arrogant, but is directly in Contempt of Congress, as Senator Biden stated.

I hereby request that Congress collectively cite AG Ashcroft for Contempt, as this cannot and should not go unchallenged.

That information belongs to the people of the United States, in whose names the torture and prisoner abuse at Guantanimo and Abu Ghraib prisons, and in whose names these incredible violations of the Geneva Conventions was done.

Those photographs, those abuses, those images -- ARE US in the eyes of the world. Therefore, both the United States Congress and the people of this country have EVERY right to know how and why such abuses happened in their names - in our country's name.

This contemptable and arrogant refusal on the part of AG Ashcroft to provide the memos in question therefore should NOT stand.

Best Regards,