The Velvet Revolution US and Accountability For Torture

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Velvet Revolution US
http://velvetrevolution.us/
http://www.VelvetRevolution.us/Content/misc/About.php

VelvetRevolution.us ("VR") is a network of more than 120 progressive organizations reaching millions of people demanding progressive change through our VR Media, Electoral Reform, Conflict Resolution and Youth Revolution Campaigns. Indeed, Americans everywhere are excited about our many recent successes including helping to bring Election Reform issues and the Downing Street Memos to the attention of the American public.


Our Board is diverse, experienced and strong. Although the VR name and concept are relatively new, the people and organizations behind it are not. VR is not a new startup but rather a continuum and the next logical step for those involved -- a marriage in which strengths are magnified by the common goals of the partners. Indeed, it is experience, ideas and vision that provide the promise of success for VR.

VR's issues are not a matter of Right and Left. They are a matter of Right and Wrong! The tactics and the power of the Democrats and progressives in this country have not been sufficient to check the actions of a corrupt Republican agenda. The left has not been able to develop the necessary tactics to win this battle for the heart of America, despite the fact that there are many fine progressive organizations with many members.



VR Launches New Campaign To Disbar The Torture Lawyers
http://www.VelvetRevolution.us/#051809

Disbar Torture Lawyers Press Conference - Natl Press Club DC - June 29, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnp7r4P4Co&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Frawstory%2Ecom%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2Ffein%2Dobama%2Dshuts%2Dhis%2Deyes%2Dconfessions%2Dtorture%2F&feature=player_embedded

Fein: Obama 'shuts his eyes' to 'open confessions' of Bush-era war crimes
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/06/fein-obama-shuts-his-eyes-confessions-torture/

"It's at the highest levels that the rule of law finds its greatest majesty," he told reporters. "That's why the United States was so idolized after Nixon left. We said that the most powerful man in the world is subject to the law. He cannot defy it."

Fein was making the historical argument with respect to the Obama administration's continued refusal to investigate the Bush administration's torture program, which was designed and specifically authorized by high-level officials.

"Today we have an instance where the President of the United States -- Harvard Law Review, a Constitutional Law professor who knows what the law is -- shuts his eyes to open confessions," he said. "We authorized torture, for which there is no exception."

Fein was speaking on behalf of Velvet Revolution, a coalition of over 150 peace and religious groups, that is leading the charge to get attorneys involved in the Bush administration's torture program thrown out of office and the legal profession.