Just Say No...to Torture

"Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today urged all members of Congress to vote against the Military Commissions Bill this week. PHR is gravely concerned that the bill allows coerced testimony to be admitted in trials, eliminates the right of habeas corpus and could authorize the continued use of tactics that amount to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

This 'compromise' bill hands the President, who has repeatedly authorized abusive and illegal interrogation tactics, the power to reinterpret Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions," stated Leonard Rubenstein, Executive Director of PHR. "If passed, much of the abuse of the past five years, particularly the CIA's so-called 'enhanced interrogation methods,' could be interpreted by the President to be officially sanctioned, with immunity granted for these violations of US and international law, even retroactively."

More information here:
PHR Calls on Congress to Vote Against Military Commissions Bill

I cannot believe we even have to have a debate about this subject. How far down have we fallen as a nation?