War Declarations and Acts of Torture

Back on July 30, 2008 I received the following email message from the ACLU online and thought that I should post it up here. With a president who has no regard for the rule of law and a congress that sits back do nothing it's critical that the people, especially Black people recognize the truth and reality for what it really is. Complete separation from America and starting a nation of our own is the cure for the ills of our people. Integration has brought us nothing but self-destruction and setback after setback. America is going down into the abyss of hell fire and if you hang on to her you're going down with her.

Dear ACLU Supporter,

A few days ago, we alerted you to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s demand that Congress issue a new declaration of war. This would make the entire globe -- including the United States itself -- a “battlefield” where the president gets to decide who is an “enemy combatant” and lock that person up forever.

The Bush/Mukasey plan also includes a congressionally-approved subversion of the Constitution and a cover-up of the Bush administration’s systemic torture and abuse of detainees.

At the same time, an ACLU lawsuit has uncovered new evidence that the torture and abuse Mukasey wants Congress to cover up was authorized by -- you guessed it -- the Justice Department. One of the documents obtained by the ACLU is a redacted version of a previously undisclosed 2002 Justice Department opinion that authorizes the CIA to use specific interrogation methods, including waterboarding.

Now, Mukasey -- as head of the Justice Department -- wants Congress to cover up torture committed under the watch of his predecessor, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. It’s outrageous!

Don’t let it happen. Read the alert I’ve attached below and take action now at: http://action.aclu.org/coverup