Letter to President Obama Seeking Recognition of Those Who Opposed Torture

Formally commending those who rejected torture would send a necessary message that torture is — and will always be — inconsistent with who we are as a nation.

Dear President Obama:

We were among the many Americans who strongly supported your executive order prohibiting American personnel from using torture. As you said when you issued the executive order in January 2009 and again at the National Archives in May 2009, torture is inconsistent with our laws and our values and counterproductive as a matter of national security policy.

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