U.S. Religious Leaders Press Obama on Torture Probe

[struggle4progress]

By Eric Young
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Jun. 14 2009 06:38 PM EDT

U.S. religious leaders, including those of some mainline church bodies, are pressing President Obama to commit to the creation of an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate U.S. government-sponsored torture since 9/11.

According to the leaders, who presented senior officials from the Obama administration Thursday with a letter to the president, such a commission is necessary to uncover “the whole truth” about U.S. torture policies and practices; mobilize a national consensus; and build support for the requisite safeguards to ensure that U.S.-sponsored torture never happens again ...

The leaders recalled how the president signed an executive order banning torture on the second full day in the White House ...

However, the leaders said an executive order is not enough and can be superseded by laws and national emergencies ...

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090614/u-s-religious-leaders-press-obama-on-torture-probe/index.html

[ironbark]

1. Does the ban on torture include

extraordinary rendition/irregular rendition?

[Why Syzygy]

2. It doesn't exclude

"manhunters"/assassins.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5851716