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  Investigate and prosecute war crimes

  Abundant evidence exist that the Bush Administration committed war crimes. The Spanish Court is investigating these alleged crimes-- but from ...more »

  Abundant evidence exist that the Bush Administration committed war crimes. The Spanish Court is investigating these alleged crimes-- but from our compromised Department of Justice, only crickets. We voted for change we can believe in, but what we have seen from AG Holder's DOJ seems mostly to be locked into President Bush's positions.

  It is also a war crime to fail to investigate and prosecute war crimes. Unless AG Holder acts soon, he risks becoming a war criminal himself.

  The time to restore our national values is now. We must decisively reject war crimes, and hold responsible those who have committed them, with appropriate prosecution.

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  Restore Human Rights

  The right to a fair trial, the right to challenge one's detention, the right to humane treatment - these are core human rights. They were a cornerstone ...more »

  The right to a fair trial, the right to challenge one's

  detention, the right to humane treatment - these are core human rights. They were a cornerstone of American values, until the Bush administration decided to sacrifice them for the purpose of making us "safe."

  An important means of restoring human rights is to hold accountable those who violate human rights, either by un-American policies, or by their own direct actions. To "look forward" without independent investigation and prosecution, where appropriate, is to grant tacit approval to sacrificing human rights on the dubious altar of "public safety." Our representatives swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the U.S.; they do not swear an oath to "keep America safe." An America that is afraid to take risks in order to maintain our Constitutional values is an America that will go the way of the Roman Empire, losing its way into becoming just another bullying superpower. Our ideals are more powerful than bombs or bullets. Let us protect them!

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