FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fw: Urge the release of the OPR report

[Carol Koepp (carolkoepp]

> From NRCAT.  At our Social Action Mtg. on Sunday we voted to send $100 to 
NRCAT and to put something in the upcoming FUS Flash and SAC Flash, urging 
members to support the work of that organization as individuals.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "National Religious Campaign Against Torture" <nrcatlist [at] nrcat.org>
To: <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: Urge the release of the OPR report


> TORTURE IS A MORAL ISSUE &#160;
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> We emailed you in December about calling for the release of the Department 
> of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report that is 
> believed to detail instances of professional misconduct by lawyers in the 
> previous Administration's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).&#160; 
> Specifically, it is reported to demonstrate how lawyers in the OLC 
> intentionally misinterpreted the law in order to sanction torture and 
> other abusive acts.
>
> Today we again ask you to email the Attorney General about the OPR 
> report.&#160; Release of this report is crucial to understanding the 
> breakdowns that occurred in the OLC that lead to lawyers misconstruing the 
> law in such a way as to provide legal cover for the use of torture.&#160; 
> Understanding those breakdowns is essential to preventing the future use 
> of torture.
>
> NRCAT has asked the Attorney General to have a conference call with Rev. 
> Dr. Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary of the National Council of 
> Churches, Rabbi Steve Gutow, President, Jewish Council for Public Affairs 
> and Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America. They 
> will ask him to release the OPR report as soon as possible. NRCAT was told 
> to call at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13 to learn if the conference call 
> will take place. &#160;
>
> Please email the Attorney General's office as soon as possible to ask him 
> to release the OPR report.&#160; A model email can be found here [ 
> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2162/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1891 ] 
> .
>
> Thank you,
>
> Linda Gustitus, President
> Rev. Richard L. Killmer, Executive Director &#160;