Close Gitmo and End Unconstitutional Military Commissions Now

Posted by Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation at 8:00 AM on November 13, 2008.

How Obama can cut ties with the controversial Bush era of national security.

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We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in our country, which he can do on his first day in office. By shutting down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison facility, Obama can take a major step toward redeeming our nation's moral leadership in the world. And by ending unconstitutional military commissions and banning torture, he can cut ties with the highly controversial Bush era of national security.
We must seize this critical moment to end the abuses that the Bush administration has perpetrated for the past eight years. That's why we partnered with the ACLU to bring to you our newest video.

This is the first in a series of videos underscoring the urgent need to close GITMO and end unconstitutional military commissions. We urge you to sign the petition and ensure that the human rights violations at GITMO never occur again. Then send this video to your friends and ask them to sign up as well.

The ACLU is taking this campaign even further by hosting an open Town Hall Meeting tonight at 8pm ET, when people from all across the country will gather via teleconference to discuss the state of civil liberties in our country. Take part in this important conversation, and help President-elect Obama take decisive action to close GITMO.

Tagged as: torture, civil liberties, george bush, barack obama, gitmo, aclu, guantanamo bay, close gitmo

Robert Greenwald is the director/producer of "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism."

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One more thing [Report this comment] Posted by: Bliss Doubt on Nov 13, 2008 9:14 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Thank you. I signed the petition. Obama needs to introduce the repeal of the so called Patriot Act. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Sad day in the U.S.A. [Report this comment] Posted by: 2dogarage on Nov 14, 2008 9:00 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Once again the dearth of comments posted to this article (I was the lone commenter on a similar article a few days ago) signals that this is a relative non-issue to what I assumed was an intelligent, concerned and compassionate Alternet readership. I wonder if Alternet isn't somehow losing it's audience although admittedly there were plenty of comments in defense of porn to Greta Blowhard's article yesterday... Guantanamo just isn't sexy or entertaining enough for today's "amused-to-death" Americans apparently. Now that the election is over I guess all the "progressives" can go back to sleep until another train wreck occurs. Guantanamo is a travesty that shames our whole nation. I remember reading about the torture of the jews for the first time when I was a teenager in the early 70's with disgust mixed with relief that this kind of barbarism no longer existed in the world. And now my own country engages in these same practices. These men and BOYS were picked up in their own sovereign countries, most of them on faulty intelligence, tortured them, refused them habeas corpus and held them without charges for years. This is a disgrace. At the top of my list for what Obama can do to send a message to the rest of the world that change has really come to the U.S.A. is to close this illegal and immoral facility and send those people home. So sad that so few people care about this. What have we become? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Sad day in the U.S.A. Posted by: ldyradr » RE: Sad day in the U.S.A. Posted by: 2dogarage I signed it, too [Report this comment] Posted by: manderson on Nov 14, 2008 11:19 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ....and wrote it in twice to change.org, where the new administration is taking comments. Flood 'em!!!! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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