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Dear Law and Disorder and WBAI listeners,

Please help to vote down the Attorney General Nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey.

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Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224 -3121.

Call Senator Chuck Schumer’s office at 202-224-6542 – More contact numbers here.

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“Michael Mukasey professes ignorance as to whether water-boarding is a form of torture unless he knows “the actual facts and circumstances” of its use. The “facts and circumstances” of water-boarding are quite straightforward. When a person is water-boarded, their head is held under water until the person begins to involuntarily “inhale” water. At that point, the victim is certain they will drown if not allowed to get air. It is a technique from the Spanish Inquisiton and illegal under international and domestic law. Instilling fear of imminent death as an interrogation technique is the very essence of torture, and no amount of legal analysis can come to any other conclusion. ” . . . CCR Press Release.

For more about the powerful torture technique of waterboarding. Listen to our past show with author Henri Alleg.

Find your representative below – The Committee on the Judiciary responsible to vote for Mukasey in as US Attorney General.