A civil suit authorized by a Spokane, Washington federal judge, against two creators of CIA's interrogation, has been brought by the family of Gul Rahman, an Afghan refugee who froze to death at a CIA black site. Steven Watt, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU says, "This is the first step towards accountability." The suit is current and documents are being filed.
The nation has yet to come to grips with its own truth about what we do about torture.
Robert Weiner is a former spokesman for the Clinton White House and the House Government Operations Committee. He has served as senior staff for Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Congressmen John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, Ed Koch, and Sen. Edward Kennedy. Daniel Khan is senior policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change.
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