ACLU Releases Video Featuring Prominent Figures Calling For Accountability For Torture

August 6, 2009 12:00 am

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In “Tortured Logic,” Oliver Stone, 9/11 Family Member And Others Read From An Infamous Torture Memo

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NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union released a video today featuring prominent figures, including Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Oliver Stone, reading from one of the infamous Bush administration legal memos used to justify the use of torture against detainees in U.S. custody. The video calls for accountability and the restoration of the rule of law.

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