Yesterday, the US Senate Intelligence committee released its long-awaited report of the CIA torture practices.

As some of you may remember, six years ago I brought some of the same information about illegal torture in Article XVIII of the Impeachment President Bush.

One surprising response in the Senate report is that the torture, called ‘enhanced interrogation techniques,’  was “ineffective,” as if torture would have been OK if the torturers at the CIA had gained ‘useful’ information!

The CIA’s post-911 history of the use of torture, documented in the Senate report should cause every American to demand release of the full, unredacted report. There should be no hiding place nor refuge for anyone who was involved in the program. Torturers and those who authorized them ought to be brought to justice.

Sign the petition here demanding full release of the Senate’s Report on CIA Torture. Please contribute to our on-going efforts to keep the American people aware of the truth and of a path to action to reclaim our nation.

Once again we see the need for a US Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, where the American people can finally come face to face with the lies which our nation has been living since 911, address those lies and chart a new course of truth, at home and in the world.

It is imperative that the American people know what was done in our name and what continues to be done by our government and its agencies to promote division and war around the world.

Petition text:

WE THE UNDERSIGNED…

… call upon the US Senate Intelligence Committee to access and release the full, unredacted, unedited report on CIA torture.

We demand the creation of a US Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, modeled after such a commission formed in post-apartheid South Africa. Congress and the President must appoint such a commission to invite torture victims and witnesses to provide written or in-person testimony. The commission should compel all those Americans involved in torture to testify with appropriate penalties for noncompliance and provision for amnesty for those who cooperate and tell the truth.

To sign the petition: http://action.kucinich.us/page/s/call-upon-the-us-senate-intelligence-committee