[PAA-Discuss] Want Accountability? Host a Screening of Tortured Law

[Juli3 at aol.com]

Tortured Law: A  New Film from Alliance for Justice
_Sign up today to host  a screening of Tortured Law_ 
(http://ga1.org/ct/P7xoLB618mc1/) . 
President Barack Obama ended six years of American  torture of suspected 
terrorists arising from the aftermath  of the 9-11 attacks.  The torture was 
originally  authorized in a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the  
Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.  Were  these lawyers simply 
giving the President their best legal  advice?  Or was their work part of a 
larger criminal  conspiracy to distort the law and authorize  torture? 

Attorney General Eric Holder recently  announced an investigation of 
low-level CIA operatives who  exceeded the grisly authority provided by the “
torture  memos.”  But the superiors who ordered these actions --  and the lawyers 
who provided the legal cover -- have not  been held accountable.  

Tortured Law,  a new 10-minute documentary by Alliance for Justice,  
examines the role lawyers played in authorizing torture, and  calls upon Attorney 
General Holder to conduct a full  investigation of not only the CIA 
operatives, but of the  torture memo authors.  

This fall, campus  leaders at hundreds of law schools and colleges will use 
 Tortured Law as a centerpiece for discussions,  forums, debates and other 
educational events.  _Sign up today to join  this important organizing 
endeavor and host a screening of  the film_ (http://ga1.org/ct/P7xoLB618mc1/) .  
When the film is released, AFJ will  provide you with the resources to host 
a successful event  including: talking points, an organizer's toolkit to 
help  you coordinate a well-attended event, comprehensive  education about the 
issue, assistance with speakers and  general event support.     
(http://ga1.org/ct/PdxoLB618mdC/) 
Sign  up to Host a Screening and Watch the Trailer for  Tortured Law.  
(http://ga1.org/ct/P1xoLB618mdV/) 
Call  on A.G. Holder to Launch a Full-Scale Investigation of  the "Torture 
Memos" 
 
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