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Torture Survivors Call for the Repeal of the Military Commissions Act
Sister Dianna Ortiz, representing the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, speaks of the sexual assault provisions of the Military Commissions Act.
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Gen. Wesley Clark: Repeal the Military Commissions Act
Wes Clark discusses the situation with the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, the military commissions act, erosion of habeas corpus and the need for an international criminal tribunal for trying these cases in a timely manner.
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Sen. Chris Dodd: Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007
Sen. Dodd explains his bill which will restore Habeas Corpus protections to detainees, bar information acquired through torture from being introduced as evidence in trials, and limit presidential authority to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton: Don't vote for the MCA
Senator Clinton states that the Senate has a responsibility to get this right and that "we must convict and punish the guilty in a way that reinforces their guilt before the world and does not undermine our values."
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Keith Olbermann: Countdown
Olbermann talks with Jonathan Turley who describes this as a "time of shame for the American system" and says we've become "Constitutional couch potatoes."
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President George Bush, signing the Torture Law
As President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, legalizing torture, hundreds gathered in the rain in front of the White House to mourn the death of basic liberties.
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