ACLU Media Alert

[AnnInLa]

the following is an email I just rec'd from ACLU:

We wanted to let you know about two leading TV shows this weekend that will feature interviews with ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. On both programs, Anthony will discuss the ongoing abuse of detainees and prisoners in U.S. military custody, and the erosion of America's moral leadership in the wake of continuing disclosures of abuse.
Tune in this weekend:

* Friday, April 29: PBS "NOW" at 8:30 pm ET and again Sunday at 11:00 pm ET (check local listings)


* Sunday, May 1: CBS "60 Minutes" at 7:00 pm ET (check local listings)

The ACLU has played a pivotal role in bringing the abuse and torture carried out by the United States government to light. These two appearances allow Anthony to address specific allegations of torture and the lack of accountability at the highest levels, even a year after the photographs from Abu Ghraib became public.

In Friday's "NOW" segment, Anthony will be among a number of experts discussing detentions at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, and in Afghanistan. On Sunday, May 1, Anthony will appear in a "60 Minutes" segment detailing the use of sexually suggestive tactics to humiliate and coerce Muslim men held at Guantanamo Bay. Anthony will speak out powerfully against the use of these tactics and explain their connections to the wider practice of torture and abuse developed and condoned by our government.

[kimpossible]

1. Thanks for the heads up! nt

[Mandate My Ass]

2. Awesome, thanks

I knew they way they tried to spin the sexual nature of those pictures that they knew it would be even worse for them if the public found out how they deliberately used sex as a humiliation/torture tactic because of Muslim culture's taboo on that topic. Pure damage control. The use of dogs was similarly insidious. I'll be watching.