I am posting this diary for Chacounne
We have until 10am tomorrow!
The vote is on Tuesday at 10am.
If you would be so kind, please recommend this diary, so we can get the word out and stop this nomination.
If he passes SJC, I am committed to going to Washington to lobby the whole Senate to stop this nomination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee votes tomorrow on Michael Mukasay’s nomination as Attorney General. Senators Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein have said that they will vote to confirm him.
We have until 10am tomorrow to change their minds.
Please call or fax them today!
It’s not over until that vote is held.
Why does it matter so much to me?
My husband, Danny Lee Stecher, was a Vietnam vet and POW, who was tortured by his North Vietnamese captors. He suffered from his injuries for over thirty years, until his fatal heart attack two years ago.
When Dan got back, he had to have his toenails removed three times, because of the bamboo infection caused when they inflicted pain to get the information they wanted. He never got a full night’s sleep. His screams still haunt my nights. There was never enough food in the house to fill the hole left by the deprivation he had suffered.
When I read about what is happening with the detainees in Gitmo and the dark sites, all I can picture is my beloved Dan lying bruised and beaten and bloody, incoherent from exhaustion and starved from lack of sleep, with no ability to tell his family and his country that he was even alive, and no one knowing where he was. It is happening to people in the name of EVERY American as we speak.
Now comes Michael Mukasey who says he is not familiar with the particular technique of waterboarding and therefore he can not make a determination as to whether it constitutes torture or not. Well, let me assure him and you that waterboarding is torture ... period.
Senators Schumer and Feinstein have said they will vote for Mukasey, We have five days to change their minds. You may say it’s a fool’s errand, but for Dan I must. I must speak out until there is no longer breath in my body.
Torture is not what Dan fought for; it’s not what Dan gave his physical health for; it’s not what Dan gave his mental health for.
Give Dan the legacy he deserves and help stop torture as the law, policy and practice of the United States.
What will YOU do to help stop torture?
EVERY American needs to stand up and say:
NOT IN MY NAME!
NEVER IN MY NAME!
EVERY American needs to contact Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Diane Feinstein and tell them to vote this nomination down.
We have two days.
What will YOU DO to help stop torture?
For Dan,
Heather
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To Contact Senator Charles Schumer :
(ed. Best not to send surface letter because of delays due to security)
Washington, DC
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027
TDD: 202-224-0420
New York City
757 Third Avenue
Suite 17-02
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-486-4430
Fax: 212-486-7693
TDD: 212-486-7803
Albany
Leo O'Brien Building, Room 420
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-431-4070
Fax: 518-431-4076
Buffalo
130 South Elmwood Avenue #660
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 716-846-4111
Fax: 716-846-4113
Binghamton
15 Henry Street, Room M103
Binghamton, NY 13901
Phone: 607-772-6792
Fax: 607-772-8124
Hudson Valley
One Park Place, Suite 100
Peekskill, NY 10566
Phone: 914-734-1532
Fax: 914-734-1673
Long Island
145 Pine Lawn Road #300
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 631-753-0978
Fax: 631-753-0997
Rochester
100 State Street, Room 3040
Rochester, NY 14614
Phone: 585-263-5866
Fax: 585-263-3173
Syracuse
100 South Clinton Street, Room 841
Syracuse, NY 13261-7318
Phone: 315-423-5471
Fax: 315-423-5185
E-mail Chuck Schumer http://schumer.senate.gov/...
Chuck Schumer's web site is at: http://schumer.senate.gov/
To Contact Senator Dianne Feinstein:
(ed. Best not to send surface mail because of delays due to security)
Washington, DC
Senator Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
TTY/TDD: (202) 224-2501
San Francisco
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710
Los Angeles
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 914-7300
Fax: (310) 914-7318
San Diego
750 B Street, Suite 1030
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 231-9712
Fax: (619) 231-1108
Fresno
2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4290
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: (559) 485-7430
Fax: (559) 485-9689
E-mail Dianne Feinstein at: http://feinstein.senate.gov/...