Action pnum403 Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Close Guantanamo ********** [124346:051607] L.J., Decatur, GA All prisoners should be permitted visits by the Red Cross, at the very least! Our treatment of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is a terrible stain on our honor. Close the place, please! ********** [153512:071406] A.F., Green Valley, AZ Guantanamo is the shame of America. It can never be made "clean" again. Please close this place of horrors. ********** [053522:092706] P.C., El Cajon, CA Only a very disturbed individual would not only allow but approve funding for this an illegal and immoral torture facility. ********** [141343:092306] W.B., Franklin, OH Can we please become a country that actually respects the rights of all including criminals until proven guilty? ********** [174622:092006] D.Z., Bakersfield, CA Dear representative, Please vote to close Guantanamo prison, which has been operated contrary to all principles America should stand for, but which this administration has abandoned. ********** [153609:092006] T.R., West Palm Beach, FL American must not torture. American must follow world law not make up the laws as we go along ********** [144616:092006] C.O., Hollywood, FL The world is watching this administration. They know how the American people feel and it is opposite to most of what's being done including Guantanamo. We want it closed. ********** [134146:092006] J.L., Mustang, OK There is too much worship of sheer power for its own sake in this world. Hurting people who may not even be guilty of anything, is one good way of making sure the pain and terror and injustice..is spread around that much more. That prison in Guantanamo Cuba must be shut down now, so our children can inhabit a more humane world tomorrow. ********** [111952:092006] T.C., Vancouver, WA Gitmo - America's gulag should be closed immediately and the prisoners there either charged with a crime or deported. ********** [090034:092006] D.M., Longmont, CO Since when is it an American value to torture other human biengs. This is not my America. ********** [015953:091006] m.t., Falmouth, KY End the torture at Guantanamo. We are Americans NOT terrorists!!! I am truly sick of this administration doing whatever it wants to do. The aministration MUST be held accountable for its illegal and immoral actions! They--and their supporters in Congress--are the terrorists. All of them MUST be held accountable for what has happened. ********** [055522:082606] C.P., Baton Rouge, LA Close the illegal prison in Guantanimo Bay down immediately, and filed a bill of Impeachment against the entire Bush administration. NOW. It's obviously the current administration has violated a number of serious laws. Why isn't anyone in CONgress willing to stand up to the evil, corrupt and criminal gang of thugs at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? ********** [204448:081306] S.A., Los Angeles, CA Please close the Guantanimo Bay prison as soon as possible... ********** [231104:081006] L.B., Houston, TX What is going on at Guantanamo is against both the U.S. Constitution and international law. I believe it is dangerous for governments to get in the habit of holding people indefinitely without trials. Holding people secretly adds to the potential for abuses. I believe that Guantanamo should therefore be closed. ********** [212738:081006] R.M., San Francisco, CA I urge you to vote to close down the detention center at Guantanamo. I am not only horrified by the abuses committed there, but I am outraged that our country continues to occupy this base in defiance of the wishes of the people of Cuba. Now that Fidel Castro has stepped down, this would be an ideal time to relinquish control of a place that never belonged to us in the first place. (Ryu Makoto) ********** [204843:081006] M.M., Port Angeles, WA I AM REMINED ABOUT WORLD WAR 2. WE CANNOT BECOME THE TERROIST. WHEN WE THROW OUT THE GENEVIA CONVENTION. WE THEN THROW OURSELVES INTO THAT BOTTOMLESS PIT. THERE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE NOT BLIND RAGE. ********** [092245:081006] A.W., Minneapolis, MN Close GITMO Now!! The Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional and in violoation of the Geneva conventions. This administration is not above the laws of this land and of the U.N. ********** [203756:080806] T.B., Cleveland, OH Guantanamo is nothing but a concentration camp to torture and abuse. It should have never been opened and used. ********** [220245:080706] L.P., Milwaukee, WI The Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies make it very possible that in this somewhat questionable endeavor we may end up abandoning our own values. Duplicity and disrespect for human rights have all too much characterized this administration's policies and Congress, unfortunately, has been all too willing to let this happen. Our holding and treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo is a very illuminating case of such administration policies and congressional unwillingness to challenge them. Let that change; close Guantanamo now. ********** [024756:080406] j.k., Seattle, WA I am ashamed. We are bullies. We are illegally detaining alleged criminals. It's insane. It provokes more terrorism. It does nothing to promote peace. Close it down. ********** [021529:080106] A.Y., Tucson, AZ CLOSE GITMO. CLOSE GITMO. IT DEFIES THE GENEVA CONVENTION. HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUPPORT SOME CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS? ********** [201048:073006] M.G., Seattle, WA It is a proven fact that many prisoners detained at Guantanamo were found to be innocent. It is highly likely that there are many, many more there that fit the same profile. We very well may be torturing innocent people. Even if there are some that have committed crimes, they have not been proven guilty through legal means. In any case, torture must never be acceptable. Gitmo must be closed now. ********** [101944:073006] M.F., Denver, CO Torture is appalling, especailly for the USA, who is suppose to stand for freedaom, and civil rights! ********** [083753:072906] J.K., Boulder, CO Gitmo is a disgrace for a "freedom loving country" and his rightfully hurt our standing throughout the world. Begin the process now for closing it down. ********** [234804:072706] M.M., Port Angeles, WA WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOVE THE TERROIST'S. WE HAVE SUNK TO THEIR LEVEL WHEN WE ALLOW THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR TO GO ON. **********