Stand Against Torture - Join the ACLU in calling for a special prosecutor on torture and war crimes.

Friday night, in a national television interview on ABC News, President Bush directly admitted what we have suspected all along: The White House was deeply and intimately involved in decisions about the CIA's use of torture.

For the first time, George W. Bush acknowledged that he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details of the CIA's use of torture. "I'm aware that our national security team met on this issue and I approved," he said. He also defended the use of waterboarding -- simulated drowning where the victim feels like they are about to die.

Congress should long ago have gotten to the bottom of which top officials approved, condoned and authorized U.S. involvement in torture. But, now that the President has admitted to a policy of top-down torture, the ACLU is calling on Congress to demand an independent prosecutor to investigate possible violations of the War Crimes Act, the federal Anti-Torture Act and federal assault laws.

Join the ACLU in calling for a special prosecutor by sending a free fax to your congressional delegation. Go to https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=853&page=UserAction.

You can find more information about the fight to hold torturers accountable at http://action.aclu.org/topdowntorture.

And, not for nothing, but waterboarding is not "simulated drowing". It's actual drowning.