Violating Human Rights May Come Home to Family

Louis,
    I was looking at my father's genealogy online a week or so ago. I discovered that my great-great-grandfather died in a federal prisoner of war camp in Chicago. His name was Erastus Strong Burress. Erastus was a member of the 17th Texas Calvary from Marshall, which surrendered near Vicksburg. He passed one month and 13 days after his capture from pneumonia. He was 29 years old. The very next site that I visited was one that streams news, music, and old radio programs. The site was streaming an interview with an interrogator from Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. This interrogator was discussing American torture techniques. I feel that if any member of our government or representative participates or has knowledge of the use of torture, we should imprison them for life. If anyone helps to create or maintain a secret prison, we should put them in a public one. If we continue to allow these obvious violations of human rights to exist, there are no guarantees that someone from your family or mine once again will not be the next victim.