Josh Marshall has posted a copy of the letter sent today to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Arlen Specter and Ranking Member Pat Leahy, which contains the views of former U.S. Government and military officials who served in the CIA, in the Army, in the Air Force, at the Department of State, and the FBI. It represents a consensus view that torture is an ineffective and immoral practice that injures our ability to combat the threat of terrorism.
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