Coalition Letter to President Trump Opposing the Use of Executive Action on Torture or Abusive Interrogation and Detention Practices

Document Date: January 27, 2017
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This January 27, 2016 coalition letter, signed by the ACLU, urges President Trump against any executive action that would facilitate torture or other abusive interrogation and detention practices. The letter notes that Trump’s own cabinet members and senior advisors have openly rejected the use of torture, and urges the President to abandon any attempts to reinstate the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program or the use of “black sites.”