Contact North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Call on them to acknowledge our state’s role in torture and stop Aero Contractors from kidnapping again.
October 2021 — Gov. Cooper and AG Stein have known for years that Aero Contractors, based at the Johnston County Airport, has helped the CIA kidnap dozens of Muslim people. These prisoners have been held secretly in indefinite detention, and tortured into confessions.
Call Gov. Roy Cooper (calls are best): (919) 814-2000. Or email him here.
Call or email Att’y Gen. Josh Stein: (919) 716-6400.
Message: Publicly recognize NC’s role in kidnapping Muslim people for torture, and acknowledge the harm it has done. Investigate Aero Contractors, and stop hosting them at our state’s public airports.
BACKGROUND
The report of the NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture lays out the responsibility of state and county officials in North Carolina to investigate 49 cases of conspiracy to kidnap. These “extraordinary rendition” flights were flown by pilots of Aero Contractors from its headquarters at the Johnston County Airport, or from its hangar at the Kinston Global TransPark.
The report explains North Carolina’s obligation under international and federal law. It names the state laws that enable county and state officials to investigate. It describes their investigative authority.
Download the petition to Gov. Cooper and AG Stein here. Use these sample letters to Gov. Cooper and AG Stein. As the petition says,
We urge Governor Cooper and Attorney General Stein to hold private contractors such as Aero Contractors accountable for involvement in the torture program.
Enforce state, federal, and international law. Stop hosting Aero at our public airports. Don’t let North Carolina be home to “torture taxis.”