In December 2018, the Orange County Commissioners called on North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein to hold Aero Contractors accountable for its role in the CIA torture program. So did the Town Council of Chapel Hill and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. The resolutions urge the two state leaders to “hold…
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Former aide to Rep. David Price and Sen. Harry Reid calls on state and federal officials to act against torture
On Jan. 18, 2019, the News & Observer published a powerful call for torture accountability by Tommy Ross, former aide to Rep. David Price (D-NC) and then to former Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). In it, Ross voices dismay about the “culture of secrecy in both the federal and state governments, and troubling tendencies…