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 to flout the law and cover tracks with lies or stonewalling.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ross goes on to urge Sen. Richard Burr to declassify the Senate\u2019s full report on post-9\/11 U.S. torture. He says, “Similarly, North Carolina\u2019s leaders should acknowledge the copious evidence of the state\u2019s involuntary role in torture, and begin an investigation of specific, well-documented cases.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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