ABC broke ground last week with its reports on how the top offiicals in Bush's cabinet choreographed torture, and Bush's direct involvement in approving those acts of torture. The rest of the traditional media reacted as you'd expect, they essentially ignored the story.
That's where the bloggers come in. Crooks & Liars, dday and others are mobilizing us to contact ABC and ask them to reinforce their important story by asking Charlie Gibson to bring it up in tonight's debate. This puts the issue front and center before America and the traditional media, where it can't be ignored.
You can contact them here and demand that they follow up their reporting on torture by pushing it into the Presidential race. Contacting World News Tonight with moderator Charlie Gibson and ABC News Programming Specials would probably be the most helpful.
It's critical that this story get more public attention, and the traditional media be shamed into talking about it. But it's also just as important that Congress hears from us, too. The ACLU and Crooks & Liars have teamed up in an action alert to demand an independent prosecutor to investigate possible violations by the Bush administration of laws including the War Crimes Act, the federal Anti-Torture Act, and federal assault laws.
So far, more than 80,000 letters have been sent to Congress. They've set a goal of 100,000 letters, which should easy. Add your voice.