Write, call, or fax your representative or senators now!

This is the text of the message I sent to Senator Cantwell, Senator Murray, and Congressman McDermott (if you don’t want to write your own, feel free to copy this):

Recently in an interview with ABC, Vice-President Dick Cheney admitted his complicity in the torture and mistreatment of terror suspects. This goes against everything the United States of America and its citizens stand for. To stand by now and through our silence condone forms of torture condemned throughout history would be a betrayal of what we represent.

Please take action within your respective chamber to ensure that those within the current administration are held accountable for their actions. We, the people, will not view this as politics, but as a necessary step toward reviving the heart of America. We cannot afford to let their actions go unpunished, thereby setting the precedent that, while Americans and our government may not overtly condone torture, we will stand quietly by when it happens.

We are better than this. Please help us show that to the world.