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VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Signs Campaign Letter to Close Guantanamo Now
October 30, 2009 | Posted by Ryan Anderson Rosanne Cash appeared on the Colbert Report last night to go toe-to-toe with Stephen Colbert on the use of music to torture at Guantanamo, and Rosanne made it clear: using music as torture is wrong and there s no gray area. The upshot? Colbert signed ...
Colbert signs petition to ‘Close Gitmo Now.’
thinkprogress.org — Last week, a group of international musicians that includes Trent Reznor, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Jackson Browne, and others joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo and filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking to declassify all secret ... (more) Colbert signs petition to ‘Close Gitmo Now.’
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Tom Andrews: VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Signs Campaign Letter to Close Guantanamo Now
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... letter agreeing with General Colin Powell that Guantanamo "should be closed this afternoon." Since this is Colbert we're talking about, he claims he signed it to "make it harder for Obama." But we'll take it. Join Rosanne Cash, the coalition of musicians who have joined the campaign, and now Stephen Colbert to add to the over 30,000 letters sent to Congress in just over a week of our campaign. Support President Obama's promise to Close Guantanamo. Sign the petition now. ...

Colbert signs petition to ‘Close Gitmo Now.’
Think Progress — ... the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo and filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking to declassify all secret government records pertaining to how music was used in detainee interrogations in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Last night, Roseanne Cash promoted the cause on The Colbert Report, where she successfully got the host to sign ...

VIDEO: Colbert signs petition to "Close Gitmo Now"
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff Thank you, Stephen Colbert, thank you thank you thank you. Last night, Roseanne Cash promoted the cause on The Colbert Report, where she successfully got the host to sign a petition calling for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. ...

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