Grievance 17 - Torture

The U.S. Constitution failed to specifically provide that the government
abide by its official agreements and hold violators in government
legally responsible.

There were numerous violations of treaties throughout U.S. history
beginning with American Indians, but few people were aware that their
taxes paid for the torture of prisoners during World War II. Government
records uncovered after the war disclosed that prisoners were tortured
at a top secret facility in Byron Hot Springs, California, in violation
of an International Agreement against such acts.

Army Provost Major General Allen W. Gullion, who had helped negotiate
the treaty in 1929, protested the torture, which included experimental
drugs, sleep deprivation, denial of medical treatment, and a swinging
iron bar.

Under an AUTHENTIC CONSTITUTION in harmony with the natural
Cosmic Laws of the universe, and producing High Moral Values and
Democratic Ideals, cruel and inhumane treatment of anybody is unlawful,
and an elected U.S. Attorney General is designated to investigate and
prosecute alleged violators inside as well as outside government.

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