Amnesty International USA as later in January 2009, when Susan J. Crawford, who was appointed by President Bush to be the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions became the first Bush administration official to concede that at least one individual was tortured at Guantanamo Bay. Affirming Amnesty International’s position that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld’s explanation for Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp’s existence was because of its optimal setting for interrogation and prosecution of extraordinarily dangerous persons for war crimes was in from Amnesty's view a thinly veiled excuse for allowing the use of torture. Amnesty International USA holds that all detainees
Prayer Book Society of the USA at their website. Prayer Book Society of the USA The Prayer Book Society of the USA or PBS USA seeks to maintain the Anglican tradition of liturgical common prayer and promote the use and understanding of the traditional versions Book of Common Prayer, for example, the 1928 American edition. The official title is The Society for the Preservation of the Book of Common Prayer. A related society is the Prayer Book Society of Canada. There are additional groups in Britain and Australia. The late Reverend Peter Toon was a president and CEO of the society. Many of his articles can