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Stephen Colbert Signs Letter to Close Gitmo Now

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October 30, 2009

Last week, to find out if their music had been used during the interrogation of detainees in U.S. custody. Last night, Rosanne Cash, one of the musicians who filed the request, to go head-to-head with Stephen Colbert on the use of 鈥渢orture music鈥 at Guant谩namo.

Cash held her ground with the wily Colbert, stating, 鈥淯sing music, a creative art, for the exact opposite purpose, to use it as a weapon to hurt someone, it鈥檚 wrong. There is no gray area, it鈥檚 wrong.鈥 She even convinced Colbert to sign a letter agreeing with Gen. Colin Powell that Guant谩namo 鈥渟hould be closed this afternoon.鈥

To join Rosanne Cash and Stephen Colbert and to learn more about the coalition of musicians who have joined the new National Campaign to Close Guant谩namo, head on over to .

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