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RES - 201 & 082 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF <br /> CAMPAIGN TO MAKE NORTH CAROLINA A NO -TORTURE STATE <br /> WHEREAS, the non - governmental North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture ( NCCIT, <br /> www . nccit . org ) was established to examine the role of North Carolina in the United States' secret , <br /> global torture program launched soon after September 111 2001 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the volunteer led NCCIT has conducted an inquiry into the use of public airports by the CIA <br /> to facilitate torture and learned that Aero Contractors , a CIA affiliated company, transported at least <br /> 49 people for torture , many of them innocent of any terrorist ties ; and <br /> WHEREAS, Aero Contractors is headquartered at the Johnston County Airport in Smithfield , NC , and <br /> also used the state - run Global TransPark in Kinston for "torture taxi " flights ; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina residents have been calling since 2005 for investigation of Aero Contractors , <br /> and support has come from people of faith , veterans, elected officials , civic groups, labor, various <br /> political parties, and members of different racial and ethnic groups ; and <br /> WHEREAS . 10 NCCIT Commissioners — a diverse , blue - ribbon panel of distinguished individuals — heard <br /> testimony from 20 witnesses ( survivors, journalists , human rights experts ) on November 30 and <br /> December 1 , 2017 , in Raleigh ; and <br /> WHEREAS, Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein are expected to respond to the 84 - <br /> page NCCIT Report ( NCTortureReport . org ) since its release on September 27 , 20182 and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE <br /> NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON TORTURE ( RES - 201 & 08 ) in December 2016 ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that we , the Orange County Board of Commissioners , do hereby <br /> urge Governor Cooper and Attorney General Stein to hold private contractors such as Aero Contractors <br /> accountable for involvement in the torture program ; to enforce state , federal , and international law; <br /> and to stop hosting Aero at public airports to prevent North Carolina from being the home to "torture <br /> taxis . " <br /> This the 18th day of December 2018 . <br /> LL <br /> 17 ; t ' % t <br /> ,._ <br /> if 1 ' ,r <br /> ;a Penny Rich , Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />