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(VIDEO) Ellison Calls for Accountability for Torture

The Minnesota congressman spoke at a forum in Minneapolis last week.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) spoke out against torture last week at a forum called "Ending Torture Now: Moving Forward by Looking Backward," held at the Mayflower Church in Minneapolis.

The event was held in connection with the 10-year anniversary of the "torture memos." In a Huffington Post piece, former FBI special agent Coleen Rowley applauded Ellison and others for speaking.

You can watch Ellison's speech above.

Ellison, Fields Chat With Patch

Ellison and his Republican challenger, Chris Fields, both did sit-down interviews with Patch last week. Questions came from Patch readers.

Here, again, are those interviews:

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