[Cvillemedia] Groups Request Prosecutor for Bush / Cheney

[David Swanson]

GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY, et alia
For Immediate Release
February 24, 2009
Contact: David Swanson david at davidswanson.org

*Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials *

We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan 
independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial 
investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President 
George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys 
formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to 
justify torture, and other former top officials of the Bush Administration.

Our laws, and treaties that under Article VI of our Constitution are the 
supreme law of the land, require the prosecution of crimes that strong 
evidence suggests these individuals have committed. Both the former 
president and the former vice president have confessed to authorizing a 
torture procedure that is illegal under our law and treaty obligations. 
The former president has confessed to violating the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act.

We see no need for these prosecutions to be extraordinarily lengthy or 
costly, and no need to wait for the recommendations of a panel or 
"truth" commission when substantial evidence of the crimes is already in 
the public domain. We believe the most effective investigation can be 
conducted by a prosecutor, and we believe such an investigation should 
begin immediately.

Drafted by The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/robertjackson

Signed By:

Center for Constitutional Rights
http://www.ccrjustice.org

The National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nlg.org

After Downing Street
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org

American Freedom Campaign
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org

Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserve Colonel and US diplomat
http://www.voicesofconscience.com

Backbone Campaign
http://www.backbonecampaign.org

Brad Blog
http://www.bradblog.com

Cities for Peace
http://citiesforprogress.org

CODE PINK: Women for Peace
http://www.codepink4peace.org

Daniel Ellsberg, Truth-Telling Project
http://www.ellsberg.net

Defending Dissent Foundation
http://www.defendingdissent.org

Delaware Valley Veterans for America
http://www.delvalvets4america.org

Democrats.com
http://www.democrats.com

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
http://www.space4peace.org

Gold Star Families for Peace
http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com

Grandmothers Against the War
http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/gatw

Grassroots America
http://www.grassrootsamerica4us.org

High Road for Human Rights Advocacy Project
http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War
http://ivaw.org

Justice Through Music
http://www.jtmp.org

Marcus Raskin, co-founder of Institute for Policy Studies, member of 
editorial board of the /Nation/, member of the special staff of the 
National Security Council in the Kennedy Administration

Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored
http://www.projectcensored.org

Naomi Wolf, author of /End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young 
Patriot/, and /Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries/
http://naomiwolf.org

National Accountability Network

Northeast Impeachment Coalition
http://www.neimpeach.org/wp

Op Ed News
http://www.opednews.com

Peace Action
http://www.peace-action.org

Peace Team
http://www.peaceteam.net

The Progressive
http://www.progressive.org

Progressive Democrats of America
http://www.pdamerica.org

Republicans for Impeachment
http://republicansforimpeachment.com

United for Peace and Justice
http://www.unitedforpeace.org

Velvet Revolution
http://www.velvetrevolution.us

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vips

Veterans for Peace
http://www.veteransforpeace.org

Voters for Peace
http://votersforpeace.us/index2.php

War Crimes Times
http://www.warcrimestimes.org

Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition
http://www.impeachwi.com

World Can't Wait
http://www.worldcantwait.net






-- 

David Swanson is the author of the upcoming book "Daybreak: Undoing the 
Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" by Seven Stories 
Press and of the introduction to "The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the 
Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush" published by Feral House and 
available at Amazon.com.  Swanson holds a master's degree in philosophy 
from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter 
and as a communications director, with jobs including press secretary 
for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for 
the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as 
communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson is Co-Founder of 
AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ConvictBushCheney.org and Washington 
Director of Democrats.com, a board member of Progressive Democrats of 
America, the Backbone Campaign, and Voters for Peace, a convenor of the 
legislative working group of United for Peace and Justice, and chair of 
the accountability and prosecution working group of United for Peace and 
Justice.

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