GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY, et alia
For Immediate Release February 24, 2009 Contact: David Swanson [email protected]
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
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