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GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY
For Immediate Release
February 24, 2009
Contact: David Swanson david@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://afterdowningstreet.org/robertjackson

Signed By:

Center for Constitutional Rights

http://ccrjustice.org

The National Lawyers Guild

http://nlg.org

American Freedom Campaign Action Fund

http://americanfreedomcampaign.org

High Road for Human Rights Advocacy Project

http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org

After Downing Street

http://afterdowningstreet.org

Democrats.com

http://democrats.com

Gold Star Families for Peace

http://cindysheehansoapbox.com

Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserve Colonel and US diplomat

http://voicesofconscience.com

Delaware Valley Veterans for America

http://delvalvets4america.org

Voters for Peace

http://votersforpeace.us

Wisconsin Impeachment / Bring Our Troops Home Coalition

http://impeachwi.com

Backbone Campaign

http://backbonecampaign.org

CODE PINK: Women for Peace

http://codepink4peace.org

Velvet Revolution

http://velvetrevolution.us

Justice Through Music

http://jtmp.org

Progressive Democrats of America

http://pdamerica.org

Brad Blog

http://bradblog.com

Cities for Peace

http://citiesforpeace.org

National Accountability Network

Northeast Impeachment Coalition

http://neimpeach.org

Republicans for Impeachment

http://republicansforimpeachment.com

Op Ed News

http://opednews.com

Marcus Raskin, cofounder of Institute for Policy Studies, member of editorial board of The Nation, member of the special staff of the National Security Council in Kennedy Administration

The Progressive

http://progressive.org

Peace Team

http://peaceteam.net

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

http://afterdowningstreet.org/vips

Defending Dissent Foundation

http://defendingdissent.org

Grassroots America

http://grassrootsamerica4us.org

Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored

http://projectcensored.org

Peace Action

http://peace-action.org

Grandmothers Against the War

http://grandmothersagainstthewar.org

World Can’t Wait

http://worldcantwait.net

United for Peace and Justice

http://unitedforpeace.org

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

http://space4peace.org

War Crimes Times

http://warcrimestimes.org

Veterans for Peace 099

http://veteransforpeace.org

Veterans for Peace 26

http://veteransforpeace.org

Veterans for Peace

http://veteransforpeace.org

Naomi Wolf, author of “End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot,” and “Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries”

Iraq Veterans Against the War

http://ivaw.org

Daniel Ellsberg, Truth-Telling Project

http://ellsberg.net

Peter McLaren, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Smirking Chimp

http://www.smirkingchimp.com

Glenn Greenwald

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald

People for Peace & Justice/St. Augustine, FL

http://www.staugppj.org

Indict Bush Now

http://www.IndictBushNow.org

Society of American Law Teachers – SALT

http://www.saltlaw.org

Organizations and individuals can add their names to this statement at http://prosecutebushcheney.org

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