GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY, et alia Organizations and individuals can add their names to this statement at <http://prosecutebushcheney.org>http://prosecutebushcheney.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>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/robertjackson Signed By: Center for Constitutional Rights <http://www.ccrjustice.org>http://www.ccrjustice.org The National Lawyers Guild <http://www.nlg.org/>http://www.nlg.org After Downing Street <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org American Freedom Campaign <http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org>http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserve Colonel and US diplomat <http://www.voicesofconscience.com/>http://www.voicesofconscience.com Backbone Campaign <http://www.backbonecampaign.org>http://www.backbonecampaign.org Brad Blog <http://www.bradblog.com/>http://www.bradblog.com Cities for Peace <http://citiesforprogress.org/>http://citiesforprogress.org CODE PINK: Women for Peace <http://www.codepink4peace.org>http://www.codepink4peace.org Daniel Ellsberg, Truth-Telling Project <http://www.ellsberg.net/>http://www.ellsberg.net Defending Dissent Foundation <http://www.defendingdissent.org/>http://www.defendingdissent.org Delaware Valley Veterans for America <http://www.delvalvets4america.org>http://www.delvalvets4america.org Democrats.com <http://www.democrats.com/>http://www.democrats.com Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space <http://www.space4peace.org/>http://www.space4peace.org Gold Star Families for Peace <http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com/>http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com Grandmothers Against the War <http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/gatw>http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/gatw Grassroots America <http://www.grassrootsamerica4us.org/>http://www.grassrootsamerica4us.org High Road for Human Rights Advocacy Project <http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org>http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org Iraq Veterans Against the War <http://ivaw.org/>http://ivaw.org Justice Through Music <http://www.jtmp.org>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/>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/>http://naomiwolf.org National Accountability Network Northeast Impeachment Coalition <http://www.neimpeach.org/wp/>http://www.neimpeach.org/wp Op Ed News <http://www.opednews.com/>http://www.opednews.com Peace Action <http://www.peace-action.org/>http://www.peace-action.org Peace Team <http://www.peaceteam.net/>http://www.peaceteam.net The Progressive <http://www.progressive.org/>http://www.progressive.org Progressive Democrats of America <http://www.pdamerica.org/>http://www.pdamerica.org Republicans for Impeachment <http://republicansforimpeachment.com/>http://republicansforimpeachment.com United for Peace and Justice <http://www.unitedforpeace.org/>http://www.unitedforpeace.org Velvet Revolution <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/>http://www.velvetrevolution.us Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vips>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vips Veterans for Peace <http://www.veteransforpeace.org/>http://www.veteransforpeace.org Voters for Peace <http://votersforpeace.us/index2.php>http://votersforpeace.us/index2.php War Crimes Times <http://www.warcrimestimes.org/>http://www.warcrimestimes.org Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition <http://www.impeachwi.com>http://www.impeachwi.com World Can't Wait <http://www.worldcantwait.net>http://www.worldcantwait.net Organizations and individuals can add their names to this statement at <http://prosecutebushcheney.org>http://prosecutebushcheney.org -- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px} 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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