Attorneys, Scholars, Activist Groups Call for Impeachment if Bush Pardons Himself or His Subordinates

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The Steering Committee of the Justice Robert Jackson Conference On Prosecution of High Level War Criminals plans to demand the immediate impeachment of George W. Bush if he issues any last minute pardons covering himself or any of his subordinates. The president can be impeached and convicted even after leaving office.

The Steering Committee has released the following statement:

The presidential pardon power must not be distorted to include the power to self-pardon the president, or to pardon any staff or contractors of the executive branch, including the vice president, for crimes authorized by the president. The unconstitutionality of self pardons is discussed at length in "Pardon Me? The Constitutional Case Against Presidential Self-Pardons,"

by Brian C. Kalt in the Yale Law Journal, December 1, 1996: http://www.jstor.org/pss/797310

A self pardon by the President for himself or those who carried out his illegal orders to commit war crimes, said the Steering Committee of the Robert Jackson Conference, would make a mockery of the rule of law. It would, in fact, largely put an end to the rule of law. It is frankly inconceivable, said the Steering Committee, that the framers, who sought the rule of law instead of kingly tyranny, could have intended this.

The Steering Committee noted that Bush’s commutation of the sentence of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who helped carry out Bush’s plans, suggests the possibility of an attempted self pardon by Bush in the future. Also, the famed journalist Stuart Taylor has suggested a self pardon covering war crimes committed by Bush and his colleagues. A self pardon covering Bush and/or his subordinates, however, would require an immediate impeachment and conviction of the culprits in order to disqualify them from holding any U.S. office in the future and to avoid setting an awful precedent for future presidents to pardon their own crimes and those of subordinates.

Here's one you should see!! Dick admits his lies !!

Dick Cheney admits Bin Laden is innocent of 9/11!

ACTIVISM: Recommendations From Bush War Crimes Prosecution Conference

I also suggested a WAR CRIMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND !!!

And believe me, it WAS a conference !!


Virginia



Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-09-18 15:01.

* Criminal Prosecution

By Sherwood Ross

ANDOVER , MASS. (Special) -- Twenty recommendations made at a conference on prosecuting President George Bush for war crimes are under consideration for action, according to conference convener Lawrence Velvel, a prominent law school dean.


"Attendees discussed the violations of international and domestic law that were committed and are now studying recommendations for action," said Velvel. “All of us feel that those who committed war crimes and other crimes against humanity must be held accountable," he said. “The continued viability of Nuremberg Principles barring aggressive war and torture depends on it.”


More than 120 public officials, lawyers, academics, and authorities on the U.S. Constitution and international law attended the two day conference, which was held in Andover , Massachusetts on September 13th and 14th.


The conference resulted in recommendations ranging from asking the next U.S. Attorney General to prosecute Bush, to having any of some 2,700 county district attorneys launch proceedings against him for murder, to having Bush prosecuted for war crimes in other countries.


A newly formed committee will decide which of the suggestions can practicably be pursued.


The complete list of possible actions is:


1. Working for the election of district attorneys who pledge to prosecute high level war criminals for murder under state law, and working for the reelection of district attorneys who pledge to prosecute such criminals for murder.


2. Working for the election of state attorneys general who pledge to prosecute high level war criminals for murder under state law.


3. Working for the election of local executive and legislative officials (e.g., city council members) in specified localities who will formally denounce war crimes and might even seek to take action against them, as apparently has occurred in Vermont.


4. Mandamus proceedings to force local prosecutors to act.


5. Requesting state bar authorities to disbar the lawyers who were part of the executive cabal to authorize torture and other abuses that are crimes under international law, domestic law, or both.


6. Teach-ins at universities on the question of war crimes.


7. Asking universities to conduct hearings on whether certain individuals (e.g., John Yoo, Jack Goldsmith) should be dismissed from faculties for aiding and abetting criminal acts.


8. A march of many thousands of American lawyers on the Department of Justice (a la Civil Rights or Viet Nam war marches or the million man march). The purpose of the march would be to highlight lawyers’ belief that crimes were committed and must be punished.


9. Seeking prosecutions of high level war criminals before foreign courts or before international tribunals such as the International Criminal Court.


10. Asking the next federal Attorney General to prosecute war criminals.


11. Seeking major congressional investigations of what occurred.


12. Obtaining inspector general reports of what was done in given federal departments like the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, the State Department, the CIA, etc.


13. A truth and reconciliation commission.


14. Impeachment, even after the culprits leave office. And, unless he resigns from the federal bench, Jay Bybee, who collaborated with John Yoo on the first torture papers, will still be in office after the election.


15. Legislative or judicial action to dramatically cut back on, and sometimes totally eliminate, the present vast overuse by the federal government of the state secrets doctrine, executive privilege and other such doctrines.


16. Repeal of immunity amendments (which, even if not repealed, may have tremendous holes in them with regard to federal prosecutions, are unlikely to have any immunizing effect at the state level (though they may nonetheless be claimed as a defense), and whose only effect on foreign and international prosecutions would be to encourage them because these amendments indicate that the American federal government (like the governments of Argentina and Chile for many years) refuses to take action against federal criminals.


17. Resisting pardons, particularly advance pardons by Bush or the next president before there are convictions.


18. Creating an office of Chief Prosecutor(s), with Vince Bugliosi as Chief Prosecutor for domestic actions and perhaps a Co-Chief Prosecutor, with international prosecutorial experience, as Chief Prosecutor for foreign and international actions. This office would handle prosecutions in which governmental officials are willing to use “our” designated chief prosecutor as the lead lawyer, and would advise governmental prosecutors who desire to handle the prosecutions themselves but are willing to use “our” chief prosecutor as an adviser.


19. Setting up an internet-accessible repository, or library, of information on the pertinent war crimes, so that persons will have ready access to all relevant information. The repository, or library, should be cross indexed by subject matter, and should include briefs, articles, books, memos, speeches, etc. -- anything that sheds light on what was done.


20. Considering what, if anything, can be done to overcome the current ineptitude, failure and sometimes even deliberate hiding of facts by the corporate mass media, and to consider how the web might be used to accomplish this.


Vincent Bugliosi, former Los Angeles county prosecutor, extensively explained the legal reasoning under which Bush can be prosecuted for murder once he is no longer president. Bugliosi added that “No Federal, state or local statute says there is any person who can't be prosecuted for murder."


Bugliosi said that, of the 2,700 district and county attorneys having the power to prosecute, "There should be one prosecutor bold enough to say 'No man is above the law'. I am looking for that courageous prosecutor and I am not going to be satisfied until I see George W. Bush in an American courtroom prosecuted for murder."


Bugliosi said the evidence of U.S. war crimes in Iraq was overwhelming. "There are over 100 books” providing facts to underpin“ bringing Bush to prosecution for the deaths of 4,000 American soldiers under false pretenses," Bugliosi said.


Philippe Sands, director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals at University College , London , discussed violations of law such as torture. He said that "Under the Convention Against Torture, any person who has tortured anywhere in the world can be arrested in the United Kingdom " if they enter that country.


Political scientist Christopher Pyle of Mt. Holyoke College , S. Hadley, Mass. , spoke for many Conference attendees when he said, “The evidence is overwhelming. The torture, kidnapping, and degradation of suspected terrorists was part of a deliberate policy, hatched and concealed at the highest levels of the Bush administration.” Pyle said the nation does not need any “truth commission” that will offer immunity to suspects who confess their crimes because “if there is no threat of punishment, and therefore no prospect of plea bargains, why would underlings admit anything?”


Any attempt by President Bush to pre-pardon himself or any of his aides involved in war crimes and torture would be “an obstruction of justice,” said Pyle.


He suggested one approach could be to appoint “a non-partisan prosecutor with considerable independence,” much as Attorney General Elliot Richardson did when he chose Archibald Cox to lead the Watergate team. “A special prosecutor could be chosen by the next attorney general from among any number of distinguished Republican attorneys.”


Professor Amy Bartholomew of Carleton University , Ottawa , told the conference that the Bush administration was attempting to replace the Nuremberg Principles adopted after World War Two with “a global and transnational state of exception” under which the U.S. can invade countries with impunity.


Peter Weiss of the Center For Constitutional Rights pointed out that there is no need for any new legislation to outlaw aggressive war, since “It is already outlawed by Article 2 of the United States Charter.”


Dean Velvel summarized the conference proceedings by saying, “In a nutshell, this conference was about giving continued life to the Nuremberg principles, which our country itself established, instead of allowing guilty members of the Bush Administration to destroy those principles wholesale by committing aggressive war and torture with impunity.”

(For additional information contact Sherwood Ross, sherwoodr1@yahoo.com)


(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. I.U. has no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of this article nor is I.U endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)


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Town HALL planning meeting - SATURDAY Sept. 6th

We will meet as planned

Saturday, September 6th at 1 pm

To set up committees to show Canadian support to

Impeach George W. Bush

For WAR CRIMES

The address is

16 Spadina Road

Spadina - just north of Bloor

If the weather is nice we can move to a park.

Please bring POT LUCK to share around. of you have the yen !!

You can pick up petitions to pass around.

We need to send law students to Andover Massachusetts to learn how to prosecute for WAR CRIMES !!!

This will end the tyranny !!! Genocide is the Supreme International War Crime !!

Please be prepared to let us know what you think !! How we can end WAR CRIMES and prosecute war criminals. (Remember there is NO statue of limitations on WAR CRIMES.

We are trying to send law students to Andover Massachusetts to learn how to prosecute.

For this reason we need your donations.

If you cannot attend: Please send cheques for $350 (other amounts accepted, gladly), the conference fee and accomodation for those wish to attend to:

Virginia Simson
WAR CRIMES CONFERENCE FUND
133 Broadway Avenue, Apartment 2
Toronto, ON M4P 1V5

You will be given a receipt.

With training given by Vincent Bugliosi (and others), this training will stand us all in good stead in future times.

This blog will keep you posted on where will actually hold the TOWN HALL !!

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Town Hall Crowd Calls for Bush Impeachment
Published on Monday, September 24, 2007
by The Oregonian

At a lively town hall meeting Sunday, billed as a discussion about “peace and accountability,” emotions directed at U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer ranged from calm to screaming mad. Nearly all of it was about one subject:

Impeachment of President Bush.

Angered by what they view as an immoral war and a corrupt administration, the crowd hammered on the theme of a congressional trial of Bush and wondered whether the controlling Democrats have the spine for it.

“People spilled blood to create this country and get this Constitution,” said Lenore Norrgard, of Northeast Portland. “Impeachment should be at the top of the agenda.”

She, like just about everyone else who used the word, got a thunderous applause from about 250 people who attended the meeting, held at the Hollywood Theater. At least half in the audience wore red T-shirts emblazoned in white with the single word “IMPEACH.”

A handful of speakers were hostile, calling Blumenauer a “coward” for not outright calling for Bush’s impeachment. Some said Bush should be tried for treason. And one, to some applause, said the president should be executed. Most were civil, if blunt.

“Courage is what we expect of our elected officials,” said John Bradach Sr., of Northeast Portland, whose nephew was killed in Iraq. “It’s clear the Democrats in Congress do not have the courage” to cut off federal money that pays for the war in Iraq.

Although impeachment is only a distant possibility — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said it’s off the table — it’s clear that the debate over Iraq has shifted toward a discussion of how to hold Bush and, to a lesser degree, Vice President Dick Cheney, to account. In a written preamble to his town hall meetings, Blumenauer said “impeachment should be among the options.”

Before the meeting started, Blumenauer signed an oversized document called the “Oregon Declaration of Peace,” in which he pledged: “I will vote ‘no’ on any appropriations bill that will continue U.S. military operations in Iraq.”

Blumenauer cut off comments after about an hour and a half because he had to attend a memorial service of a friend. People in the audience began calling at him to respond to their questions about impeachment.

Bonnie Tinker, of Northeast Portland, one of the last to speak, urged everyone in the audience who favored impeachment to stand. Only a few remained seated. Then people began chanting, “Stand up, Earl!” He remained seated.

“I appreciate the focus, the passion, the determination and the courtesy shown today,” he said. “I’m going to spend some time chewing on what you had to say.”

He said he would post his response later this week on his Web site, an answer that clearly disappointed many in the audience.

© 2007 Oregon Live LLC

41 Comments so far

It takes all small towns and larger cities to get this done. By taking a page out of Samuel Alito’s playbook, by not going for impeachment all at once, we have a better chance to put it back on the table, starting one community/City at a time.

Note* Before voting to put Christians, Muslims or Jews, find out what their views on Israel/Palestine are.

“I appreciate the focus, the passion, the determination and the courtesy shown today,” he said. “I’m going to spend some time chewing on what you had to say.”

ha! I get letters like that all the time from my representatives (Ric “the Cheeseburger Bill” Keller, R, and Mel “RNC Chairman” Martinez, R). “Thank you so much for your interest, blah, blah, blah…please go away now, lady…”

Frosty bunny

3. All the local Reps in San Jose districts are the same. None are responding to an OpEd in the Mercury News last week blasting all three over lack of impeachment support.

4. He documented that the responses all seem to be canned and coordinated from all. Anti - impeachment is really organized.

5. well blumenauer at least knows exactly what his job is, if he takes being a representative of the people in country that is governed by the people seriously - and if he doesnt there is impeachment by other means, as lincoln prudently noted.

6. As described, this meeting is a microcosm of America’s anger at Bush and Congress about where America is headed.

7. Every single member of the House and Senate needs to attend meetings where citizens express their outrage about the war in Iraq and all other American concerns.

When Congress is in Washington, it’s too easy for them to believe and act as if they’re insulated from those who sent them there — so they need to be bludgeoned time and time again while they’re home. Citizens should make it clear that if their representatives don’t protect America, they won’t be back.

I like the skywriting graphic for this report on the Common Dreams home page. Maybe the skies over all of America need to have “IMPEACH BUSH” written for everyone to see, over and over again.

I’m told that Nancy Pelosi, herself, called Janice Hahn from the Los Angeles City Council and demanded that she NOT co-author an impeachment resolution that Bill Rosendahl had committed to be submitting.

Also, Eric Garcetti, who at the CDC convention told several of us directly that he would co-author impeachment, suddenly evaporated the next day after (we hear) a call from CA Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez.

This from people who actually consider themselves potential mayoral candidates. What a joke! Those who REFUSE to take a stand now should ALWAYS have to ANSWER for this–if the democracy they treat so lightly even survives…which is looking less and less likely. ###

Impeach them, then haul them into the dock at the Hague and try them for war crimes.

LOL Frosty Bunny I get them as well, the latest from Bill Nelson D FL, blah blah thank you for your concerns BUT blah blah…we aren’t going to do a damn thing to stop Bush or his war..blah…blah please feel free to contact me again with any concerns you have…

It’s a joke and our entire system has become a joke..

Anyone who doubts Bush, Cheney, and all their gang of criminals should be staring at the walls of a cell for the rest of their days should check out the videos at this site:

http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/9/4752

mastershake September 24th, 2007 2:49 pm

Speaking of this. An article on CNN appears saying “Democratic Canidates now courting evangelicals”

And it just goes to show that they have no backbone. Not only are they not courting their base, the progressive democrats, they’re trying to court the other end of the political spectrum.

I’m certainly not voting democrat in 2008, and you shouldn’t either. This country is going right in the shitter, and we need it to be on record that Conservative neo-con policies caused the downfall.

Frosty bunny September 24th, 2007 2:51 pm

Kristina, ah another Floridian! Yeah, I’m sure I’ll get that from Nelson when I send my letter complaining about his moveon vote. (Like he has anything to worry about, he’s not up for re-election until 2012!)

rtdrury September 24th, 2007 3:13 pm

They’ve decided they’ll jam eight years of Hillary down our throats to make us feel better.

saywhat September 24th, 2007 3:19 pm

Impeachment, in your dreams.

Coyotita September 24th, 2007 3:52 pm

For the past few days, peace activists in my home town have created opportunities for the “man on the street, (or woman)” to be heard. They have held signs that include IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY and honk of you agree. Let me tell you that the din that goes on there! This country, yes, a community at a time, is getting the news first-hand from activists that they are not getting from the corporate media that impeachment is called for. This movement is spreading by those who have tired of talking to each other and have the courage and faith in the people to go to busy intersections of their towns at peak traffice times. A couple of hours will do it!

Coyotita September 24th, 2007 3:54 pm

Oh, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the local, state, and federal official are handed out and printed on some signs.

Kristina40 September 24th, 2007 4:53 pm

FrostyBunny, I didn’t even bother about the moveon vote with Nelson. Writing to him is a waste of three minutes out of my day. What part of Florida are you in? Panama City here, home of the Bush loving, freedom hating crowd LOL…

terryb September 24th, 2007 4:57 pm

after all this genocidle madman has done, and has still not been impeached, you might as well take impeachment off the table permanently, and strike it from your constitution. what a pharse, and embarrasment to the american political system. no accountability, no democracy= DICTATORSHIP!

Coyotita September 24th, 2007 5:37 pm

Like I was saying:

“. . . This movement is spreading by those who have tired of talking to each other …”

musicmarc September 24th, 2007 6:16 pm

This is only one small example of the overwhelming sentiment all over this country (except the halls of congress — our representatives) Many people (even those in the know) aren’t even aware that there have been three separate articles of impeachment against Cheney since late April of this year, when Rep Dennis Kucinich (D- Ohio) introduced them. And to date, only 22 of his colleagues have signed on.

The importance of this particular meeting (from the above article) is that they got their Representative to come and listen.

In SanFrancisco, home of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, we offered a fourth helicopter seat from where the photos of last weeks Beach Impeach Project #3 were taken.
She declined and did not allow anyone from her office to go in her place. *note to Mrs. Pelosi: that is NOT representation!*

For more info about the Beach Impeach Projects, and some great photos from each, please visit www.beachimpeach.org

Impeachment is NOT a waste of time, as so many like to say! Without it… as a quote from Gore Vidal “how eager are you to become slaves?”

alirandyabi September 24th, 2007 6:28 pm

We are the Germans of Hitler’s era, and history will judge us for the actions of our leaders. The consequences will rightly fall on our heads; will the masses care before it’s too late to matter?

cyberbrook September 24th, 2007 6:48 pm

IMPEACH!

foreverhippie September 24th, 2007 7:12 pm

FrostyBunny
This “ha! I get letters like that all the time from my representatives (Ric “the Cheeseburger Bill” Keller, R, and Mel “RNC Chairman” Martinez, R). “Thank you so much for your interest, blah, blah, blah…please go away now, lady…”

is want I’ve been saying several years, the Right give you this WC Fields attitude “go away kid, you bother me”; so much for civility and free exchange of ideas.
The Enlightment no longer holds sway in our thinking or actions.
We ALL loose.

George C. Brown September 24th, 2007 7:13 pm

Hopefully there will be many other Town Hall meetings with similar results that assault both Democratic and Republican Congresspersons - - to the degree that they will override Speaker Pelosi’s “Off the Table” attitude regarding impeachment. My only suggestion would be that they start off with the impeachment of Dick Cheney first, then within 48 hours start proceedings on the “Shrub.” Enough of Traitors and of Treason!
George C. Brown
No further editing necessary.

shakker September 24th, 2007 8:25 pm

Only place impeachment is not a big hit is with the Congress. Please vote in some new Congress members anywhere as these are mostly brain dead.

Corefire September 24th, 2007 10:14 pm

It should be pointed out, in all fairness, that Rep. Blumenauer himself set up this and a number of other similar forums around Portland, stating up front that the issue of impeachment would be discussed at each gathering. I am on his email list, and would have gone to this meeting if I had been in town. He is not a co-sponsor to the Kucinich articles of impeachment (I just checked), but he did ask for these meetings. So I am somewhat hopeful that he will sign on or otherwise “go public” on impeachment.

snydly September 24th, 2007 10:32 pm

IF THEY’RE IN
VOTE THEM OUT.
RETURN CONGRESS TO THE PEOPLE.

AND DO THAT EVERY ELECTION UNTIL YOU GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT.

IT’S TIME THE AMERICAN VOTERS THREW A TANTRUM.
HOW ABOUT:
FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, NOBODY GETS MORE THAN ONE
TERM. ALTERNATE TERMS FOR THE GOOD GUYS.

AND LET’S GET ON WITH THE WORLD-WIDE BOYCOTT OF EXXON.
WHY EXXON?
WE DON’T REMEMBER DAVID AND HIS SLING SHOT BECAUSE HE KNOCKED DOWN THE second-BIGGEST PHILISTINE, DO WE?

ALSO, TIRED OF THE KILLING?—-STOP SHOPPING. TAKE A NIGHT CLASS INSTEAD. GROW FOOD. MAKE SOMETHING FROM ALL THAT SHHT YOU ALREADY HAVE…HAVE FUN.

mike2 September 25th, 2007 12:12 am

The PRINTED headline in the Oregonian did not read as above “Town Hall Crowd Calls for Bush Impeachment
but rather, in much more dismissive terms “Impeachment fans goad lawmaker”

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1190600759119260.xml&coll=7

In other words, they are merely fans, and they are doing it to annoy.

I don’t know if that was exactly the same article or a different report of the same event, but it was a typical cheap shot from the Oregonian.

twistoflex September 25th, 2007 2:44 am

You can’t expect the pols to represent you because they don’t. They represent the people who paid for them.

pacplyer September 25th, 2007 4:45 am

IMPEACH or else, mr representative…

or then call for special elections to recall your congressmen. Petition the government for redress of grievances (1st Ammendment)

herbert r chersonsky September 25th, 2007 9:01 am

Wow, Words Like Treason Are Now Being Used……

“Pax Americana”Paper, The World Takeover By The United States, was written in 1997 after the Taliban,”Students”, had decided that they would use Bridas Oil Company of Argentina to build the “Oil Pipeline” through Afghanistan.

If there is any question that 9/11 involved more than 19 hijakers, those questions should be directed to the visual evidence and eyewitness testimony that was never allowed into testimony at hearings of the 9/11 Commission (An Act of Obstruction of Justice): WTC #7 was obviously a demolition job, the hole in the Pentagon was not made by a Boeing 757, the eight miles of debris from flight #93 does not coincide with the hole in the ground theory, the FBI stating that only 2 cell phone calls originated from flight #93 adds further questions……..

How can you get an independent investigation when Neo-Conservatives and allied Conservatives are in control of the FBI and have collaborated in the total cover up….

Are American Citizens Guilty of Treason ? Have the U.S.Congresses failed to “Preserve and Protect the U.S. Constitution”?

Alan Greenspan said, “We are in Iraq because of the oil!” and he was castrated by the same corporate media that had supported his economic views for decades.

Over 1 million people are dead or injured in Afghanistan and Iraq and neither country was ever a threat to U.S. Security. Iran is not a threat to our security.

This has all been a propoganda game played out by thieves and murderers in grey suits who use Christianity as a shield to cover up their “Evil Actions”.

Impeachment is a kind word for Cheney/Bush.

imagineusa September 25th, 2007 9:48 am

The Democrates are going to keep the Bush train wreck alive because they think its good for 08! They could care less about the death and distruction. I would love to understand why no one has stood-up to Bush, Rep or Dem or even other leaders. America is gone, we are rotting from within. The battle field in Iraq is not were are enemies are. We elected our enemies.

duchaspa September 25th, 2007 11:04 am

One solution would be for all concerned USAers to wear a black armband to work on Thor’s Day (Thor God of War) until the troops come home and maybe the people in Power (Those who declared the war ) are brought to justice.
The monks are risking their lives every day in Rangoon.
What are USaters risking ? Why are they asking their reps to be more courageous than them??
(The principle of RESPONSIBITY of the higher ups in war crimes was affirmed at Nuremberg by mostly American (US and Canada) lawyers and both our Govs agreeed.But now the USA is not part of a World Court it helped create. What is that called??
.The world watches to see when the USAstaers will march in the streets or wear a black armband to work.)
Words are cheap ,commitment like grace is costly.(D. Bornhoffer writing in a Nazi prison 1943>

86bushnow September 25th, 2007 11:21 am

Rep. Blumenauer swore an oath of office- “to uphold and defend The Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

The oath was not to defend the President, or to defend America, it was to defend The Constitution. Failing to do so is treason. At this point, there is no doubt that the Constitution has been dismantled by Bushco and the bribed/blackmailed/useful-idiots in Congress.

Every town needs to call a town hall meeting like this one, then each Congresscritter must be confronted with his oath (on video, uploaded to youtube

If s/he fails to act, this can be used against them in court.

Likewise, the complicit media needs to feel the heat. Let them know (not just the big networks, but your local ‘public’ radio station as well) that if they do not allow these voices to be heard, then they are complicit in the crimes of this corrupt government. The board members and ranking officers should be faced with losing all of their personal assets. Lying to the people, enabling a fascist takeover is no small crime, and they must pay for their complicity.

ps- aren’t there any patriotic cops that understand The Constitution? We need these heroic individuals to attend the town hall meetings to arrest the treasonous critters failing to uphold their oaths.

anney September 25th, 2007 1:11 pm

twistoflex

You can’t expect the pols to represent you because they don’t. They represent the people who paid for them.

This is the truth in a nutshell. Nothing else would explain American legislators’ refusal to stop Bush’s destruction of America instead of listening to their constituents, who can be fooled into voting for them if they just make the right promises and statements.

Boots September 25th, 2007 1:52 pm

Get Cheney first - then the dumb guy.

gardenia September 26th, 2007 4:06 am

Bush, Cheney, Rice and all of their Administrations should be (1) Impeached, effective, immediately and removed from their positions without any benefits or entitlements from the offices. (2) Charged with purgery for lieing to the US citizens and Congress. (3) Charged with attempted murder for all of the US Military Personnel, US Civilians, our Allies, and innocent Iraqi and Afghanistani people injured during the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. (3) Charged with First Degree Murder for all of the US Military Personnel, US Civilian, our Allies and innocent Afghanistan and Iraqi people killed. (4) Charged with the deliberate destruction and forced removal of the Afghanistani and Iraqi peoples homelands. (5) Enlisting known felones and various other convicted personnel to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq along with our fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives, sisters and brothers, and receive all of the same military benefits. (6) Remove each Supreme Court Justice who voted that the first election of Bush and Cheney was legal. That is not their job. We should have had another national election. (7) Charge Rumsfeld with Attempted Murder, First Degree Murder, Purgery, Depraved Indifference to the suffering of people who had loved ones injured or killed or missing or tortured. (8) Charge Bush, Cheney, Rice and the Supreme Court Justices with Depraved Indifference to the suffering of people who had loved ones injured or killed or missing or tortured. (9) All of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the Supreme Court Justices assets frozen, passport removed, considered a Flight Risk until an organized, detailed investigation is done. This investigation should be made-up of three people from each state and our protectorates and they cannot be or have served in politics locally (town or city), county, state or nationally. It must be a cross-representation of all economic, educational and jobs/careers/professions, including housewives, widows, widowers, retirees. One of the three must be a veteran. One of the three must be a parent or child of 12 years or above (Children 12 years of age or above are smarter than we usually give them credit for. Their minds are not as cluttered with a lot of things. They feel loss and pain too.); a spouse or sibling of a person who has served or is serving now in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. 3/4 of the members must have relatives serving in Iraq. Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld should be held in a federal prison before and during the investigation and not a “resort” or their homes or Camp David. If found guilty, they will go to a federal prison for the minimum term that any military personnel would have to serve according to the charges and law or be executed according to the charges and law. Then this should be made into a law so the future people serving in political offices will know that they will be held accountable for their words, actions, and deeds. It is time to make all politicians to take notice that we are not allwoing them to live in luxury off of our hard-earned paychecks and/or retirement and Social Security checks anymore, then lie to us and do as they please. This is a Country “of the people, by the people, for the people. Not of, for or by the lieing, wealthy and powerful politicains. You will be only as powerful as we allow you to be. It is time to start removing all politicians from office who do not have the self-respect, dignity and preserverence to stand-up and fight for what is right for all of the people and/or respect and love our Country. Also, it is time to change the lobbying laws so we will have the appropriate people put in positions who have the necessary knowledge, experience, decision making abilities and skills. Then there will not be anymore “Katrina Type” lack of action people in-charge. No more gift giving, including meals, private jets, sex and drug parties, etc. No more perks. It is time that we take our Country back. Do you want our Country back or not?

anney September 26th, 2007 7:09 am

Also, confiscate all their funds to apply to the payment of the cost of the war(s) before any citizens’ tax money is used to pay for it…

rucognizant September 26th, 2007 8:31 am

Well from Portland to shining Portland…. Maine - Oregon! Identical response! Allen to Blumenauer! Black Tuesday!
Today there is a similar march to the 2nd district Rep in Maine’s, Mike Michaud.
I am NOT going to “waste MY beautiiful mind” ( to quote Barbara Bush) and a gift of a 90o day in late Sept. Maine, scrounging for $ to put diesel fuel in tank, up .25c per gal. from 2 weeks ago to drive to the city to hear the same thing from him. “There is more important business for Congress than Impeaching the President.
After choking up my last $130 for 50 gal of oil ( who knew it would be 90o a week later..unheard of in coastal Maine,) even though I have already applied for HEAP, I have to limp through without money for food, until Oct 3rd when I get my next meager SS income, $45. 00 of it prespent on a post dated check to bleed & start the furnace. NOW Sens. SNowe & Collins are urging Bush to turn over Fed funds to LIHEAP by the end of Sept. TOO LATE FOR ME! Wonder if they woukd persoinally send me a check for groceries??
The bottom line….. Bushco is cooking the books on cost of living increase, excluding food, fuel and one other item (?) from the calculation of the cost of living index. SInce food, fuel, utilities,are the ONLY items I can afford to buy from month to month, this makes fora really dreary lifestyle!
Worse than that they are taking (Stealing) 78 BILLION dollars, from the yearly collected social security, to spend on the military industrial complex, private contacters etc. and replacing them with IOU’s! ( source senior editor of Fortune MAgazine.)
Kids! You; the steel brained 30 somethings who earn your living defending the Bosses RULES; THAT”S YOUR retirement! You will have to go on defending the RULES until you drop!
At least I get something! YOU will get nothing, nada! And don’t let the man fool you into a private account, 30-40% will be taken by the bank handling the account! Bush is now going to trot around wasting fuel all over the place to pitch his privitization of SS scam, in a futile effort to protect his “legacy?”
I guess one reason I am not going to the rally today is that I don’t trust myself not to start screaming and throwing things, and get tasered or thrown in jail; it is a full moon today!

rucognizant September 26th, 2007 8:42 am

Oh & By the Way. last but first in importance.
Dennis Kucinich has already put forth a bill H Res 333, to impeach Dick Cheney. Only 22 Reps have signed on to it. That’s one basis for these “visits” to the reps. So far they seem to have “more important things to do!”
I spoke to an old friend inAtlanta yesterday and she ; HAD NO IDEA OF WHO KUCINICH IS! NEVER HEARD OF HIM!
Kucinich /. Richardson for Pres. VP vote in the primary ad WRITE IN AT THE NOV. ELECTION WHEN CLINTON IS THE NOMINEE!

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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on the ballot

(08-08) 17:08 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan qualified Friday for a November showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress.

"We're very excited," said Sheehan, 51, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who is well-known for her protest outside President Bush's Texas ranch. "Now we have to get organized and regroup."

Republican Dana Walsh and Libertarian Philip Berg will join Pelosi and Sheehan on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The collection of signatures by Sheehan's campaign was more exciting than usual. On Wednesday, the campaign was well short of the 10,198 signatures needed to get on the ballot after San Francisco elections officials found that more than 40 percent of the people who signed weren't registered in the city's Eighth Congressional District.

Sheehan's supporters redoubled their efforts to collect enough signatures to beat the 5 p.m. Friday deadline, ultimately turning in more than 17,000 signatures to ensure that she qualified.

"It was a little disconcerting to see all the problems with the signatures," Sheehan said from her Mission Street headquarters, where more than 100 supporters gathered to celebrate. "The last couple of days, I've been checking the registrations myself on the computer."

With her ballot spot guaranteed, Sheehan can focus on the fall campaign, where she will challenge Pelosi from the left, slamming the speaker for refusing to start impeachment proceedings against President Bush and not taking a stronger stance against the war in Iraq.

"The next part is going to be exciting," she said. "I want at least one debate with all four candidates so that Nancy Pelosi has to answer for her record."

Sheehan, a former Vacaville resident who lives in the Mission District, became involved in the anti-war movement in 2004, after her son Casey was killed while serving in Iraq. A year later she founded Gold Star Families for Peace and spoke out against the war in Iraq.

For months, she stayed at "Camp Casey," an area near President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch where she and other peace activists demonstrated against Bush and the war.

Sheehan will be the longest of longshots in her attempt to oust Pelosi, one of the nation's best-known and most powerful Democrats.

While Sheehan said Friday that she has raised more than $300,000 for the race, Pelosi had collected more than $2.3 million by the end of June and had $455,138 in the bank.

Sheehan's campaign also missed the July 15 filing deadline for her most recent federal campaign statement, which Sheehan blamed on the frantic efforts to qualify her campaign for the ballot.

"One of the first things we need to do is hire a professional accountant to deal with those reports," she said.

E-mail John Wildermuth at jwildermuth@sfchronicle.com.

Video: Pelosi Gets Called a Traitor: We are Change

Nancy Pelosi is currently serving as the Speaker of the House... despite much of her talk about opposing President Bush's agenda and standing behind the Constitution, Mrs. Pelosi's record speaks for itself! She voted for the PATRIOT act, voted for every bill funding a war she supposedly is against, and has also even voted against legislation that would protect the 4th Amendment. It is also key to mention that Mrs. Pelosi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a global think tank which has publicly stated that it wants to destroy national sovereignty.

Nancy Pelosi was brought into the House in order to push for impeachment as well as an end to the war in Iraq... to date, she has done none of this!

Recently, members of WeAreCHANGE confronted Mrs. Pelosi at the New York Times Center in Manhattan about these facts.

Okay !! At last !! Nonimpeachment IMPEACHMENT DAY !!!!!!!

Impeachment a hot topic at 'not Impeachment' hearing

Nick Juliano Published: Friday July 25, 2008
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After spending long hours, sometimes late into the night, making his case for impeachment before a nearly barren House chamber, Rep. Dennis Kucinich finally got more of an audience for his case against President Bush Friday.

Even though Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers insisted early on that the panel's evaluation of Bush's "imperial presidency" was decidedly not an impeachment hearing, the prospect was not far from many minds during the six hours of testimony.

Kucinich formally introduced his articles of impeachment into the record of the committees proceedings -- although he did not utter the dreaded I-word, instead referring to the resolutions by their more legalistic titles "H. Res. 333, H. Res. 1258 and H. Res. 1345."

A committee aide tells RAW STORY that members were cautioned to abide by the Rules of the House, which prohibit lawmakers from "impugning" the president's character during official debate. Some apparently took this to mean they could not explicitly call for Bush' impeachment. None of this would stop Republicans from accusing the committee's majority of seeking just that.

The prepared text of Conyers opening remarks referred to Congress's "power to impeach." When he spoke before the committee, Conyers modified that line to the "power to remove through the constitutional process" officials who abused their powers.

Kucinich was similarly circumspect in his testimony to the committee.

"The question for Congress is this: what responsibility does the President and members of his Administration have for that unnecessary, unprovoked and unjustified war?" he asked. "The rules of the House prevent me or any witness from utilizing familiar terms. But we can put two and two together in our minds. We can draw inferences about culpability. ...

"I ask this committee to think, and then to act, in order to enable this Congress to right a very great wrong and to hold accountable those who misled this nation," he concluded.

Kucinich's colleague Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) was far more straightforward.

"Based on all of the things this administration has done, it is probably the most impeachable administration in the history of America,” said Hinchey, who appeared alongside Kucinich and North Carolina Reps. Walter Jones and Brad Miller.

The New York lawmaker even accused the administration of deliberately letting America's No. 1 enemy escape after 9/11.

"I think it is very clear they did not want to capture bin Laden," Hinchey told the committee.

That Hinchey referred to "they" was no accident. House rules forbid direct attacks on the president's individual character or motives, so most of the witnesses were sure to couch ther criticisms as aimed at members of the administration generally.

Hinchey explained his assertion to Politico.

"I think the evidence indicates that very clearly ... bin Laden was close to being captured [in December 2001], there was a clear understanding of where he was, heading up to Tora Bora, in those mountains. He could have been captured," Hinchey said. "But there was a decision that was made through the Pentagon, and probably that decision had been made outside the Pentagon as well, within the administration, not to aggressively pursue bin Laden."

Hinchey added: "I believe that the reason for that was that if bin Laden had been captured, it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, for this administration to then justify an attack against another country. Not Afghanistan, another country. And, of course, Iraq is the country. So I think that it was clear, based upon all of the evidence that we have, that this was a purposeful decision that was made not to capture bin Laden."

In his opening statement Friday, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), a Kucinich ally in his push's for impeachment, also threw caution to the wind, outlining an array of Bush administration abuses, he said "certainly include high crimes" including ordering illegal torture and authorizing warrantless wiretapping.

"I am convinced the most appropriate response ... is to hold hearings for impeachment," Wexler said.

Similarly undeterred from mentioning impeachment was Rep. Hank Johnson (D-TX), who echoed Wexler's sentiment and warned of the potential consequences of not pursuing impeachment now.

"If this administration during the last 6 months decides to attack the sovereign nation of Iran," he said, "then Americans will look back and think and rethink whether it would have been worth pursuing impeachment at this time, to deter any further misdoing by this administration."

Committee Republicans weren't having any of the Democrats' hesitance.

"These are impeachment hearings before the United States Congress," said Rep. Steve King (R-IA), pointing out that Conyers's essentially called for impeachment himself even if he didn't precisely say the word.

Several other Republicans echoed the same sentiment, defending Bush from accusations of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that weren't actually the primary issue Friday.

"To the regret of many, this is not an impeachment hearing," Conyers said, pointing out that the full House has not voted to authorize such an inquiry as House rules require.

Hundreds gather for hearing

More than 100 spectators, including dozens of representatives of anti-war group Code Pink, began assembling outside the hearing room more than an hour before the hearing began. The Capitol Hill hearing room was packed to capacity, leaving dozens of activists out in the hallway, unable to enter; some chanted "Shame!" or "We want in!"

The hearing began about 15 minutes after its scheduled start time with Conyers's opening statement.

"We know the executive branch can and does overreach during times of war," Conyers said. "As one who was included on President Nixon's enemies list, I am all too familiar with the specter of an unchecked executive branch. And the risks to our citizens' rights are even graver today, as the war on terror has no specific end point."

More than a dozen witnesses were scheduled to testify, beginning with Kucinich, who accuses Bush and Cheney of lying to Congress in their pursuit of war in Iraq, among a host of other abuses.

"The decision before us is whether Congress will endorse with its silence the methods used to take us into the Iraq war," Kucinich will say, according to his prepared testimony. "The decision before us is whether to demand accountability for one of the gravest injustices imaginable."

The committee's top Republican, Lamar Smith, mocked the proceedings, comparing them to last month's hearing featuring former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, who recently wrote a tell-all memoir about his time as Bush's spokesman.

"If last month it appeared we hosted a 'book of the month club,' this week it seems that we are hosting an anger management class," Smith said. "Nothing is going to come out of this hearing with regard to impeachment of the President. I know it, the media knows it, even the Speaker knows it. ... This hearing will not cause us to impeach the President; it will only serve to impeach our own credibility."

The American Civil Liberties union praised Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers for convening Friday's hearing.

"Every year this administration has been in power has compounded the damage to our ideals and Constitution," Caroline Fredrickson, director the ACLU's Washington legislative office, said in a press release. "An executive branch that demands and holds too much power tips the scales of our system of checks and balances."

A live Web-cast can be viewed here, and RAW STORY will be providing updates on the proceedings throughout the day.

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America Must Hear The Truth, And Congress Must Prosecute Impeachment

At long last, the outcry from the American people for Constitutional justice has compelled the House Judiciary Committee to convene its first hearing, this Friday, July 25th. But will they be real hearings, where members of Congress actually honor their duty to protect and defend the Constitution, or just a fly by with action on impeachment itself still expressly off the agenda.

The difference has always been and remains YOU. Your emails, your phone calls, your faxes, have made the difference so far and will continue to make the critical difference now. Please submit the new action page which will send your personal message to all your members of Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, and letter to the editor of your nearly daily newspaper.

Impeachment Hearing Action Page:
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And we have a new national progressive radio activist in the person of Harrison, who is filling for Randi Rhodes this week in her regular time slot for her regular show in every market but Los Angeles. And this week Harrison is going to be all over impeachment with special guests, giving out action sites, toll free phone numbers for Congress and everything.

Please make sure to tune in to listen to Harrison for the rest of this week on any NovaM outlet for the Randi Rhodes show and you will hear what progressive activist radio is supposed to sound like, and demonstrate to station management that we need to hear more of Harrison.

And if you don't have your new orange "IMPEACH BOTH!!!" cap yet, you can get one for any donation of any amount at this page. It's the perfect thing to wear to the next impeachment rally, and we are not setting price because we want everyone to wants one to be able to get one now.

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Many members of Congress have publicly conceded that gross "impeachable" offenses have been committed by the president and vice president. What they must clearly understand is that these high crimes DEMAND impeachment. It is not some strategic political option. It is an Constitutional imperative. That is the message we must send in greater numbers now than ever before.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.

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Rep. Ackerman Defends Iran Sanctions Measure, But Critics Call it ...
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ka ka ka Karl flees the US (no where to run!! nowhere to hide!!)

Karl Rove Flees the Country

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet

at 7:46 AM on July 11, 2008.

Bush's Brain flouts subpoena, leaves US without telling Congress.

Karl Rove was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. He didn't show. Not only that, the Committee was told that Rove had left the country on a "long scheduled" trip.

In this video clip, Rep. Linda Sanchez explains that Rove never told them about any trip.

Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee

Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-07-10 18:57.

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On Thursday Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who had already introduced 3 articles of impeachment against Cheney and 35 against Bush introduced a single article of impeachment against Bush charging him with misleading Congress into a war on Iraq. Also on Thursday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the media that she expected the Judiciary Committee to consider the matter. And Kucinich held a press conference at which he said that what he wants is an opportunity to present his proposals to the Judiciary Committee.

Let's make sure that Committee Chairman John Conyers grants this request. Phone him now at 202-225-3951. Post here what he tells you.

If you're able to speak with Conyers or his staff at any length, please remind them that Bush and Cheney and members of their administration are refusing to comply with numerous subpoenas and even contempt citations, as well as refusing to answer questions by claiming "executive privilege." During an impeachment hearing, there is no executive privilege. The Judiciary Committee should hold an impeachment hearing of Bush and Cheney on refusal to comply with oversight. It's the fastest way to justice and the only chance of establishing any oversight.

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Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday by Dennis Kucinich

Kucinich Contact: Joe Benny (216) 228-8850

Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday

Washington, Jul 8 -

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) sent the following letter today to his colleagues in Congress:

July 8, 2008

WHEN THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF LIES TO GO TO WAR, HE MUST BE IMPEACHED

A SINGLE ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR ON THURSDAY; PLEASE CO-SPONSOR

Dear Colleague,



During the Fourth of July holiday a WWII veteran stood ram-rod straight in his crisp dress uniform and saluted our flag as it passed in a parade. His silent reverential stance was a powerful reminder of the love of country that is reflected in our veterans of all generations and all services.



It is also a powerful reminder of the responsibilities of the President of the Untied States in his capacity as Commander in Chief.



It is worse than heartbreaking that George W. Bush, as Commander in Chief, caused this country to go to war based on information which was false, and which he knew to be false. The consequences for our troops have been devastating. We have lost 4,116 of our beloved servicemen and women since the war began, with over 30,000 physically wounded and countless others emotionally wounded. The toll on the service persons and their families will be felt throughout their lives.



There can be no greater responsibility of a Commander in Chief than to command based on facts on the ground, and to command in fact and in truth. There can be no greater offense of a Commander in Chief than to misrepresent a cause of war and to send our brave men and women into harm’s way based on those misrepresentations.



There has been a breach of faith between the Commander in Chief and the troops. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 or with Al Qaeda’s role in 9/11. Iraq had neither the intention nor the capability of attacking the United States. Iraq did not have weapons of Mass of Destruction. Yet George W. Bush took our troops to war under all of these false assumptions. Given the profound and irreversible consequences to our troops, if his decision was the result of a mistake, he must be impeached. Since his decision was based on lies, impeachment as a remedy falls short, but represents at least some effort on our part to demonstrate our concern about the sacrifices our troops have made.



This Thursday evening I will bring a privileged resolution to the House with a single Article of Impeachment of President Bush for taking our nation and our troops to war based on lies. We owe it to our troops who even at this hour stand as sentinels of America because they love this country and will give their lives for it. What are we willing to do to match their valor and the valor of their successors? Are we at least willing to defend the Constitution from the comfort and security of our Washington, DC offices?



Sincerely,

/s/

Dennis J. Kucinich

Member of Congress

ka ka ka Karl's new Ally, the na na Nancy fixer

Much info coming out about the Siegelman case...

As I reported in last month, the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department of Justice is indeed investigating two US Attorneys - still remarkable allowed near the law - in what has come to be known as the US Attorney Scandal. The two attorneys in question are the US Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Leura Canary (and her office) and the US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Dunnica Lampton (and his office).

Today we have additional confirmation that Canary (and her office) is in the hot seat, by way of the Tuscaloosa News.

We have also learned today that Karl Rove has himself a remarkable new ally. First, let's recap who Rove is in this saga and why he has been subpeonaed to testify in front of Congress on July 10.

Karl Rove cut his teeth as one of the "rat-fuckers" of the Segretti crew, who ran dirty tricks for Nixon. That should tell you everything you need to know about what kind of sociopath this man is. If you want to really know more about this man, the best source is the book by my friend Jim Moore, called Bush's Brain.

Now let's recap what Rove's alleged (and likely) role is in the Siegelman case as well as other cases:

1. We know from the sworn testimony of Alabama Republican attorney and long-time opposition researcher, that Karl Rove - who was White House Deputy Chief of Staff - was directly involved in the political prosecution of Governor Siegelman. We also know this from other sources (see here and here).

2. We know that Rove was also involved - allbeit, less directly - in the prosecutions of attorney Paul Minor, sitting Mississippi Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Diaz, and judges John Whitfield and Wes Teel (see here, here, and here).

3. There are serious allegations that Rove was directly involved in the firing of 7 US Attorneys who would not "play ball."

4. All of this is going on while Rove has the highest security clearances and running elections from the White House.

5. There is suspicion that Rove is connected to/organized/ordered the Watergate-type break-ins and fires in both Alabama and Mississippi involving Siegelman and others.

6. The House Judiciary Committee has been investigating the US Attorney Scandal and Rove's alleged (and likely) involvement. They have subpeonaed him to testify on July 10.

7. Rove, who has repeatedly denied all of these allegations, attacked everyone who alleges his involvement as liars, and has had his proxies out repeating his propaganda over and over.

8. Rove has said that he will not testify in public, but will do so in private, not under oath, and with no transcript. (clearly a truth-teller)

9. The Chairman of the Judiciary, John Conyers, has threatened to hold Rove in contempt, going as far as suggesting an arrest.

This brings us to the current, and very disturbing news. As I stated earlier, Rove apparently has a new ally in Congress and one that should surprise all of you. From Alabama activist, Pam Miles:

"I have firm confirmation that Nancy Pelosi is urging the Judiciary committee NOT to go forward with contempt against Rove.

Congressman John Conyers and the Judiciary staff are battling for it but this has become an infight among dems."

Yes, the Speaker of the House, the first women Speaker in US history, and a Democrat is basically saying Karl Rove is above the law.

Finally, the last bit of news today is by way of Don Siegelman himself in an interview he gave a few days ago to Velvet Revolution:

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I think it's time the Judiciary Committee subpoena Nancy Pelosi, and question her about the backroom deals she has made with the war criminal traitors in exchange for not impeaching them.

Posted by: FreedomofInformationAct | July 09, 2008 at 02:52 AM

The problem with the district of criminals is that they are all blackmailable. When these politicians lead secret lives where they hide homosexuality, pedophilia, adultery, etc.,and their phone conversations, emails, all forms of communication are being monitored and compromised, we cannot get true representation. I believe that the telecom immunity is not to protect AT&T, Verizon, etc. so much as it is to protect Israeli telecom companies that have a stranglehold on Washington DC. It seems like the Neo-cons, and Rove is part of that ilk, are controlling all policy, foreign and domestic in this country which seems to be that Israeli interests come first. The wars in the middle east are to protect Israeli oil pipelines, land grabs etc., not to protect America. When people like Diane Fein(Ken)stein can be on the Appropriations Committee an not recuse herself from allocating billions of dollars to corporations that her husband is a major player in, that should be tantamount to insider trading. I'm sure Pelosi is also a part of the war profiteering ilk as well, so she also has an Israeli first mentality. So it doesn't surprise me that she will continue to protect Rove, Cheney and company, and since they find it so easy to steal election these days, they are even more bold.

Posted by: 1bassman9 | July 09, 2008 at 02:43 AM

Thank you for your outstanding investigative reporting, the kind that should be set as the new U.S. media industry standard. Nice interview carved out by Velvet Rev.

Speaker Pelosi is not above the law and must be held accountable as an accomplice and representative of these criminal murderous 1%er elite destructors and their corrupt Washington politicians. Someone should remind Ms. Pelosi that gender and or race status is not a prerequisite to a get out of jail free card.

Posted by: Grizzly Bear Dancer | July 09, 2008 at 02:36 AM

Throw Pelosi out of office and send the whole bunch a message.

Posted by: Radiodujour | July 09, 2008 at 02:16 AM

Pelosi has even bigger problems--she was briefed on the CIA's "enhanced" interrogations, aka torture, and didn't utter a peep in protest. Maybe that's why impeachment is "off the table"--Bush and the Repubs made it clear that if they were going down for ordering torture, they'd take Pelosi and other top Democrats with them.

Posted by: Bushfatigue | July 09, 2008 at 02:01 AM

So what now, Larissa?

This positively disgusts me. I knew that Pelosi was complicit, but now she is involved with obstruction of JUSTICE. She need to be impeached.

Joy Williams

Posted by: Joy Williams | July 09, 2008 at 01:36 AM

A NY Times article today implicated Pelosi in having contacts with FARC, the Colombian terrorist group with ties to Hugo Chavez next door in Venezuela, adverse to the relationship of the US with the Colombian government of Pres. Uribe. Notice that Pelosi also shelved the Colombia Free trade Agreement and kept it from floor debate. Rove has more on Pelosi than she has on Rove or anyone else.

Posted by: MarcySF | July 09, 2008 at 01:35 AM

thank you larisa. you have been really hitting them out of the park lately. i hope waxman keeps his powder dry until after the election. first we get rid of the gop crimnials and then we will get rid of the democratic getaway drivers. thank you.

Posted by: dexx | July 09, 2008 at 01:33 AM

Thanks for this 'heads up' Larisa; please keep at it.

Posted by: ubetchaiam | July 09, 2008 at 01:29 AM

I have been watching the body language of Pelosi and Reid for some time.

They are both acting as if there was something hanging over them that they feared. Perhaps Bush's wiretaps has gathered some sort of dirt on them.

There is no "spirit" in what they do and say. There is a lack of head on opposition to this disaster of a president. Their demeanor submissive and unassertive.

They fail to do what must be done to reassert the proper balance of power.

There is definitely something amiss.
I think that Bush has something on them, just like the way J. Edgar Hoover used his information to manipulate government officials.

Posted by: fixxit | July 09, 2008 at 01:26 AM

I think in October 2006 someone from cheney's office went to the offices of reid, hoyer, and pelosi and threw fat files that came from cheney's walk in safe...they have total goods on all three of these hack quislings, and they are accessories after the fact to every high crime, misdemeanor and war crime these sociopaths have committed. November impeachment is off the table and now FISA immunity is around the corner. How a dispised lame duck can ride roughshod over the party in power is a vista beyond the paranormal. This is the longest 6 months of our lives.

Posted by: myshadow | July 09, 2008 at 01:19 AM

Larissa, thank you for confirming what I already knew. Pelosi is a worthless piece of shit. She is as much of a criminal as Karl Rove. Fuck her and Harry Reid and all the complicit assholes who call themselves democrats. The US government needs an enema and the spigot should be stuck directly into Pelosi's office.

Go get them Larissa.

Rove must go down for this crime. He really needs a good old country ass whipping.

Posted by: ROBinDALLAS | July 09, 2008 at 01:15 AM

i think nancy pelosi is being blackmailed. do you not think that the bushies would spy on their foes first. what is in nancy's background that makes her vulnerable to blackmail? perhaps it is her husband's background? if this is the case then she is unamerican and self centered, thining only of her self and not the country. we need these f-ers to be prosecuted.

Posted by: mamameow | July 09, 2008 at 12:38 AM

More than likely the warrantless wiretaps that the admin has been so fond of has turned up a few "embarrassing" things on Ms. Pelosi and others in the dem leadership... it would explain a lot of what has been dem capitulation on EVERY piece of important, constitution restoring legislation that has passed their desks the last 7 years...

Posted by: sukabi | July 09, 2008 at 12:24 AM

How much longer are we going to suffer under this government? They are all whores, and Pelosi seems to be the Brothel Madam (and that's using polite language).

Why is she protecting the Bush administration??? Larisa, are you investigating that?

Posted by: abraham | July 09, 2008 at 12:18 AM

You harvest what you sow. We in America have got ourself to this point. What were we thinking, is only going to get worse. Hold on for the ride.

Posted by: Keon | July 09, 2008 at 12:15 AM

Pelosi is a SKANK!

She is probably a republiCON masquerading as a Democrat. Impeach that SKANK!

And they wonder why just today why just today Congress is 9%

Yes, NINE PERCENT.

Lower than the prez bush!

Posted by: FunMe | July 09, 2008 at 12:13 AM

If this is true, then is this not more than enough reason for the Progressive Liberals in her district to recall her?

Posted by: Don | July 08, 2008 at 11:44 PM

I am sorry to say this but I feel we will all be sold down the train by this current crop of Democrats. They are at least 50% rotten to the core and Pelosi ranks high in that 50%.

Posted by: ciloisin | July 08, 2008 at 11:29 PM

Nail these fuckers Larissa!

It looks like the climate is changing and it will soon be possible to investigate a human waste like rove.

RESPONSE FROM LARISA ALEXANDROVNA
Hey, where have you been? I have not seen you around here for ages.

Posted by: americangoy | July 08, 2008 at 11:21 PM