Groups request special prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, et alia

Groups request special prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, et alia


Global Research, February 24, 2009


GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY, et alia

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 “truthâ€

We don't need another Warren Commission or 9/11 Commission performed by only certified members of the Washington elite. They have no sincere desire to uncover 'the whole truth and nothing but the truth.' They're only interested in concealing it!