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Impeachment of Bush A Necessity

Comment by Larry Ross, November 29, 2006

Evan Peterson presents a comprehensive case for impeachment of Bush and what is being done to achieve this objective. Bush continues to do a great deal of damage to America and the world and plans to do much more if Americans allow him to continue in office. The problem is that mainstream America is not aware that the problem is so very critical and that Bush must be stopped before he takes the US to a point of no return.

Unfortunately the mass media is still a meek handmaiden to the Bush regime, repeating or covering up all its lies and suppressing facts and discussion about the many frauds and very real crises Bush has unleashed on America.

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From Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D.
Article 1.

Impeachment Hearings For Bush & Co.?
How About War Crimes Tribunals

By Heather Wokusch- a journalist, educator, and cross-cultural trainer, November 28, 2006

While Bush administration members have made a sport of breaking the law, both domestically and internationally, their intransigence will come back to haunt - one way or another.

The Bush Doctrine of taking "the battle to the enemy," for example, is a direct repudiation of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits the use of international force unless in self-defense (after an armed attack across an international border) or related to a UN Security Council decision. And that explains why Bush's 2002 National Security Strategy makes a point to "protect Americans" from "the potential for investigations, inquiry, or prosecution" by the International Criminal Court "whose jurisdiction does not extend to Americans and which we do not accept."

The whole idea of the US being able to preemptively attack other nations was penned by White House lawyers two weeks after 9/11; former justice department lawyer John Yoo wrote memos for then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales arguing that "no limits" stood in the way of Bush's ability to take military action and that "the president's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable."

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Article 2.

UNITED STATES V. GEORGE W. BUSH, ET AL.

REVIEW OF AN IMPORTANT NEW BOOK AND ARTICLE SERIES
BY ELIZABETH DE LA VEGA, an author, attorney, and former federal prosecutor with 20 years of experience.

SOURCE: Received on 11-28-06 from Seven Stories Press.
ARTICLE URL: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875

BOOK URL: http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/?GCOI=58322100641520

What if there were a fraud worse than Enron and nobody did anything about it?

In her new book " United States v. Bush et al.," former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega brings her twenty years of experience and her passion for justice to the most important case of her career. The defendants are George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell. The crime is tricking the nation into war, or, in legal terms, conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Ms. de la Vega has reviewed the evidence, researched the law, drafted an indictment, and in this lively, accessible book, presented it to a grand jury. If the indictment and grand jury are hypothetical, the facts are tragically real: over half of all Americans believe the President misled the country into a war that has left over 2,800 Americans and countless Iraqis dead. The cost is well over $400 billion -- and counting.

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PLEASE ALSO READ SIX DIRECTLY RELATED BOOKS:

[1] Elizabeth de la Vega's new book, " United States v. George W. Bush, et
al." (Seven Stories Press, November 2006) [The author drafts a "hypothetical"
indictment of President Bush and his senior aides, convenes a grand jury, holds
seven days of testimony to that grand jury, and presents the case for prewar
intelligence fraud, just as if it were an actual case, using the evidence we
already have in the public record. Although the grand jury, and the federal
agents who testify, are fictional, all the facts are true. She understands the case
against the Bush administration down to the last detail. And she has produced
the best book of the post-election, investigative season.]:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1583227563/nationbooks08

[2] John Nichols' book, "The Genius Of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure For
Royalism" (New Press, October 30, 2006) [His excellent book is a cross between
Impeachment For Dummies and Everything You Wanted To Know About Impeachment But
Were Too Afraid To Ask. It lays out the important case for impeachment
itself. Impeachment is not something which Americans should fear, or only whisper
about in the shadows. Impeachment is not the cause of, but rather the cure for,
a constitutional crisis. Impeachment is designed to ensure that the United
States never be governed by elected despots. In other words, "Presidents are NOT
kings for four years."]:
http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Impeachment-Founders-Cure-Royalism/dp/1595581405

[3] Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia Cooper's book, "The Impeachment Of George
W. Bush: A Practical Guide For Concerned Citizens" (Nation Press, August 2006)
[No one is better qualified to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush
than Elizabeth Holtzman, who served as a US Representative from New York, a
Brooklyn District Attorney, and a vital member of the House Judiciary Committee
during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.]:
http://www.amazon.com/Impeachment-George-Bush-Practical-Concerned/dp/156025940X


[4] Barbara Olshansky and David Lindorff's book, "The Case For Impeachment:
The Legal Argument For Removing President George W. Bush From Office" (Thomas
Dunne Books, May 2006): http://www.amazon.com/Case-Impeachment-Argument-Removing-President/dp/0312360169

[5]  The Center For Constitutional Rights' book, "Articles Of Impeachment
Against George W. Bush" (Melville House, March 2006):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1933633085?v=glance

[6] Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips' book, "Impeach The President: The Case
Against Bush And Cheney" (Seven Stories Press, 2006):
http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100667540
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FINAL NOTE TO THE READER: HOW BADLY DO WE WANT CHANGE IN AMERICA? It's not
about the newly-elected Congress; it's about what WE, THE PEOPLE, WANT! It's not
what Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Howard Dean
want: it's about what WE, THE ELECTORATE, WANT! Until the voters DEMAND
accountability under the rule of law, we should not expect members of Congress to take
the lead. If you agree with these essays, please forward them to your friends,
relatives and colleagues.

Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D.