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GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY, et alia
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/prosecutorstatement

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

Signed By:

Center for Constitutional Rights http://www.ccrjustice.org

The National Lawyers Guild http://www.nlg.org

Society of American Law Teachers - SALT http://www.saltlaw.org

Human Rights USA http://www.humanrightsusa.org

After Downing Street http://www.afterdowningstreet.org

American Freedom Campaign http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org

Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserve Colonel and US diplomat http://www.voicesofconscience.com

ANSWER Coalition http://www.answercoalition.org

Backbone Campaign http://www.backbonecampaign.org

Brad Blog http://www.bradblog.com

Cities for Peace http://citiesforprogress.org

Citizens for Accountability, Ventura County

Citizens For Legitimate Government http://www.legitgov.org

CODE PINK: Women for Peace http://www.codepink4peace.org

Daniel Ellsberg, Truth-Telling Project http://www.ellsberg.net

Defending Dissent Foundation http://www.defendingdissent.org

Delaware Valley Veterans for America http://www.delvalvets4america.org

Democrats.com http://www.democrats.com

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

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space http://www.space4peace.org

Gold Star Families for Peace http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com

Grandmothers Against the War http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/gatw

Grassroots America http://www.grassrootsamerica4us.org

High Road for Human Rights Advocacy Project http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org

Impeach Colorado http://impeachco.com

Impeach for Peace http://impeachforpeace.org

Indict Bush Now http://www.IndictBushNow.org

Individuals for Justice http://www.IndividualsForJustice.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War http://ivaw.org

Ralph Lopez, author of "Truth in the Age of Bushism," chairman, Jobs For Afghans http://jobsforafghans.org

Justice Through Music 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

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

National Accountability Network

Northeast Impeachment Coalition http://www.neimpeach.org/wp

Op Ed News http://www.opednews.com

Partnership for Civil Justice (PCJ) http://www.justiceonline.org

Peace Action http://www.peace-action.org

Peace Team http://www.peaceteam.net

People for Peace & Justice/St. Augustine, FL http://www.staugppj.org

Peter McLaren, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

The Progressive http://www.progressive.org

Progressive Democrats of America http://www.pdamerica.org

PDA/DFA South Jersey http://pdamerica.org/statecaucus.php?s=NJ

The Public Record http://pubrecord.org

Republicans for Impeachment http://republicansforimpeachment.com

Save the Bill of Rights http://www.savethebillofrights.org

Smirking Chimp http://www.smirkingchimp.com

Christiane Brown, The Solution Zone http://www.1230kjfk.com

Tulsa Impeachment Committee http://impeachok1.org

United for Peace and Justice http://www.unitedforpeace.org

Velvet Revolution http://www.velvetrevolution.us

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vips

Veterans for Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org

Voters for Peace http://votersforpeace.us/index2.php

War Crimes Times http://www.warcrimestimes.org

Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition http://www.impeachwi.com

World Can't Wait http://www.worldcantwait.net

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