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10/15/2008 2:12 pm |
Committee To Prosecute Bush Revs Up By Sherwood Ross Massachusetts law school Dean Lawrence Velvel will chair a Steering Committee to pursue the prosecution for war crimes of President Bush and culpable high-ranking aides after they leave office Jan. 20th. The Steering Committee was organized following a conference of leading legal authorities and scholars from the U.S. and abroad convened by Velvel on Sept. 13-14 in Andover, Mass., titled “The Justice Robert Jackson Conference On Planning For The Prosecution of High Level American War Criminals.” “If Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and others are not prosecuted,” Velvel said, “the future could be threatened by additional examples of Executive lawlessness by leaders who need fear no personal consequences for their actions, including more illegal wars such as Iraq.” Besides Velvel, members of the Steering Committee include: Ben Davis, a law Professor at the University of Toledo College of Law, where he teaches Public International Law and International Business Transactions. He is the author of numerous articles on international and related domestic law. Marjorie Cohn, a law Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, Calif., and President of the National Lawyers Guild. Chris Pyle, a Professor at Mount Holyoke College, where he teaches Constitutional law, Civil Liberties, Rights of Privacy, American Politics and American Political Thought, and is the author of many books and articles. Elaine Scarry, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University, and winner of the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. Peter Weiss, vice president of the Center For Constitutional Rights, of New York City, which was recently involved with war crimes complaints filed in Germany and Japan against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others. David Swanson, author, activist and founder of After Downing Street Coalition, of Charlottesville, Va. Kristina Borjesson, an award-winning print and broadcast journalist for more than twenty years and editor of two recent books on the media. Colleen Costello, Staff Attorney of Human Rights, USA, of Washington, D.C., and coordinator of its efforts involving torture by the American government. Valeria Gheorghiu, attorney for Workers’ Rights Law Center. Andy Worthington of Redress, a British historian and journalist and author of books dealing with human rights violations. Initial actions considered by the Steering Committee, Velvel said, are as follows: # Seeking prosecutions of high level officials, including George Bush, for the crimes they committed. # Seeking disbarment of lawyers who were complicitous in facilitating torture.# Seeking termination from faculty positions of high officials who were complicitous in torture. # Issuing a recent statement saying any attempt by Bush to pardon himself and aides for war crimes prior to leaving office will result in efforts to obtain impeachment even after they leave office. # Convening a major conference on the state secret and executive privilege doctrines, which have been pushed to record levels during the Bush administration. # Designation of an Information Repository Coordinator to gather in one place all available information involving the Bush Administration’s war crimes. # Possible impeachment of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee for co-authoring the infamous “torture memo.” If Liberals really hated America, we'd all vote Republican. |
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10/18/2008 7:36 am |
Jeff; I have been saying this was a possibility for some time. I can only hope that it will come true. Total disregard for everything this country stands for deserves to be put in jail at the very least. And I love the quote from "w" a while back that he was confident that history would show him as one of the greatest presidents ever....It must be nice to be that conceited when your disapproval rate stands at 73%. An all time low for a president!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, there's a vanishingly small chance this will ever happen. In my opinion, not enough remains of ourselves and our country that we would still have the courage to hold Bush (or anyone associated with him) accountable for their crimes. In fact, if Barack Obama should become president and the movement to prosecute Bush were to gain any real momentum, a President Obama will likely issue Bush and other possible defendants a blanket pardon, as Gerald Ford did for Richard Nixon. I'm sorrier to say that than you may know. And hope I am wrong.... If Liberals really hated America, we'd all vote Republican.
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10/16/2008 4:11 pm |
Flirty that was a voice of reason? gimmie a break. Well done Jeff to bad it wont be done as the "committee" would make fools of themselves
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10/16/2008 4:09 pm |
War is war.That's why it's called war.Somehow I don't think Bush gives a ratz azzzz about none none of it.Why should he?? Do you??Somehow I keep seeing those dead soldiers hanging from bridges and being mocked even in death.I keep seeing those televised beheadings.I keep thinking I would have liked seeing saadam getting castrated before he was hanged.I keep thinking Bush should have done MORE.I keep thinking he shoulda bombed Holy Truck outa them, and ended it all over there a long time ago.Maybe there can never be another Hiroshima, but........... The rest of the world cries for what? If it was their country they would want America's help too.Americans who back silliness such as what you just posted should be sent to Iraq to live, or some other godforesaken place. Somehow I don't think Bush is very worried.After all, WAR is WAR !!! (My opinion is not against you, just against that which you posted about.You did not actually state your opinion on it.But, I did)
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10/16/2008 4:07 pm |
Get the pitch forks, fire up the torches. America there is a monster in the castle and it is time to take the power off of the shelf. Good blog Jeff.
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 10/16/2008 6:27 am |
To live in a country where we are not lied to by the government...now that would be great. I think we are going to see a big change in members of Congress also. I'm looking to the future and it's out of sight, only in the end shall I take flight.
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10/15/2008 11:21 pm |
There is hope. What Bush did was wrong. Bush is to blame for the beheadings of our soldiers--HE put them there--and he caused countless innocent people to suffer. It is important for me to speak against his crimes. What goes around, comes around. I want no part of the bad carma Bush has created. I marched against his 'war' before it began.
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10/15/2008 10:16 pm |
Hmmm... how about giving George the biggest loser in America award?
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10/15/2008 9:45 pm |
About a month ago I watched Vince Bugeiosi make a guest appearance on CSPAN...he was discussing and promoting his new book "THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE BUSH FOR MURDER" Bugeiosi is a retired L.A. prosecutor who gained some notoriety by successfully prosecuting the Manson Gang among many other cases he won.. He made a good case against G.Bush for sending troops into Iraq with false made up evidence...resulting in the deaths of over 4000 young American men and women...
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10/15/2008 8:36 pm |
Jeff; I have been saying this was a possibility for some time. I can only hope that it will come true. Total disregard for everything this country stands for deserves to be put in jail at the very least. And I love the quote from "w" a while back that he was confident that history would show him as one of the greatest presidents ever....It must be nice to be that conceited when your disapproval rate stands at 73%. An all time low for a president!!!!!!!!!!!
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10/15/2008 8:25 pm |
Flirty that was a voice of reason? gimmie a break. Well done Jeff to bad it wont be done as the "committee" would make fools of themselves "A U.S. Marine by himself is never outnumbered"...Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman JCS, USMC Retired.
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10/15/2008 6:06 pm |
War is war.That's why it's called war.Somehow I don't think Bush gives a ratz azzzz about none none of it.Why should he?? Do you??Somehow I keep seeing those dead soldiers hanging from bridges and being mocked even in death.I keep seeing those televised beheadings.I keep thinking I would have liked seeing saadam getting castrated before he was hanged.I keep thinking Bush should have done MORE.I keep thinking he shoulda bombed Holy Truck outa them, and ended it all over there a long time ago.Maybe there can never be another Hiroshima, but........... The rest of the world cries for what? If it was their country they would want America's help too.Americans who back silliness such as what you just posted should be sent to Iraq to live, or some other godforesaken place. Somehow I don't think Bush is very worried.After all, WAR is WAR !!! (My opinion is not against you, just against that which you posted about.You did not actually state your opinion on it.But, I did) Like you can take da girl outta Pittsburgh, but don't even try to take Pittsburgh outta da girl
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10/15/2008 5:51 pm |
First of all to Julia---don't sell yourself short. I think you do get it and if occasionally you don't, so what. You know what you believe. To Jeff---thanks for being the voice of reason or at least reasonable, verifiable information in this sometimes hostile territory.
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10/15/2008 5:00 pm |
Jeff, I just wanted to let you know that I do read your blogs. I don't know why the people who have the understanding of your articles don't respond to same. There are several people on SFF that I admire and never miss reading whatever they write even though I don't heve the understanding in their field to be able to respond. Maybe next time.  Julia8114
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