Groups Request Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, et alia

*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

Signed By:

Center for Constitutional Rights

CODE PINK: Women for Peace

Daniel Ellsberg, Truth-Telling Project

Delaware Valley Veterans for America

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

Gold Star Families for Peace

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

 

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored

National Accountability Network
Northeast Impeachment Coalition

United for Peace and Justice

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition