The Robert Jackson Steering Committee, founded in September 2008, works to bring about the criminal prosecution of top government officials in the United States whom there is probable cause to believe have committed war crimes. The committee was named in honor of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who in his opening statements as Chief Prosecutor of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, stated:
"If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them. And we are not prepared to lay down the rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us. We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well."
We look forward to your response. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Dennett, Esq.
Peter Weiss, Esq.
David Swanson, chair
On Behalf of The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
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January 7, 2010
The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
c/o Lawrence Velvel
500 Federal Street
Andover, MA 01810
Ms. Marlene M. Wahowiak
Special Counsel for the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts
Office of Professional Responsibility
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Suite 3529
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Attorney Wahowiak:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. 522, and is submitted on behalf of the Robert Jackson Steering Committee.
We request the following:
1. The long-overdue ethics report of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) regarding the performance of Bush administration lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) from 2002-2007. The Attorney General last promised to release this report by the end of November, 2009, and it still has not been released.
2. The first OPR ethics report on the performance of Bush administration lawyers in the OLC, completed in December, 2008.
3. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey's 10-page rebuttal of the December, 2008 report, referenced in The New York Times of May 6, 2009.
"If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them. And we are not prepared to lay down the rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us. We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well."
We look forward to your response. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter Weiss, Esq.
David Swanson, chair
On Behalf of The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
*****
http://lawsnotmen.org
January 7, 2010
The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
c/o Lawrence Velvel
500 Federal Street
Andover, MA 01810
Ms. Marlene M. Wahowiak
Special Counsel for the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts
Office of Professional Responsibility
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Suite 3529
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Attorney Wahowiak:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. 522, and is submitted on behalf of the Robert Jackson Steering Committee.
We request the following:
1. The long-overdue ethics report of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) regarding the performance of Bush administration lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) from 2002-2007. The Attorney General last promised to release this report by the end of November, 2009, and it still has not been released.
2. The first OPR ethics report on the performance of Bush administration lawyers in the OLC, completed in December, 2008.
3. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey's 10-page rebuttal of the December, 2008 report, referenced in The New York Times of May 6, 2009.
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