Impeachment

By David Swanson

There is strong evidence that John Conyers, Patrick Leahy, and most of the rest of us are in love with torture-lawyer Jay Bybee. I’m not talking about sexual love and wouldn’t, because people’s lives are lost to such bread-and-circuses journalism every day. I’m talking deep personal devotion.

Let’s examine the evidence.

1. As head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Jay Bybee committed felonies in exchange for being nominated to a life-time seat on the read more

By David Swanson

Hurricane Katrina is not as sexy as torture, but has killed more people and ruined more lives, and — like many non-natural disasters in recent years — has a chief culprit who has now settled in at 10141 Daria Place, Dallas, Texas, where he clears very little brush and where — to my knowledge — not a single politician or journalist or author has sought his wisdom on the affairs of the past seven months. George W. Bush, who should face nonviolent protest read more

I’ve drafted an indictment of Bush for torture and posted it here
http://afterdowningstreet.org/indictment

But I need your help before sending it to a prosecutor.

This is a joint effort to draft the best possible indictment of Bush for torture.

While we can and have drafted indictments and articles of impeachment for Bush for many crimes worse than torture, and while a torture conspiracy could include many people beyond Bush, this project is simply Bush and simply torture.

Will you help by posting read more

As I head out on a book tour of the 40 plus cities listed down the right-hand side of https://davidswanson.org I issue the following challenge: I will publicly debate any worthy participant who is willing to argue the negative on the following resolution: “George W. Bush should be prosecuted for war crimes.”

This challenge is subject to scheduling restrictions and the preferences of local organizers already arranging for me to speak about my book. Radio debates by telephone are also read more

Listen to the Jeff Farias show here.

By David Swanson

Drafted in preparation for panel discussion at Veterans for Peace national convention August 7, 2009, on topic of “Holding the Architects of Illegal Wars and War Crimes Accountable.”

Seven years to the day after the Downing Street Minutes meeting at which top British officials famously discussed U.S. President George W. Bush’s intent to launch a war against Iraq whether or not any means could be found to legalize it, on July 23rd, the United Nations hosted a read more

Nationally Renowned Scholars, Writers, Artists, and Advocates Urge Attorney General Holder to Uphold the Rule of Law and Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate Allegations of Torture and Other Serious Crimes

SALT LAKE CITY – Several prominent Americans, including authors, artists, legal experts, and renowned voices of conscience, today transmitted a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture and other violations of human read more

By David Swanson

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has called on Attorney General Eric Holder to open a criminal investigation into the misdeeds of former president George W. Bush and former vice president Richard B. Cheney.

Holder, in turn, has now called on Conyers to open impeachment proceedings against former head of the Office of Legal Council Jay Bybee, now a judge in the Ninth Circuit.

Conyers, in response, has demanded that Holder open a complete investigation of 14 different read more