Series: Holding Members of the Bush Administration Accountable Before the Law (July)
"In a government of law, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." Justice Louis Brandeis
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Patriot or crackpot? Seattle man's mission to prosecute Bush, Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
Of the millions who read Vincent Bugliosi's best-seller "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder," Seattle coffee merchant Bob Alexander may be the only one to act on it in a substantial way, sending copies of it to 2,200 prosecutors around the country.
Judge: Ex-Bush lawyer can be sued over torture, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
- "Like any other government official, government lawyers are responsible for the foreseeable consequences of their conduct," U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said.
- The ruling is unique - the first to hold any administration official potentially liable for alleged mistreatment of terrorist suspects.
The Case for Disbarment of Lawyers Who Facilitated Torture Grows, Kevin Zeese, Common Dreams
Lawyers were the lynchpin if they had given real legal advice: torture is illegal under domestic and international law; there would have been no torture program.
Confessions of a Terrorist, Terry J. Allen, In These Times
Dear Sen. Leahy: Despite knowing that U.S. officials sanctioned and carried out torture, you have the courageous pragmatism to call for words, not punishment.
Related:
Series: Updating the Impeachment Bandwagon, David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Where to find, and how to get on, the speeding, loaded impeachment bandwagon.
