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Points
to
include in your letters to your representatives requesting impeachment
Who?
Impeach the following
members of the Bush Administration:
- President George W. Bush
- Vice President Dick Cheney
- Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
How?
- All points will be covered by individual citizens
choosing topics most important to them. Choose those most important to
you.
- Research, reframe, and reword to most accurately
reflect your opinion and understanding of events.
Why?
Lying
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These members of the Bush Administration made fraudulent
claims to Congress and to the American people saying that they had
evidence that
Iraq
possessed weapons of mass destruction. This claim has been widely
shown to have been false.
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The Bush Administration made public statements that clearly
linked Al Queda and Saddam Hussein in the minds of the public, even when no
evidence for ties between the two existed, and they were well aware of
this lack of evidence.
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Congress approved the war on
Iraq
on the basis of fraudulent information provide by the Bush Administration.
While this has been since shown to be the case, the administration
continues to push for greater numbers of troops
in Iraq, for additional
spending, and has stated their interests in possibly attacking yet
another country, Iran.
The legislative branch must take seriously their duty to
“check” the actions of the executive branch.
Spying
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President
Bush authorized warrantless wiretaps on American citizens and legal
residents, in clear violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(FISA) protecting the privacy of individuals.
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Violation of
FISA is a felony, and it is the role of the Congress and Senate to
hold the President accountable to the law.
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The backpedaling of Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales in an attempt to bring the actions of the
executive branch in to compliance with the law well after the fact is
clearly insufficient and signals the need for an independent,
comprehensive investigation.
Torture
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Members of the Bush Administration authorized the use of
torture, in obvious violation of the Geneva
Convention banning torture of prisoners of war.
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The resignation of former Secretary of State Donald
Rumsfeld is insufficient. The
perpetrators of torture—at all levels of government—must be brought to
justice.
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When President Bush signed the bill to outlaw torture in
late 2006, he then
issued a “signing statement” claiming he reserved the right to
supersede the law at his discretion. This is a flagrant disregard for the
rule of law, placing his opinion above all other government institutions,
rendering the checks and balances system inherent to the United States
Government obsolete.
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