George W. Bush to be Indicted for Murder?

LA prosecutor and author, Vincent Bugliosi, has been calling for the criminal prosecution of George W. Bush for murder. He has written a book that lays out the case.   The video below shows him discussing the, now, very real possibility of Bush being prosecuted for murder.

There is now a candidate for a State Attorney General position who also believes that George W. Bush is guilty of murder.  If she is successful in taking office, she plans to appoint Bugliosi as special prosecutor to seek a murder indictment against George W.Bush. 

(Thanks to Laura Flanders for the original post on this one.)

"In his career at the L.A. County District Attorney's office, Vincent successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without a single loss in his career. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his bestselling book, Helter Skelter."

Think this guy knows what he's talking about?  

"The likelihood of Bush being prosecuted for murder; along with Cheney and Rice is somewhere between 95% and 99%."  ~Vincent Bugliosi

Here he is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the Constitutional limits of executive power.

About 5 minutes in, Bugliosi says: 

"All Americans should be absolutely outraged over what the Bush administration has done!  How dare they do what they did?  How dare they?"

His statement is met with a burst of applause and Rep. Smith tried to have the room cleared because there had been "an outburst".

House Votes For Impeachment

From the United States House of Representatives

(I'm as surprised as you are)!

The House of Representatives voted to refer 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors to the Judiciary Committee.

House Roll Call No. 401
110th Congress, 2nd Session

Passed!

251-166, 16 did not vote.

The House agreed to refer H. Res. 1258, impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors, to the Committee on the Judiciary by a yea-and-nay vote of 251 yeas to 166 nays, Roll No. 401.

Our "representative", Lamar Smith voted against it.

See the breakdown of how everyone voted here.

Obama Declares Victory - Can We Concentrate Now?

So...Can we start paying attention to what the Congress and Senate are doing? This epic-length battle has been a blue dress of distraction.

Yes, the battle for top diplomat and commander-in-chief should be important to us, but not all-consuming. Congress and Senate are as much to blame for what is happening with the United States and around the world, if not more. They were elected to represent us and act as a check/balance with the Judicial and the Executive branches.True, they are not doing their jobs the way they should and neither are we. We are just as guilty because we have not demanded accountability from our representatives. We have not remained diligent and have released control of our republic to scoundrels, crooks and liars.

Please get involved in local and state elections while we still have a chance to.

Chris Dodd Gets Gold Stars

Five Gold Stars for Chris Dodd

I did not get to put this up before the vote. However, it is important to post. Chris Dodd spoke eloquently and angrily regarding the push to exempt communications companies from any liability regarding trouncing Americans' rights.

The EFF has been at the forefront of this fight.



P.S. He won this round! But the fight is not over, rest assured.

Alberto Gonzales Named Lawyer of the Year

(Picture courtesy of the ABA)

I know it sounds like a line I might use to draw you in, but this is the raw truth.

The ABA named Alberto Gonzales "Lawyer of the Year"!!

Read about it in the article Jamie wrote for Crooks & Liars.

James Comey Testifies - Bad News for Alberto Gonzales

The following video is the testimony of James B. Comey, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States on May 15th regarding his version of the events regarding the Whitehouse pressuring the Department of Justice to say a secret program was legal when they could not and would not.

Senator Chuck Schumer is the voice you hear posing the questions to former Deputy Attorney General of the United States.



According to Wikipedia:

In early January 2006, the New York Times, as part of their investigation into alleged domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency, reported that Comey, who was Acting Attorney General during the March 2004 surgical hospitalization of John Ashcroft, refused to “certify” central aspects of the NSA program at that time. The certification was required under existing White House procedures to continue the program. After Comey’s refusal, the newspaper reported, Andrew H. Card Jr., White House Chief of Staff, and Alberto R. Gonzales, then White House counsel and now Attorney General, made an emergency visit to the George Washington University Hospital, to attempt to win approval directly from Ashcroft for the program.

Wow. Someone actually gave some information while testifying. He also named a few more names and gave his version that can be checked with those named. Things are not looking good for Alberto Gonzales.

Congress Subpoenas Justice Department.

Keith Olbermann gets an update from David Schuster in Washington regarding Alberto Gonzales and the Congressional request for information from the administration and the Justice Department. The Justice Department has been refusing to turn over documents and Congress has now subpoenaed the documents. The request includes the full text of the 3000 documents (large portions had been redacted, blacked out or just missing) already received and the Justice Department electronic data and metadata. Bush officials said the information had been censored for privacy issues (protecting the names of prosecutors considered for firing, but are still employed). Critics of the administration say that the documents have been held back because they support allegations that firings were done for purely political reasons. The document, signed by John Conyers has an April 16th 2pm deadline.