Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al

Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales (the “Accused”) for their criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” perpetrated upon about 100 human beings. This term is really their euphemism for the enforced disappearance of persons and their consequent torture. This criminal policy and practice by the Accused constitute Crimes against Humanity in violation of the Rome Statute establishing the I.C.C.
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Many thanks to Professor Boyle. This courageous move probably puts him at risk for suicide.

Bring Bush, Cheney, et. al. to Justice

Commentary by Pepe Escobar of The Real News.

John Conyers is Still Fighting for Justice.

Public Record reports today:

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers issued a 500-page report Tuesday documenting what he says are extraordinary claims of executive power during President George W. Bush’s eight years in office saying evidence his committee has gathered demands independent criminal investigations into issues such as torture, domestic surveillance, and the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys.
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"Even after scores of hearings, investigations, and reports, we still do not have answers to some of the most fundamental questions left in the wake of Bush’s Imperial Presidency," Conyers said, using allegations of torture, extraordinary rendition, warrantless domestic surveillance, the Valerie Plame Wilson-leak, and the U.S. attorney scandal as examples. "Investigations are not a matter of payback or political revenge – it is our responsibility to examine what has occurred and to set an appropriate baseline of conduct for future administrations.

“The Bush Administration’s approach to power is, at its core, little more than a restatement of Mr. Nixon’s famous rationalization of presidential misdeeds: “When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal,” Conyers said in a foreword included in the report. “Under this view, laws that forbid torturing or degrading prisoners cannot constrain the president because, if the president ordered such acts as Commander in Chief, “that means it’s not illegal.” Under this view, it is not the courts that decide the reach of the law – it is the president – and neither the judiciary nor Congress can constrain him."

Nothing on the teeveenuz about it so far. I doubt they'll mention it.

Deny, Deny, Deny!

Today's International Herald-Tribune editorial about Bush's recent interview on ABC begins: "We long ago gave up hope that President Bush would acknowledge his many mistakes, or show he had learned anything from them. Even then we were unprepared for the epic denial that Bush displayed..."

Indeed! I think Bush took his cue from the 1967 movie A Guide for the Married Man.

Bin Laden To Be October Surprise?

US propaganda outlet Voice of America is calling the recent raids inside Pakistan a "Bin Laden Hunt."

I can't help but wonder if they're planning to attempt to salvage W's legacy and produce an October surprise by claiming to have captured or killed bin Laden.

That he's been dead for years doesn't matter. Recent history shows the sheeple will believe anything if the corporate media repeats it enough.

Be Patient This Gets Amazing

BushCorp displays an arrogance that is beyond Nixonian in its assholishness.

clip from The Daily Show