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Posted on Tuesday 10 June 2008

Articles of Impeachment [Kucinich]

  1. Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq
  2. Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression
  3. Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War
  4. Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States
  5. Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression
  6. Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114
  7. Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
  8. Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter
  9. Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
  10. Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes
  11. Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
  12. Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation’s Natural Resources
  13. Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
  14. Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
  15. Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
  16. Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors
  17. Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captes
  18. Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy
  19. Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture
  20. Imprisoning Children
  21. Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government
  22. Creating Secret Laws
  23. Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
  24. Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
  25. Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Prate Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens
  26. Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements
  27. Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply
  28. Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice
  29. Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  30. Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare
  31. Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
  32. Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
  33. Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
  34. Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001
  35. Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders

In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and Commander in Chief, and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President George W. Bush, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office.

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