Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Articles Of Impeachment

Thank You Dennis Kucinich for not only carrying a pocket Constitution but reading and understanding it.

Here they are. The complete set: XXXV Articles of Impeachment.

  • Article I - Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

  • Article II - 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.

  • Article III - Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

  • Article IV - Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

  • Article V - Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

  • Article VI - Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H. J. Res114.

  • Article VII - Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

  • Article VIII - Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.

  • Article IX - Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.

  • Article X - Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.

  • Article XI - Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.

  • Article XII - Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.

  • Article XIIII - Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.

  • Article XIV - 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.

  • Article XV - Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.

  • Article XVI - Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.

  • Article XVII - Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.

  • Article XVIII - Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.

  • Article XIX - Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.

  • Article XX - Imprisoning Children.

  • Article XXI - Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.

  • Article XXII - Creating Secret Laws.

  • Article XXIII - Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

  • Article XXIV - Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.

  • Article XXV - Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.

  • Article XXVI - Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.

  • Article XXVII - Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.

  • Article XXVIII - Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.

  • Article XXIX - Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • Article XXX - Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.

  • Article XXXI - Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.

  • Article XXXII - Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

  • Article XXXIII - Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.

  • Article XXXIV - Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.

  • Article XXXV - Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.

Tip: This also serves as a handy summary of the Bush presidency.

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