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GOP FORCES DEMOCRAT HAND ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT
Story notes of Kucinich’s effort, “the antiwar liberal's seemingly quixotic effort drew unexpected support from Republicans, who saw a golden opportunity to engage Democrats in a debate on the issue.”
Fortunately, Alberto Gonzales has resigned, along with Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Meirs and Rove. Their resignations are a good beginning, but inadequate to repair the damage done to our nation, Constitution, Bill of Rights and democracy.
The Nixon White House collapsed quickly, when Congress began issuing subpoenas and holding hearings. Congress should not fear a backlash from impeachment. Democrats gained the Presidency when they impeached Nixon - Republicans gained the White House when they attempted to impeach Clinton.
Impeachment of Cheney and Bush is vital to restoration of the republic. The Bush administration apparently is operating an illegal politically motivated domestic spying program, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. President Bush has written over 700 unconstitutional “signing statements.”
The Iraq civil war continues, with no end in sight and Bush threatens to veto every bill Congress passes to limit spending for this disastrous military misadventure.
Dick Cheney knew invading Iraq would be a mistake, in 1994, and went on record, explaining why, in this televised CSPAN interview. On 8/27/00, Cheney defended not invading Iraq, on Meet the Press. http://www. http://community.freespeech.org/dick_cheney_iraq_quagmire
Congress has been unable to accomplish anything significant, because Bush vetoes any meaningful laws passed by Congress. The minimum wage increase passed but was so minimal and obviously inadequate it is insignificant.
Nancy Pelosi is wrong - Cheney and Bush must be impeached, if Congress is to accomplish anything significant.
Here is one of many specific high crimes, which was committed by Vice President Cheney:
George Bush and Dick Cheney knowingly and willfully passed false information to Congress about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capabilities, their possession of chemical weapons, biological weapons, and delivery systems. Furthermore, George Bush and Dick Cheney passed false information to Congress by falsely stating that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States and that military action was therefore necessary. The false statements are detailed, on Dennis Kucinich’s website. Congressman John Conyers has produced a 273-page report that focuses on this topic. Congressman Henry Waxman has put online a searchable database of lies. You can find these and numerous other collections of evidence at www.afterdowningstreet.org.
First Charge: Cheney has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, to wit: (1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Vice President actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction: (A) ‘‘We know they have biological and chemical weapons.’’ March 17, 2002, Press Conference by Vice President Dick Cheney and His Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain at Shaikh Hamad Palace. (B) ‘‘...and we know they are pursuing nuclear weapons.’’ March 19, 2002, Press Briefing by Vice President Dick Cheney and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. (C) ‘‘And he is actively pursuing nuclear weapons at this time...’’ March 24, 2002, CNN Late Edition interview with Vice President Cheney. (D) ‘‘We know he’s got chemicals and biological and we know he’s working on nuclear.’’ May 19, 2002, NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney. (E) ‘‘But we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons... Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.’’ August 26, 2002, Speech 22 of Vice President Cheney at VFW 103rd National Convention. (F) ‘‘Based on intelligence that’s becoming available, some of it has been made public, more of it hopefully will be, that he has indeed stepped up his capacity to produce and deliver biological weapons, that he has reconstituted his nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon, that there are efforts under way inside Iraq to significantly expand his capability.’’ September 8, 2002 NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney. (G) ‘‘He is, in fact, actively and aggressively seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.’’ September 8, 2002 NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney. (H) ‘‘And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.’’ March 16, 2003, NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney. (2) Preceding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq the Vice President was fully informed that no legitimate evidence existed of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The Vice President pressured the intelligence community to change their findings to enable the deception of the citizens and Congress of the United States. (A) Vice President Cheney and his Chief of Staff, Lewis Libby, made multiple trips to the CIA in 2002 to question analysts studying Iraq’s weapons programs and alleged links to al Qaeda, creating an environment in which analysts felt they were being pressured to make their assessments fit with the Bush administration’s policy objectives accounts. (B) Vice President Cheney sought out unverified and ultimately inaccurate raw intelligence to prove his preconceived beliefs. This strategy of cherry picking was employed to influence the interpretation of the intelligence. (3) The Vice President’s actions corrupted or attempted to corrupt the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, an intelligence document issued on October 1, 2002 and carefully considered by Congress prior to the October 10, 2002 vote to authorize the use of force. The Vice President’s actions prevented the necessary reconciliation of facts for the National Intelligence Estimate which resulted in a high number of dissenting opinions from technical experts in two Federal agencies. (A) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate stated ‘‘Lacking persuasive evidence that Baghdad has launched a coherent effort to reconstitute it’s nuclear weapons program INR is unwilling to speculate that such an effort began soon after the departure of UN inspectors or to project a timeline for the completion of activities it does not now see happening. As a result INR is unable to predict that Iraq could acquire a nuclear device or weapon.’’ (B) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate also stated that ‘‘Finally, the claims of Iraqi pursuit of natural uranium in Africa are, in INR’s assessment, highly dubious.’’ (C) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate references a Department of Energy opinion by stating that ‘‘INR accepts the judgment of technical experts at the US Department of Energy (DOE) who have concluded that the tubes Iraq seeks to acquire are poorly suited for use in gas centrifuges to be used for uranium enrichment and finds unpersuasive the arguments advanced by others to make the case that they are intended for that purpose.’’
H Res 333 does not mention, but it is also relevant, that post-invasion Cheney clung to the idea that Iraq had WMDs. The above also does not include much explanation of how we know that Cheney knew he was lying. Congressman Henry Waxman has posted a searchable database of lies. It includes Cheney WMD lies not included above (with citations) and Cheney lies about al Qaeda not included below, a total of 51 Cheney lies. And it explains how we know in each case that he was lying.
Further documentation would begin with this: CHENEY (August 26, 2002): "But we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Among other sources, we've gotten this from the firsthand testimony of defectors -- including Saddam's own son-in-law, who was subsequently murdered at Saddam's direction...During the spring of 1995, the inspectors were actually on the verge of declaring that Saddam's programs to develop chemical weapons and longer-range ballistic missiles had been fully accounted for and shut down. Then Saddam's son-in-law suddenly defected and began sharing information...That should serve as a reminder to all that we often learned more as the result of defections than we learned from the inspection regime itself."
Law violated: 18 USC 1001.
Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES, CONCEALS or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, OR MAKES ANY FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, SHALL BE fined under this title or IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, or both.
Twenty two Representatives have now cosponsored H Res 333, Articles of Impeachment for Richard Cheney. Even a poll paid for by Republicans found a majority favored Impeachment of Cheney. Adequate evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors already exists and more will emerge, with investigations.
I do not believe 34 Republican Senators would be willing to risk their seats, by opposing a Cheney conviction in the Senate. Twenty two Republican Senators are up for reelection, in 2008. Republican Congressmen persuaded Gonzales to resign, before he was impeached. Republicans will force Cheney to resign, to avoid repeated coverage of Congressional investigations of Cheney’s crimes and political advertisements, emphasizing Cheney’s crimes.
If Cheney is not removed before the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, next August, both parties will be targeted with daily Impeachment demonstrations.
Republicans will want to avoid this and prevent losing even more Senators. Loss of 22 Senators, supporting Dick Cheney would be disastrous to the Republicans, in 2008, with a Democratic president, Democratic House of Representatives and Democratic Senate.
The founding fathers pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor, with a firm reliance on divine providence, to establish this republic. It is time for the House of Representatives take an effective stand against the culture of corruption, in the Bush administration, by passing Articles of Impeachment.
Please contact your Congressional Representative today and ask them cosponsor Articles of Impeachment Of Vice President Richard Cheney. Also, please sign an impeachment petition and display an Impeachment bumper sticker or yard sign. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/petition
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IMPEACH CHENEY FOR HIGH CRIMES CHENEY COMMITTED
Fortunately, Alberto Gonzales has resigned, along with Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Meirs and Rove. Their resignations are a good beginning, but inadequate to repair the damage done to our nation, Constitution, Bill of Rights and democracy.
The Nixon White House collapsed quickly, when Congress began issuing subpoenas and holding hearings. Congress should not fear a backlash from impeachment. Democrats gained the Presidency when they impeached Nixon - Republicans gained the White House when they attempted to impeach Clinton.
Impeachment of Cheney and Bush is vital to restoration of the republic. The Bush administration apparently is operating an illegal politically motivated domestic spying program, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. President Bush has written over 700 unconstitutional “signing statements.”
The Iraq civil war continues, with no end in sight and Bush threatens to veto every bill Congress passes to limit spending for this disastrous military misadventure.
Dick Cheney knew invading Iraq would be a mistake, in 1994, and went on record, explaining why, in this televised CSPAN interview. On 8/27/00, Cheney defended not invading Iraq, on Meet the Press.
http://www. http://community.freespeech.org/dick_cheney_iraq_quagmire
Congress has been unable to accomplish anything significant, because Bush vetoes any meaningful laws passed by Congress. The minimum wage increase passed but was so minimal and obviously inadequate it is insignificant.
Nancy Pelosi is wrong - Cheney and Bush must be impeached, if Congress is to accomplish anything significant.
Here is one of many specific high crimes, which was committed by Vice President Cheney:
George Bush and Dick Cheney knowingly and willfully passed false information to Congress about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capabilities, their possession of chemical weapons, biological weapons, and delivery systems. Furthermore, George Bush and Dick Cheney passed false information to Congress by falsely stating that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States and that military action was therefore necessary. The false statements are detailed, on Dennis Kucinich’s website. Congressman John Conyers has produced a 273-page report that focuses on this topic. Congressman Henry Waxman has put online a searchable database of lies. You can find these and numerous other collections of evidence at www.afterdowningstreet.org.
First Charge:
Cheney has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, to wit:
(1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Vice President actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction:
(A) ‘‘We know they have biological and chemical weapons.’’ March 17, 2002, Press Conference by Vice President Dick Cheney and His Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain at Shaikh Hamad Palace.
(B) ‘‘...and we know they are pursuing nuclear weapons.’’ March 19, 2002, Press Briefing by Vice President Dick Cheney and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem.
(C) ‘‘And he is actively pursuing nuclear weapons at this time...’’ March 24, 2002, CNN Late Edition interview with Vice President Cheney.
(D) ‘‘We know he’s got chemicals and biological and we know he’s working on nuclear.’’ May 19, 2002, NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney.
(E) ‘‘But we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons... Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.’’ August 26, 2002, Speech 22 of Vice President Cheney at VFW 103rd National Convention.
(F) ‘‘Based on intelligence that’s becoming available, some of it has been made public, more of it hopefully will be, that he has indeed stepped up his capacity to produce and deliver biological weapons, that he has reconstituted his nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon, that there are efforts under way inside Iraq to significantly expand his capability.’’ September 8, 2002 NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney.
(G) ‘‘He is, in fact, actively and aggressively seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.’’ September 8, 2002 NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney.
(H) ‘‘And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.’’ March 16, 2003, NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice President Cheney.
(2) Preceding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq the Vice President was fully informed that no legitimate evidence existed of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The Vice President pressured the intelligence community to change their findings to enable the deception of the citizens and Congress of the United States.
(A) Vice President Cheney and his Chief of Staff, Lewis Libby, made multiple trips to the CIA in 2002 to question analysts studying Iraq’s weapons programs and alleged links to al Qaeda, creating an environment in which analysts felt they were being pressured to make their assessments fit with the Bush administration’s policy objectives accounts.
(B) Vice President Cheney sought out unverified and ultimately inaccurate raw intelligence to prove his preconceived beliefs. This strategy of cherry picking was employed to influence the interpretation of the intelligence.
(3) The Vice President’s actions corrupted or attempted to corrupt the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, an intelligence document issued on October 1, 2002 and carefully considered by Congress prior to the October 10, 2002 vote to authorize the use of force. The Vice President’s actions prevented the necessary reconciliation of facts for the National Intelligence Estimate which resulted in a high number of dissenting opinions from technical experts in two Federal agencies.
(A) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate stated ‘‘Lacking persuasive evidence that Baghdad has launched a coherent effort to reconstitute it’s nuclear weapons program INR is unwilling to speculate that such an effort began soon after the departure of UN inspectors or to project a timeline for the completion of activities it does not now see happening. As a result INR is unable to predict that Iraq could acquire a nuclear device or weapon.’’
(B) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate also stated that ‘‘Finally, the claims of Iraqi pursuit of natural uranium in Africa are, in INR’s assessment, highly dubious.’’
(C) The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate references a Department of Energy opinion by stating that ‘‘INR accepts the judgment of technical experts at the US Department of Energy (DOE) who have concluded that the tubes Iraq seeks to acquire are poorly suited for use in gas centrifuges to be used for uranium enrichment and finds unpersuasive the arguments advanced by others to make the case that they are intended for that purpose.’’
H Res 333 does not mention, but it is also relevant, that post-invasion Cheney clung to the idea that Iraq had WMDs. The above also does not include much explanation of how we know that Cheney knew he was lying. Congressman Henry Waxman has posted a searchable database of lies. It includes Cheney WMD lies not included above (with citations) and Cheney lies about al Qaeda not included below, a total of 51 Cheney lies. And it explains how we know in each case that he was lying.
Further documentation would begin with this:
CHENEY (August 26, 2002): "But we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Among other sources, we've gotten this from the firsthand testimony of defectors -- including Saddam's own son-in-law, who was subsequently murdered at Saddam's direction...During the spring of 1995, the inspectors were actually on the verge of declaring that Saddam's programs to develop chemical weapons and longer-range ballistic missiles had been fully accounted for and shut down. Then Saddam's son-in-law suddenly defected and began sharing information...That should serve as a reminder to all that we often learned more as the result of defections than we learned from the inspection regime itself."
Law violated:
18 USC 1001.
Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES, CONCEALS or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, OR MAKES ANY FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, SHALL BE fined under this title or IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, or both.
Twenty two Representatives have now cosponsored H Res 333, Articles of Impeachment for Richard Cheney. Even a poll paid for by Republicans found a majority favored Impeachment of Cheney. Adequate evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors already exists and more will emerge, with investigations.
I do not believe 34 Republican Senators would be willing to risk their seats, by opposing a Cheney conviction in the Senate. Twenty two Republican Senators are up for reelection, in 2008. Republican Congressmen persuaded Gonzales to resign, before he was impeached. Republicans will force Cheney to resign, to avoid repeated coverage of Congressional investigations of Cheney’s crimes and political advertisements, emphasizing Cheney’s crimes.
If Cheney is not removed before the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, next August, both parties will be targeted with daily Impeachment demonstrations.
Republicans will want to avoid this and prevent losing even more Senators. Loss of 22 Senators, supporting Dick Cheney would be disastrous to the Republicans, in 2008, with a Democratic president, Democratic House of Representatives and Democratic Senate.
The founding fathers pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor, with a firm reliance on divine providence, to establish this republic. It is time for the House of Representatives take an effective stand against the culture of corruption, in the Bush administration, by passing Articles of Impeachment.
Please contact your Congressional Representative today and ask them cosponsor Articles of Impeachment Of Vice President Richard Cheney. Also, please sign an impeachment petition and display an Impeachment bumper sticker or yard sign. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/petition
Oh phuleeese! You are so far off the mark that I won't even waste my time with a long response.
You make statements that are false or can be proven. How do you know what the President and VP know. Do you have top secret access.
There are enough real problem to take on. I sugest you get off the wacky train. Nobody is going to be impeached.
Ooooh... I can't WAIT to rip this one apart when I have some time. ;)
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