Published on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 by the Inter Press Service
Former Prosecutor Imagines Bush's Judgment Day
by William Fisher
The scene is a U.S. federal grand jury room. There, impaneled ordinary citizens listen intently as a veteran federal prosecutor asks them to return an indictment unique in U.S. history.
The charge is conspiracy to defraud the United States. And the defendants are President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
On the first day of grand jury proceedings, the prosecutor addresses the jurors.
"Please remember that you must decide the case based solely on the evidence that's presented and applicable law, without regard to prejudice or sympathy. In other words, your politics, and any personal feelings you may have toward the defendants -- positive or negative -- should have no bearing on your deliberations." The prosecutor then passes out the indictment, reminding jurors, "don't forget your reading glasses..."
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