Former Prosecutor Imagines Bush's Judgment Day

[kpete]

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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MUCH more at:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1128-02.htm

[stellanoir]

1. Would someone with piles of cash pullease purchase a

slew of copies of this book and send them to every pundit, plutocrat, politician, and the entire SCOTUS. . .?

Maybe it'll remind them of a long lost little thing called "the rule of law."

more here. . .

http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875

That's all I want for Christmas. . .okay?

Thanks.

K&R'd