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Posted by: zanshin,
2008-06-10 02:14 |
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Impeach George Bush – Article 14
George W. Bush should be impeached for:
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.
Background and Context
George W. Bush should be impeached for:
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.
This Argument is primarily based on "Impeach George W. Bush Resolution" by Dennis J. Kucinich, 2008-06-09 (link)
Evaluation of this Open-Ended Issue
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Argument Tree
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Impeach George Bush – Article 14 -updated 2008-08-29
President Bush tried to prevent Congress and the citizens of the United States from discovering the deceitful nature of the President's claimed justifications for the invasion of Iraq
>>President Bush (& co.) suppressed material information regarding the alleged threat from Iraq
>>President Bush (& co.) facilitated the exposure of the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson who had theretofore been employed as a covert CIA operative
>>President Bush (& co.) selectively declassified information for the improper purposes of retaliating against a whistleblower and presenting a misleading picture of the alleged threat from Iraq
>>President Bush (& co.) facilitated the cover-up of the 'Valerie Plame Wilson' case
>>Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary, was specifically directed by Andy Card to 'vouch' for Scooter Libby after the investigation about the Valerie Plame CIA leak had begun.
-- Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary, in his book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
>>"The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility that he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House. There was one problem. It was not true. I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself."
-- Scott McClelland
>>President Bush (& co.) failed to investigate the improper leaks of classified information from within his administration, regarding Valerie Plame Wilson
>>President Bush (& co.) failed to cooperate with an investigation into possible federal violations resulting from leaks of classified information regarding Valerie Plame Wilson
>>President Bush (& co.) entirely undermined the prosecution by commuting the sentence of Lewis Libby citing false and insubstantial grounds
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