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Ask Mukasey to Indict Bush and Cheney

Submitted by davidswanson on November 6, 2008 - 1:07pm.
1499 of 20000 people have signed this petition.
Background

The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) is planning a protest at the U.S. Justice Department on November 10th. Its members are willing to risk going to jail to urge the indictment of Bush and Cheney for war crimes. The rest of us can contact the Justice Department and urge Attorney General Mukasey to meet with NCNR.

In September organizers from NCNR sent a letter to Mukasey urging the indictment of Bush and Cheney and requesting a meeting to discuss the matter. Mukasey has not responded. Please sign this petition, which will send an email to Mukasey asking him to meet with NCNR.

Then mark November 10, 2008, on your calendar and plan to either phone the Department of Justice or join us at the protest there at noon. The phone numbers are 202-514-2000 and 202-353-1555. Stay involved in the campaign to convict Bush and Cheney.

Petition

I am writing on behalf of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), concerned citizens who tried to prevent the illegal invasion of Iraq. NCNR members would like to meet with you to discuss the indictment of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney for crimes including the fraudulent case for war, warrantless spying, torture, and denial of due process to prisoners.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, appointed by President Truman to be the Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunals following World War II, stated, "let me make clear that while this law is first applied against German aggressors, the law includes, and if it is to serve a useful purpose it must condemn aggression by any other nations, including those which sit here now in judgment."

There is a well-established law in our jurisprudence which places an affirmative duty on all of us to expose any treasonous or criminal act which comes to our attention. Failure to do so is defined as "misprision." As good citizens, we are writing to you out of duty, knowing that if felonies have been committed we are to inform a magistrate. Silently to observe the commission of a felony, without endeavoring to apprehend the offender, is a misprision.

Please schedule a meeting with NCNR at your earliest convenience.

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