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Here we go again. Bush added a signing statement to The Patriot Act stating that he did not have to saying that he did not have to inform that he inform Congress on how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.
In case you're keeping score here are Bush's other impeachable offenses.
1. Iraq Invasion:
a. By violating the UN charter Bush violated Article VI of the Constitution that states treaties are "the supreme law of the land."
b. Bush duped the American people into going to war in Iraq. See the Downing Street Memo for more info. When you fix or ignore the intelligence you are committing a fraud against for the government and the people.
for Further reading - The Case For Impeachment - Harpers Magazine March 06
2. Illegal detention in the US and oversees.
a. 1,200 rounded up during Ashcroft raids - held for months w/out charge.
b. Mass detentions in Guantanamo, Iraq & Afghanistan
c. US citizens denied due process
3. Torture scandal
a. Bush & friends repeatedly violates international treaties by torturing and in some cases killing detainees in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and elsewhere. The Pentagon confirms that 34 prisoners in US custody have been killed.
b. rendition - outsourcing torture to other countries
c. Bush declares Taliban and Al Qaeda exempt from Geneva Conventions
4. NSA warrantless wiretapping : Bush violates FISA law and the rights of thousands of US citizens
Bush thinks he can just make the laws up as he goes. He acts like he's a despot, and continually gets away with disgracing the office of the presidency and ignoring our constitution.
Here's the latest:
In case you're keeping score here are Bush's other impeachable offenses.
1. Iraq Invasion:
a. By violating the UN charter Bush violated Article VI of the Constitution that states treaties are "the supreme law of the land."
b. Bush duped the American people into going to war in Iraq. See the Downing Street Memo for more info. When you fix or ignore the intelligence you are committing a fraud against for the government and the people.
for Further reading - The Case For Impeachment - Harpers Magazine March 06
2. Illegal detention in the US and oversees.
a. 1,200 rounded up during Ashcroft raids - held for months w/out charge.
b. Mass detentions in Guantanamo, Iraq & Afghanistan
c. US citizens denied due process
3. Torture scandal
a. Bush & friends repeatedly violates international treaties by torturing and in some cases killing detainees in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and elsewhere. The Pentagon confirms that 34 prisoners in US custody have been killed.
b. rendition - outsourcing torture to other countries
c. Bush declares Taliban and Al Qaeda exempt from Geneva Conventions
4. NSA warrantless wiretapping : Bush violates FISA law and the rights of thousands of US citizens
Bush thinks he can just make the laws up as he goes. He acts like he's a despot, and continually gets away with disgracing the office of the presidency and ignoring our constitution.
Here's the latest:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement
In addendum to law, he says oversight rules are not binding
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | March 24, 2006
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.
The bill contained several oversight provisions intended to make sure the FBI did not abuse the special terrorism-related powers to search homes and secretly seize papers. The provisions require Justice Department officials to keep closer track of how often the FBI uses the new powers and in what type of situations. Under the law, the administration would have to provide the information to Congress by certain dates.
Bush signed the bill with fanfare at a White House ceremony March 9, calling it ''a piece of legislation that's vital to win the war on terror and to protect the American people." But after the reporters and guests had left, the White House quietly issued a ''signing statement," an official document in which a president lays out his interpretation of a new law.