Take Action! Urge Eric Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecutor

Submitted by Anna on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 14:24

UPDATE: Republican senators and witnesses back prosecution .

UPDATE: The count has far surpassed 142 now .

142 Organizations Agree With Leading Senators and Congress Members: The Crimes of Bush, Cheney, and Other Top Officials Must Be Prosecuted

Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials

We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify torture, and other former top officials of the Bush Administration.

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