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Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:04 AM Aug 2013

DOJ Wants Bush, Senior Cabinet Members Exempt From Iraq War Trial...



The United States Department of Justice has requested that former President George W. Bush and the highest figures in his administration receive full exemption from being tried for the Iraq War, which the DOJ says was in line with international law.

Apart from Bush, the names listed in the paper the DOJ filed on Tuesday are former Vice President Richard Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, retired four-star General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice and former Deputy Secretary of Defense and President of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz.

Sundus Saleh, an Iraqi single mother of three who became a refugee, filed a complaint in March in the San Francisco federal court, claiming that the war in her country can be judged as a 'crime of aggression', according to the same legal standards that the Nuremberg Tribunal used for convicting Nazi war criminals of World War II. Saleh is the lead plaintiff in this class action lawsuit.

The reason for the decision is connected with the ‘Westfall Act’ certification. The 1988 law gives the Attorney General the power to personally decide whether the United States is actually a defendant in the case. This in turn allows the granting of absolute immunity to politicians for actions carried out while in the government’s employ...

Source - RT - http://rt.com/usa/bush-amnesty-iraq-war-847
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DOJ Wants Bush, Senior Cabinet Members Exempt From Iraq War Trial... (Original Post) Indi Guy Aug 2013 OP
Also from the article... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #1
I can't believe they are still pushing for immunity now that we now know that they were liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #2
Justice seems to be a rare commodity... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #12
Maybe Syria is the reason for the push for this PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #4
Speaking of haters jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #5
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Did you vote for him? BainsBane Aug 2013 #8
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I was not clear jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #10
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Indeed... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #15
Welcome to DU, Victor! burnodo Aug 2013 #6
NO. They were running the fucking show, they should be liable for the consequences. winter is coming Aug 2013 #13
No, no one should be above the law... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #16
And Eric Holder had the moxie to call us a Nation of Cowards Supersedeas Aug 2013 #14

Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
1. Also from the article...
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:11 AM
Aug 2013

"The lawsuit filed by Saleh says that Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz orchestrated the Iraq War in 1998 as part of their involvement with the ‘Project for the New American Century’, a Washington DC-based non-profit organization that pushed for the overthrow of Iraq’s former leader, Saddam Hussein."

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
2. I can't believe they are still pushing for immunity now that we now know that they were
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:13 AM
Aug 2013

conspiring to go to war with Iraq before they even had an argument for going. Just disgusting. There is no justice.

Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
12. Justice seems to be a rare commodity...
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:59 AM
Aug 2013

...where it comes to the previous admin. At this point, I would settle for just a modicum of accountability for these reckless and lawless yahoos.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
3. Maybe Syria is the reason for the push for this
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:17 AM
Aug 2013

If Obama chooses to attack Syria without UN approval, it would be the exact same thing */Cheney did in Iraq.

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jollyreaper2112

(1,941 posts)
5. Speaking of haters
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:37 AM
Aug 2013

Someone alerted your post. I voted to keep it. Hopefully the rest of the jury is as civil.

This fan club shit really gets old. He's not my president right or wrong, he's only my president when he's righting wrongs. If he's not doing that, lets find someone who will.

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jollyreaper2112

(1,941 posts)
10. I was not clear
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 07:32 AM
Aug 2013

Haters not directed at you but the person who alerted on you for not liking what you had to say.

I voted for Nader in 2000 and deeply regret it. Kerry in 04 and Obama twice. Obama is making me feel the only difference between him and McCain is we'd have a Palin yeehaw to go along with the NSA spying. We would still get Wall Street vampires appointed to top spots in the government. There would still be no prosecution of business criminals. Probably a few more gaffes at foreign dinners.

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Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
15. Indeed...
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 02:42 PM
Aug 2013

...corruption transcends short term politics. Institutions outlive mere personalities on the stage.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
13. NO. They were running the fucking show, they should be liable for the consequences.
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 12:03 PM
Aug 2013
No one in this country should be above the law.

Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
16. No, no one should be above the law...
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:50 AM
Aug 2013

...but there hasn't been any real accountability in DC for many years. As long as graft & bribery rule the day -- we will be governed by corruption & hypocrisy.

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