{"id":5391,"date":"2008-06-10T13:36:03","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:11","slug":"56-members-of-congress-petition-ag-mukasey-to-investigate-bush-administration-for-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/56-members-of-congress-petition-ag-mukasey-to-investigate-bush-administration-for-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"56 Members of Congress Petition A.G. Mukasey To Investigate Bush Administration For War Crimes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Old English Text MT; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: center; font-size: 20pt\">Congress of the United States<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Old English Text MT; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: center; font-size: 16pt\">Washington, D.C. 20515<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">June 6, 2008<\/div>\n<p>The Honorable Michael Mukasey<br \/>\nAttorney General of the United States<br \/>\nU.S. Department of Justice<br \/>\n950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW<br \/>\nWashington, DC   20530<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. Attorney General:<\/p>\n<p>We are writing to request that you appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the Bush Administration&#8217;s policies regarding the Interrogation of detainees have violated federal criminal laws.  There is mounting evidence that the Bush Administration has sanctioned enhanced interrogation techniques against detainees under the control of the United States that warrant an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Congress is already aware of the pattern of abuse against detainees under the control of the United States and the Bush Administration.  In 2004, prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib prison were subjected to abuse, sexual exploitation, and torture.  At the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility prisoners have been held indefinitely, subjected to sleep deprivation, and drugged against their will.  An independent investigation by the International Committee of the Red Cross documented several instances of acts of torture against detainees, including soaking a prisoner&#8217;s hand in alcohol and lighting it on fire, subjecting a prisoner to sexual abuse, and forcing a prisoner to eat a baseball.  In October 2005, the New York Times reported that three detainees were killed during interrogations in Afghanistan and Iraq by CIA agents or CIA contractors.<\/p>\n<p>We believe that these events alone warrant action, but within the last month additional information has surfaced that suggests the fact that not only did top Administration officials meet in the White House and approve the use of enhanced techniques including waterboarding against detainees, but that President Bush was aware of, and approved of the meetings taking place.  This information indicates that the Bush Administration may have systematically implemented, from the top down, detainee interrogation policies that constitute torture or otherwise violate the law.  We believe that these serious and significant revelations warrant an immediate investigation to determine whether actions taken by the President, his Cabinet, and other Administration officials are in violation of the War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 2441), the Anti-Torture Act (18 U.S.C. 2340-2340A), and other U.S. and international laws.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the seriousness of the evidence, the Justice Department has brought prosecution against only one civilian for an interrogation-related crime.  Given that record, we believe that it is necessary to appoint a special counsel to insure that a thorough and impartial investigation occurs, and that the prosecution of anyone who violated federal criminal statutes prohibiting torture and abuse is pursued if warranted by the facts.<\/p>\n<p>Again, we strongly urge you to act in a timely manner to appoint a special counsel.  We look forward to hearing from you in response to our request.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Jan Schakowsky, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJohn Conyers, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee<br \/>\nJerrold Nadler, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties<br \/>\nBarney Frank, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJim Oberstar, Member of Congress<br \/>\nSheila Jackson Lee, Member of Congress<br \/>\nCarol Maloney, Member of Congress<br \/>\nPeter DeFazio, Member of Congress<br \/>\nEd Markey, Member of Congress<br \/>\nMaurice Hinchey, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJim McGovern, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLynn Woolsey, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJim McDermott, Member of Congress<br \/>\nBob Filner, Member of Congress<br \/>\nTammy Baldwin, Member of Congress<br \/>\nKeith Ellison, Member of Congress<br \/>\nSteve Cohen, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJohn Olver, Member of Congress<br \/>\nBetty McCollum, Member of Congress<br \/>\nSam Farr, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJim Moran, Member of Congress<br \/>\nBetty Sutton, Member of Congress<br \/>\nBobby Scott, Member of Congress<br \/>\nDennis Kucinich, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLois Capps, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJoe Serrano, Member of Congress<br \/>\nWilliam Jefferson, Member of Congress<br \/>\nMichael Capuano, Member of Congress<br \/>\nPete Stark, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLucille Roybal-Allard, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJohn Tierney, Member of Congress<br \/>\nGeorge Miller, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLuis Gutierrez, Member of Congress<br \/>\nSteven Rothman, Member of Congress<br \/>\nRush Holt, Member of Congress<br \/>\nDavid Wu, Member of Congress<br \/>\nPaul Hodes, Member of Congress<br \/>\nAndre Carson, Member of Congress<br \/>\nRobert Wexler, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLloyd Doggett, Member of Congress<br \/>\nDiana DeGette, Member of Congress<br \/>\nRaul Grijalva, Member of Congress<br \/>\nJohn Larson, Member of Congress<br \/>\nRick Boucher, Member of Congress<br \/>\nHilda Solis, Member of Congress<br \/>\nLinda Sanchez, Member of Congress<br \/>\nDanny Davis, Member of Congress<br \/>\nRosa DeLauro, Member of Congress<br \/>\nMichael Honda, Member of Congress<br \/>\nEleanor Holmes Norton, Member of Congress<br \/>\nPeter Welch, Member of Congress<br \/>\nTim Ryan, Member of Congress<br \/>\nBarbara Lee, Member of Congress<br \/>\nZoe Lofgren, Member of Congress<br \/>\nChaka Fattah, Member of Congress<br \/>\nDavid Price, Member of Congress<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px\" \/>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; text-align: justify\">(Source)Any typographical errors are mine.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8211; Marshalldoc<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress of the United States Washington, D.C. 20515 June 6, 2008 The Honorable Michael Mukasey Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Attorney General: We are writing to request that you appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the Bush Administration&#8217;s policies regarding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bush_era","category-ifp-news","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>56 Members of Congress Petition A.G. 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