Conspiracy Indictment
From The Modern Tribune (in part)*

President George W. Bush deliberately and consciously conspired to commit high crimes or misdemeanors while acting as the President of the United States and submit that there is substantial and credible evidence that starting September 11, 2000, and for sometime prior thereto, George W. Bush and members of his administration commenced a plan, scheme and design to start an illegal war on Iraq as part of a strategy to dominant the Middle East and the resources thereof.  Subsequent thereto, George W. Bush, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to justify and cause an illegal war with Iraq and commit war crimes in furtherance of the plan with full knowledge that his actions were not permitted by United States or international law.

WHEREAS, President Bush consciously and deliberately conspired to exceed his constitutional authority to wage war, to ignore the supreme law of the land and the rule of law and in furtherance of such plan:

  1. Consciously, deliberately and with premeditation violated the House Joint Resolution Authorizing Use of Force Against Iraq, October 10, 2002, which was made specifically subject to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, by planning and waging aggressive wars and by going to war in Iraq without evidence, finding or reasonable basis for believing that there was clear evidence that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States; that there was a national emergency caused by Iraq; or that there were hostilities with or within Iraq sufficient to justify war;
  2. Consciously, deliberately and with premeditation conducted a propaganda campaign to falsely convince the American public that there was clear evidence that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States and that war on Iraq was necessary to preemptive self-defense of the United States knowing that the impressions being created were false and misleading and without adequate basis in fact or in law;
  3. Consciously, deliberately and with premeditation caused, condoned or ratified the presentation of false and misleading evidence to the United Nation Security Council;
  4. Consciously, deliberately and with premeditation concealed evidence and ignored reports that would have shown that the evidence presented to the United Nations was false, misleading and subject to interpretations other than for the purpose presented;
  5. Making false or misleading statements to the press and members of Congress about the certainty that Iraq had weapons WMD;
  6. Withholding relevant and material evidence or information about the certainty that Iraq had weapons WMD;
  7. Approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling members of the administration with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to the press and members of Congress about the certainty that Iraq had weapons WMD;
  8. Interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the 9/11 Commission and Congressional Committees;
  9. Making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.
  10. Consciously, deliberately and with premeditation has operated the Office of President with great secrecy, exerting executive privilege, denying the truth, and attacking the credibility and patriotism of opponents to war in Iraq in order to conceal an illegal an unlawful plan to dominant the Middle East and the resources thereof.

 * The Moderrn Tribune


It is a felony "to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose...”
It is a felony to issue knowingly and willfully false statements to the United States Congress.



Comment:

This charge hinges on whether or not the intelligence used to justify that attack on Iraq was known to be false when it was presented (there is no debate on the fact that it [weapons of mass destruction] has been subsequently proven false) and Bush, Cheney, and Rice continue to maintain that, at the time the decision to attack Iraq was being made the intelligence was believed to be true.  A number of people have reported that they [all] were told otherwise, repeatedly from different sources, and sufficient documentation has accumulated to raise serious doubts regarding the truthfulness of the Bush administration's assertions and the issue should be decided by a trial of the facts.

Of significance are letters sent to President William J. Clinton from the Project For A New American Century (PNAC - the preeminent Neoconservative think-tank) on Jan. 26, 19981 advising him of their assessment of the need for America to use all means at its disposal, specifically including military action, to effect regime change in Iraq and, subsequently, to then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and then-House Majority Leader Trent Lott on May 29, 19982 reiterating their arguments and recommendations and castigating President Clinton for failing to follow their recommendations.  Following the September 11th attacks PNAC sent President Bush a letter on Sept. 20, 2001 stating: 

"...but even if evidence does not link Iraq directly to the attack, any strategy aiming at the eradication of terrorism and its sponsors must include a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq."

It appears that the majority of President Bush's closest advisors believed that removing Saddam Hussein justified any means used; possibly including falsified "evidence" and spurious links to terrorism to hoodwink a shaken Congress and American public.

1. PNAS Letter to Clinton - 1998
2. PNAS Letter to Gigrich & Lott - 1998
3. PNAS Letter to Bush - 2001

Among the letter's signatories (and PNAC members) in the first Bush Administration were:



Comment:

It is inconceivable that this collection of individuals with their long-standing, unshakable, and public antipathy and commitment to removing Saddam Hussain from power, who were in critical policy formulating positions from the inception of the Bush administration, did not intend military action against him from the outset. 

The 9/11 attacks provided an excuse to conflate Islamic terrorism and Iraq. 

The conservation and withdrawal of American military assets from the Afghanistan campaign, to its detriment – although it was more germane to the "War On Terror" – for use in Iraq well before an invasion was publicly admitted as the administration's intent, also speaks to the likelihood a preexisting and ongoing conspiracy to invade Iraq from the beginning of the Bush presidency.

To read an interesting review of former U.S. Attorney Elizabeth de la Vega's book "U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al." (addressing this conspiracy) from Inter Press Service News Agency, Click here.

Listen to a 10' interview of Ms. de la Vega by Ms. Amy Goodman (on DemocracyNow.org's "War & Peace Report" - advance to minute 18:10) as an MP3 file or view the interview here.

Download and read a 3-part excerpt of "U.S. v. George W. Bush, et.al." in M.S. Word here.



View a 22-minute PBS “NOW” interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, USA (Ret), former Chief of Staff to Ex-Secretary of State Colin Powell, in which he describes how he and Powell were misled on pre-war Iraq intelligence:

"I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community, and the United Nations Security Council…”

Click here.

Review U.S. Government documents related to pre-war intelligence failures leading to the invasion of Iraq here.


And what has been the cost of this conspiracy?



Cost of the War in Iraq
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