History in the making - Kucinich presents 35 Articles of Impeachment

AP posted a short blurb about Kucinuch’s call for impeachment, but the big propaganda outlets declined to carry it, such as CNN and MSNBC. (CBS News online carried it, to its credit.) Reuters mentioned it, so it’s big news in Europe.

1. Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq.

2. Falsely, systematically, and with criminal intent conflating the attacks of 9-11 with misrepresentation of Iraq as a security threat as part of fraudulent justification for a war of aggression.

3. Misleading the American people and Congress to believe Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, in order to manufacture a false case for war.

4. Misleading the American people and Congress to believe Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.

5. Illegally misspending funds to secretly begin a war of aggression.

6. Invading Iraq in violation of the requirements of HJRes 114 (which says the President must prove the military force is necessary.)

7. Invading Iraq without a declaration of war. (The Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 --the “War Powers” Clause—says Congress alone has the power to decide whether or not to send the nation into war.)

8. Invading Iraq, a sovereign nation, in violation of the UN charter. (Chapter 7, Article 51 says, “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.”) There was no armed attack upon the United States by Iraq, and the UN Security Council did not vote to approve the use of force against Iraq.

9. Failing to provide troops with body armor and vehicle armor

10. Falsifying accounts of U.S. troop deaths and injuries for political purposes

11. Establishing of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq

12. Initiating a war against Iraq for control of Iraq’s natural resources

13. Creating a secret task force to develop energy and military policies with respect to Iraq and other countries

14. Misprision of a felony, misuse and exposure of classified information and obstruction of justice in the matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, clandestine agent of the central intelligence agency

15. Providing immunity from prosecution for criminal contractors in Iraq

16. Reckless misspending and waste of U.S. tax dollars in connection with Iraq and us contractor

17. Illegal detention: detaining indefinitely and without charge persons both U.S. citizens and foreign captives

18. Secretly authorizing, and encouraging the use of torture against captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places, as a matter of official policy

19. Rendition: kidnapping people and taking them against their will to "black sites" located in other nations, including nations known to practice torture

20. Imprisoning children

21. Misleading congress and the American people about threats from Iran, and supporting terrorist organizations within Iran, with the goal of overthrowing the Iranian government

22. Creating secret laws

23. Violation of the Posse Comitatus act
24. Spying on American citizens, without a court-ordered warrant, in violation of the law and the fourth amendment

25. Directing telecommunications companies to create an illegal and unconstitutional database of the private telephone numbers and emails of American citizens

26. Announcing the intent to violate laws with signing statements

27. Failing to comply with congressional subpoenas and instructing former employees not to comply

28. Tampering with free and fair elections, corruption of the administration of justice

29. Conspiracy to violate the voting rights act of 1965

30. Misleading congress and the American people in an attempt to destroy Medicare

31. Failure to plan for the predicted disaster of Hurricane Katrina, failure to respond to a civil emergency

32. Misleading congress and the American people, systematically undermining efforts to address global climate change

33. Repeatedly ignored and failed to respond to high level intelligence warnings of planned terrorist attacks in the us, prior to 911.

34. Obstruction of the investigation into the attacks of September 11, 2001

35. Endangering the health of 911 first responders

Kucininch must be facing a tough re-election battle in Cleveland, so he's opting to show some spine and impress gullible voters.

Maybe he'll sic the DHS on his opponent, like he did in his primary battle.

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/01/kucinich_asks_feds_to_investig...

the ones who need to be slung from tight ropes by their necks are his handlers. Bush is a popinjay, and a defunct one at that. I want to see Chertoff, the Roths, and some of these other garbage pail kids dangling from nooses.

Pelosi and most everyone else was gone by the time Kucinich finished.  The guy holding the gavel read the rules regarding articles introduced by members other than the speaker or majority leader(?)  I think Pelosi has two days to "notice" the articles or they will go away. 

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"Stop judging by appearances, but judge justly."

This is a well calculated political move.  The timing of this move is to displace Hillary Clinton from the ticket.  Impeachment not is likely but this move could give ole crafty K a much needed boost..