Monday, May 18, 2009
A journey of a thousand prosecutions
Begins with a dozen complaints to the relevant bar associations.
Complaints were filed against 12 individuals, including former attorneys general John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales and Michael Mukasey and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, said a member of the groups. The complaints filed with bar associations in the District of Columbia and four states — New York, California, Texas and Pennsylvania — say their licenses should be revoked for "moral turpitude."In addition to the Foul Four listed above, the complaints also cover the following
"These lawyers misused their license to practice law to provide legal cover for the war crime of torture," said Kevin Zeese, executive director of VotersForPeace.US and a board member with VelvetRevolution.US, the two groups leading the effort.
John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Stephen Bradbury, who worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal CounselNot exactly stripping them and striping them with a Cat O' Nine Tails, but a good start.
_ Ex-Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith
_ Former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington
_ Pentagon lawyer William Haynes
_ Former deputy White House counsel Timothy Flanigan
_ and Alice Fisher, former director of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
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