Dear President Obama And Attorney General Holder

Dear President Obama And Attorney General Holder

"We The People" of the United States Of America urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify torture, and other former top officials of the Bush Administration.

Our laws, and treaties that under Article VI of our Constitution are the supreme law of the land, require the prosecution of crimes that strong evidence suggests these individuals have committed. Both the former president and the former vice president have confessed to authorizing a torture procedure that is illegal under our law and treaty obligations. The former president has confessed to violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

We see no need for these prosecutions to be extraordinarily lengthy or costly, and no need to wait for the recommendations of a panel or "truth" commission when substantial evidence of the crimes is already in the public domain. We believe the most effective investigation can be conducted by a prosecutor, and we believe such an investigation should begin immediately.

For eight years the Bush administration has engaged in stalling and stone walling any attempt at any form of investigation of their crimes. Their tactics included very questionable signing statements, ignoring Congressional subpoenas to testify, citing Executive Privilege claims in an attempt to cover up their own law breaking.... For eight years there has been an Obstruction Of Justice and a cover up in getting at the truth. The Obama administration and our nations new Attorney General Eric Holder can either take the necessary steps to finally get at the truth that the American people have been entitled to all along, or it can join in the continued Obstruction Of Justice and cover up by continuing in the turning away from the Bush administration and its crimes and law breaking.

Why President Obama would want the stain of the Bush legacy to become a stain on his own legacy, is beyond me. The Obama legacy began being written on Jan.20, 2009. If team Obama decides to join in the cover up, history will record them as more part of the problem, than solution. I urge President Obama and AG Holder to do the right and necessary thing and proceed with REAL investigations and prosecutions if crimes and law breaking have been committed. This is not a left-right thing. This is clearly a right-wrong thing. These possible crimes are very serious. It's time for REAL Change. A continued cover up is NOT "Change We Can Believe In", but rather more of the same.

Jeff Morris-Saugerties, N.Y.- DeJaVu57

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