Taking a Stand Against War Crimes: Call for a Special Prosecutor and Impeachment of Bybee

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The United States must investigate officials in the Bush administration who tortured detainees for possible war crimes prosecution. This is our responsibility under federal and international law, and it is not one we can shirk without seriously damaging our moral standing. I am extremely disappointed with President Obama's reluctance to enforce the law on this matter, and as I said recently, it is time to turn up the pressure.

I would like to thank some of my favorite bloggers and other news sources for their continued calls for a special prosecutor. Here are some posts and articles I'd like to highlight:

• Take Action: Tell Obama to Prosecute Bush's Torturers (Daylight Atheism)
• How Torture Became Administration Policy During Bush's Second Term (The Public Record)
• Obama to release OLC torture memos; promises no prosecutions for CIA officials (Salon.com)
  
• Spain Opens Criminal Probe of Bush Torture Program (Library Grape)
• Don't let the enablers of torture get away with it! (Pharyngula)
• The Torturers' Manifesto (NY Times)
• TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Hold Impeachment Hearings Against Judge Jay Bybee (Think Progress)
  

If you have written anything recently on the importance of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes, please send me the link. I'll add it here or use it in an upcoming post.

I am compiling a list of resources to assist American citizens in demanding that the Obama administration appoint a special prosecutor to investigate war crimes by the Bush administration. Here is what I have found so far:

• Democrats.com petition
• ACLU petition
• Amnesty International petition
  
• Firedoglake petition
• Tell the California Democratic Party to Support the Resolution to Impeach Jay Bybee
  

I am signing all of them and encourage my readers to do the same. Again, if you come across any I've missed, please let me know so I can add them.

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Taking a Stand Against War Crimes: Call for a Special Prosecutor and Impeachment of Bybee