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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/8/103121/9138 by leveymg Thu Sep 8th, 2005 at 07:31:21 PDT
Since taking power in January 2001, George W. Bush and his top aides have committed at least 10,000 counts of negligent homicide and related major felonies.
The counts are as follows:
Negligent Homicide -
3000 counts - 9/11/01 - Presidential malfeasance and unreasonable risks taken by Bush when he refused to order the round up of foreign terrorist cells known to be at large inside the U.S. planning mass casualty attacks with hijacked aircraft. Subsequent perjury and obstruction of justice.
1900 counts - Iraq War (March 2003-present) - Reckless endangerment of US forces committed to an illegal war under false pretenses. This set of crimes also involved lying to Congress, violation of the Espionage Act and unlawfully divulging the identities of intelligence officers, along with violation of the Hague Convention and Convention Against Torture in order to pursue an illegal, aggressive war.
5000 + counts (est.) - Hurricane Katrina (August 28, 2005 to date) - Negligent oversite of federal emergency response measures to a Category 4 storm that hit an urban area known to be at high risk of massive casualties. Withholding aid to state and local authorities as a means of blackmailing them to turn over control of the City of New Orleans to FEMA.
State and local district attorneys nationwide could convene grand jury proceedings to prosecute some or all of these offenses.
Copyright 2005, Mark G. Levey
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