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PRESS ADVISORY; URGENT January 9, 2006
From: International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration
TRIBUNAL INDICTS BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR CRIMES
AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
INDICTMENTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON TUESDAY JAN. 10th
When: 1:30 p.m. January 10, 2006††††††††† Where:
The White House, Walk-in Gate, across from Lafayette Park
www.bushcommission.org
Contact: Connie Julian 917-449-9064, or Janet Yip 212-941-8086, or e-mail: commission@nion.us
An unprecedented series of indictments alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity, in five separate areas,
on moral, political, and legal grounds, will be delivered by a citizensí tribunal to President Bush at the front gate of the
White House this Tuesday, January 10th.
Named in the indictments are:
President of the United States George W. Bush, Vice President
Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, U.S.
Army Major General Geoffrey Miller, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, et al.
The indictments will be delivered to the White House by:
Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern, authors William Blum and Larry Everest, Code Pink,
Mike Hersh (Progressive Democrats of America/After Downing Street), Kevin Zeese (Director, Democracy Rising;
candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland), Travis Morales (World Canít Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime) and others TBA.
A press conference will follow delivery of indictments, which will also be delivered to the Department of Justice.
The indictments result from preparatory work and testimony presented in New York City in October 2005, before
the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration which featured former
UN envoy to Iraq Denis Halliday, Guantanamo prisonersí lawyer Michael Ratner, and former State Department officer
Ann Wright. The Commission's second tribunal will be held at Riverside Church and the Columbia University Law School
in New York, January 20-22. Witnesses will include Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former British ambassador Craig Murray,
and former arms inspector Scott Ritter, among many more. The indictments allege war crimes and crimes against humanity
authorized by the Bush Administration in relation to:
1) Wars of Aggression, particular reference to Iraq and
Afghanistan;
2) Torture and Indefinite Detention;
3) Destruction of the Global Environment, particular
reference to distortion of science and obstruction of international efforts to stem global warming;
4) Attacks on Global
Public Health and Reproductive Rights, particular reference to the potentially genocidal effects of enforcing abstinence
only, global gag rule, distortion of science, and restriction of generic drugs; and
5) Failure of Bush administration,
despite foreknowledge, to protect life during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Appended to these indictments will be the demand for investigation of the war crimes of Tony Blair and
George Bush submitted by prominent British citizens to the UN Secretary General and the UK Attorney General.
The commission was organized by the Not in Our Name Statement of Conscience and is endorsed by: Center
for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, After Downing Street.org and others, including Former Sen. James
Abourezk, former British MP Tony Benn, authors Gore Vidal and Howard Zinn, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
and actor Edward Asner.
Charter, full indictments, standards for judgment, and audio and video coverage of the
first session: http://www.bushcommission.org
 International Commission of Inquiry
on
Crimes Against Humanity
Committed by the Bush Administration
305 West Broadway, #199, NY, NY 10013 212-941-8086
www.bushcommission.org
January 10, 2006
Mr. Alberto R. Gonzales
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC
Dear Sir:
Attached herewith are indictments returned by the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed
by the Bush Administration of the United States. Named in the indictments are President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard
Cheney, and a number of members of the Executive Branch of government and the Armed Forces.
Additionally attached are the Charter of the Commission and its Standards for Judgment. For your information we have also
attached the letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan from an important list of British signers alleging similar violations
of international law.
The Commission will sit in New York on January 20-22 to hear testimony regarding the charges detailed in these indictments.
The hearings will be held at The Riverside Church and the Columbia University Law School. Further details are available on
the Commission web site www.bushcommission.org.
As set forth in the Commission’s Charter, you are invited to submit evidence in exculpation or mitigation by contacting
the Commission prior to the January 20-22 hearings.
Sincerely yours,
Janet Yip
Secretary to the Commission
International Commission of Inquiry
on
Crimes Against Humanity
Committed by the Bush Administration
305 West Broadway, #199, NY, NY 10013 212-941-8086
www.bushcommission.org
January 10, 2006
Ms. Harriet Miers
Counsel to the President
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear Madam:
Attached herewith are indictments returned by the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed
by the Bush Administration of the United States. Named in the indictments are President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard
Cheney, and a number of members of the Executive Branch of government and the Armed Forces.
Additionally attached are the Charter of the Commission and its Standards for Judgment. For your information we have also
attached the letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan from an important list of British signers alleging similar violations
of international law.
The Commission will sit in New York on January 20-22 to hear testimony regarding the charges detailed in these indictments.
The hearings will be held at The Riverside Church and the Columbia University Law School. Further details are available on
the Commission web site www.bushcommission.org.
As set forth in the Commission’s Charter, you are invited to submit evidence in exculpation or mitigation by contacting
the Commission prior to the January 20-22 hearings.
Sincerely yours,
Janet Yip
Secretary to the Commission
Source:
http://www.bushcommission.org/downloads.htm
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