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A call to your representative's office would be helpful now, tomorrow (Tuesday morning) at the latest. A call to friends in other states would be useful. What can we do to make a better world? For starters, we can insist that we believe in a better world and want our leaders to be effective citizens of that better world.

Kucinich Will Impeach Cheney

Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced H.Res. 333 in April to impeach Vice President Cheney for his pre-war lies about Iraq and for threatening an invasion of Iran. And thanks to your heroic grassroots efforts, there are 21 co-sponsors.

Speaker Pelosi blocked Judiciary Committee hearings on the bill, but Rep. Kucinich will force a floor vote on Tuesday using his right of personal privilege.

Kucinich's courageous act will put members of the House on record. Are they going to fulfill their oath of office to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic"? Or will they support a Vice President whose lies about Iraq cost the lives of nearly 4,000 Americans and possibly $2.4 trillion in our tax dollars - and whose lies about Iran threaten to start World War III?

Call your Representative (not Senators) and tell him to support Kucinich's resolution to impeach Dick Cheney, H.Res. 333 (Dave Obey's phone # is 2-2-225-3365) More actions to support Kucinich's impeachment resolution:
http://impeachcheney.org

Kucinich explains this week's vote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGUOOQCpU

Brave New Films Video about Cheney's impeachable offenses:
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4987-impeach-dick-cheney

Citizens Complaint and Disclosure Alleging Violations of the U.S. Criminal Code by Vice President Richard B. Cheney

There is reason to believe that Vice President Richard B. Cheney, may be guilty and therefore should be charged with the following crimes which are violations of U.S. code numbers: §1001(2)…false statements…, §2340A(c)conspiracy to commit torture, §2383 insurrection against U.S. authority or the laws thereof, §1901 carrying on trade and business in the funds of the U.S., §208(a)acts affecting personal financial interest which have affected the integrity of his office, §203(a)(1) …accepted compensation…, §1341. Frauds and swindles,§225 continuing a financial crimes enterprise.

Facts:

§225 continuing a financial crimes enterprise, §1341. Frauds and swindles.

The Following statements, which include sources, make it clear that it is reasonable for an average American, who may be called as a jurist in the criminal trial of V.P. Richard Cheney, to believe that Halliburton should be defined as an ongoing criminal enterprise within US Code, TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 11, § 225, Continuing financial crimes enterprise:

One U.S. Congressman accused the company "of undermining American foreign policy to the full extent allowed by law." The good Congressman did not mention that Halliburton and subsidiaries paid billions in fines and civil penalties to avoid criminal charges. Halliburton has broken laws and been allowed to pay its way out in what amounts to nothing less than bribery. Halliburton has continually traded with nations, which our government tells us are our enemies. Halliburton has been accused of international human rights violations, but the US ‘officials’ refuse to be subjected to the authority of any world court proceedings. Halliburton's overseas operations included controversial projects in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Nigeria. Source: Kenny Bruno & Jim Vallette, http://sheeple.net/Cheney.htm, websites which contains a list of their sources, http://www.earthrights.org/

§1001(2)…false statements…, §208(a)acts affecting personal financial interest which have affected the integrity of his office, §203(a)(1) …accepted compensation…

CLAIM: “But what I'll have to do, assuming we're successful [in the election], is divest myself, that is, sell any remaining shares that I have in the company.”
– Dick Cheney, 7/30/00

FACT: A congressional report found that Cheney still owns “more than 433,000 Halliburton stock options,” including “100,000 shares at $54.50 per share, 33,333 shares at $28.125 and 300,000 shares at $39.50 per share.” – CNN, 9/25/03

CLAIM: “I severed my ties with Halliburton when I became a candidate for Vice President in August of 2000.” – Dick Cheney, 1/22/04

FACT: Along with the 433,000 stock options, “ Cheney still receives about $150,000 a year” from Halliburton. – CNN, 10/25/03
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=23898

§2340A(c)conspiracy to commit torture, §2383 insurrection against U.S. authority or the laws thereof

November 04, 2005, Cheney's Office Implicated in Torture of Prisoners:
Vice President Dick Cheney's office was responsible for issuing the directives which led to U.S. soldiers to abuse prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a NPR interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson says he traced a trail of memos authorizing the questionable practices through Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's office directly to Cheney's vice presidential staff.

Wilkerson paraphrased the directions given to U.S. soldiers: "We're not getting enough good intelligence and you need to get that evidence, and, oh, by the way, here's some ways you probably can get it. And even some of the ways that they detailed were not in accordance with the spirit of the Geneva Conventions and the law of war."

Source: Posted on Mon, Oct. 31, 2005, Cheney's new security adviser linked to bogus information on Iraq, By Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel, Knight Ridder Newspapers:

Conclusion

Article VI Clause II is the constitutional decree being the basis of this complaint, the authority of the laws themselves is supreme, greater than the authority of individual office holders. In a nation rich with democratic principle, based on constitutionality, no one is above the law, not even members of the President’s Administration, the Vice President, or even the president himself. This has been proven in cases such as: Clinton v. Jones 520 U.S. 681 (1997), and United States v. Nixon 418 U.S. 683 (1974).

Considering the facts and information supplied above, I_________________________ a Citizen of the United States of America, expect one or all of the several justice agents and/or law enforcement agents to bring an indictment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney containing as many of the code violations indicated above as they see fit.

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