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Members Named to Bush War Crimes Prosecution Steering Committee

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Members Named to Bush War Crimes Prosecution Steering Committee by master_jim2008

An august body comprised of some of the best legal minds in America and the world has been struck to bring George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and other members of the current US Administration to justice for a variety of war crimes they committed over the last eight years. To see the full list of committee members go to the link below.

Massachusetts law school Dean Lawrence Velvel will chair a Steering Committee to pursue the prosecution for war crimes of President Bush and culpable high-ranking aides after they leave office Jan. 20th.

The Steering Committee was organized following a conference of leading legal authorities and scholars from the U.S. and abroad convened by Velvel on Sept. 13-14 in Andover, Mass., titled "The Justice Robert Jackson Conference On Planning For The Prosecution of High Level American War Criminals."

"If Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and others are not prosecuted," Velvel said, "the future could be threatened by additional examples of Executive lawlessness by leaders who need fear no personal consequences for their actions, including more illegal wars such as Iraq."

Besides Velvel, members of the Steering Committee include: