[Sosfbay-discuss] FW: SF911Truth: Rep. Baldwin Calls for Executive Branch Accountability to Reverse Illegal Actions and Prevent Further Abuses

[Brian Good]

Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 12:54:36 -0700
To: sf911truth at googlegroups.com
From: cbrouillet at igc.org
Subject: SF911Truth: Rep. Baldwin Calls for Executive Branch Accountability to Reverse Illegal Actions and Prevent Further Abuses





http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/baldwin2009  (I assume this
covers the crimes of 9/11...)


Rep. Baldwin Calls for Executive Branch Accountability to Reverse Illegal
Actions and Prevent Further AbusesCongresswoman Tammy Baldwin
has introduced the Executive Branch Accountability Act of 2009 (H.Res.
417), calling on President Obama to reverse the damaging and illegal
actions taken by the Bush/Cheney Administration and to collaborate with
Congress to proactively prevent any further abuses of executive branch
power.


“Over the past several years, serious questions have been raised about
the conduct of high ranking Bush/Cheney Administration officials in
relation to some of the most basic elements of our democracy: respect for
the rule of law, the principle of checks and balances, and the
fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights,” said Baldwin. “We
must restore Americans’ faith that in a democracy, we follow the rule of
law and that nobody – even the President and Vice President of the United
States – is above the law,” Baldwin said.


“President Obama has already begun the work of reaffirming American
values of justice and freedom. I commend him for his orders to close the
detention facility at Guantanamo and prohibit illegal and immoral
interrogation techniques. President Obama’s efforts to renew America must
also include restoring executive branch accountability. We had an
administration that spied on Americans, outed a covert intelligence
agent, suspended habeas corpus, held people without charges and without
access to counsel, and used torture and rendition. This measure lists
steps President Obama can take to proactively prevent any further abuses
of executive branch power and restore the public’s faith in our
government,” Baldwin said.


The Executive Branch Accountability Act of 2009 calls on President Obama
to: 

* Affirm our nation’s commitment to uphold the Constitution; 

* Fully investigate Bush/Cheney administration officials’ alleged crimes
and hold them accountable for any illegal acts; 

* Hold accountable Bush/Cheney Administration officials who showed or
show contempt for the legal duty to comply with Congressional subpoenas;
disclosed the identity of any covert intelligence agent; pursued
politically-motivated prosecutions; 

* Ensure that any Bush/Cheney administration official guilty of a war
crime is prosecuted under the War Crimes Act and the Anti-Torture Act;


* Affirm that it is the sole legal right of Congress to declare war;


* Criminalize lying to Congress and the American public about the reasons
for going to war; 

* Restore the writ of habeas corpus as an essential principle of our
democracy; 

* Ensure that torture and rendition are uniformly prohibited under United
States law; 

* Responsibly close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp; 

* Ensure that Americans can bring claims against their government; 

* Immediately take affirmative steps to protect all Bush/Cheney
Administration documents; 

* Publicly review potential abuses of the presidential pardon process;
and 

* Further reform the use of presidential signing statements.



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