Friday, June 25, 2004

School's in

As of June 24, 501 academics representing 110 institutions in 40 states have signed a letter that says
As members of university faculties in law, international relations, diplomacy, and public policy, we write to register our objection to the systematic violation of human rights practiced or permitted by authorities of the United States within occupied Iraq during recent months: we request Congressional action to ensure accountability for such violations and to safeguard against such egregious abuses in the future. ...

[W]e ask that Congress take action to:

assess responsibility for the abuses that have taken place, identifying the officials at all levels who must be held accountable for enabling these abuses to occur and for the failure to investigate them, and determining what sanctions, including impeachment and removal from office of any civil officer of the United States responsible, may be appropriate.
Put more bluntly, although they don't say it directly they actually are calling on Congress to investigate the possibility of impeaching top White House officials, including Rumsfeld, Powerless, Rice, and Shrub himself.

(Thanks to TomPaine.com for the link.)

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