Reply #52: CHENEY: The Vices of Cheney .."bill of particulars against the vice president" [View All]

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The Vices of Cheney: The Burden is Upon the House Judiciary Committee
William E. Jackson Jr. - July 11, 2007
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-e-jackson-jr/the-vices-of-cheney-the-_b_55708.html

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A bill of particulars against the vice president has been sketched by constitutional law expert and former Justice Department official in the Reagan years, Bruce Fein, in Slate of June 27: "Impeach Cheney: The Vice President has Run Utterly Amok and Must Be Stopped." He urges the House Judiciary Committee to commence an impeachment inquiry: "As Alexander Hamilton advised in the Federalist Papers, an impeachable offense is a political crime against the nation. Cheney's multiple crimes against the Constitution clearly qualify." Moreover, Fein posits that President Bush has outsourced a major share of his presidency to Vice President Cheney.

Here is his review of the record of Cheney's abuses and excesses:

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- The vice president "engineered the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program targeting American citizens on American soil in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. He concocted the alarming theory that the president may flout any law that inhibits the collection of foreign intelligence, including prohibitions on breaking and entering homes, torture, or assassinations." .....

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http://slate.com/id/2169292/
Impeach CheneyThe vice president has run utterly amok and must be stopped.
By Bruce Fein - June 27, 2007