1. TIME AND PLACE FIXED FOR THURSDAY RALLY
2. NEW BRITISH DOCUMENTS LEAKED
On Thursday June 16, 2005, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House
Judiciary Committee, and other Congress Members will hold a hearing on the Downing
Street Minutes and related evidence of efforts to cook the books on pre-war
intelligence. (Time and place yet to be determined.)
Later on the same day at 5:00 p.m. ET in Lafayette Square Park, in front of the
White House, a large rally will support Congressman Conyers who plans to deliver to
the White House a letter addressed to President Bush and signed by over 500,000
Americans and at least 94 Congress Members. The letter asks the President to
respond to questions raised by the Downing Street Minutes.
Among those speaking at the hearings will be: Joe Wilson, Former Ambassador and WMD
Expert; Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA analyst who prepared regular Presidential
briefings during the Reagan administration; Cindy Sheehan, mother of fallen American
soldier; John Bonifaz, renowned constitutional lawyer and co-founder of
AfterDowningStreet.org.
Among those speaking at the rally will be: Congressman Conyers and various other
Congress Members, Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star Families for Peace, John Bonifaz of
AfterDowningStreet.org, Ray McGovern former CIA analyst, Medea Benjamin of Global
Exchange, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of Progressive Democrats of America, Stephen Cleghorn
of Military Families Speak Out. More information, and flyers promoting the rally,
are available at www.afterdowningstreet.org
Flyers to print, copy, and distribute widely:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/rally.pdf LOCAL RALLIES PLANNED AROUND COUNTRY
Supporters of this campaign are independently organizing rallies on Thursday at
locations around the country.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2112. New Documents
AfterDowningStreet.org has made available additional secret documents leaked from
the British government.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=205Statements from leaders of the AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition:
"The UK Iraq War documents provide a roadmap for U.S. investigators, the media and
Congress. Shame on them if they become complicit in the coverup and do not pursue
them. It is time to interview current and former intelligence officials about
whether they were asked to 'fix' the intelligence, whether intelligence was designed
to convince people to support the already planned war or whether intelligence was
intended to provide real information about whether Iraq was a threat. Public
opinion has turned against the war -- it is now safe to report the truth."
Kevin Zeese of Democracy Rising
"George Bush may think that his lone 'accountability moment' was last November's
election, but as these new documents show that he planned all along to invade Iraq
and lie as needed, his real 'accountability moment' may be yet to come -- in the
form of a House of Representatives Resolution of Inquiry into impeachable offenses.
That resolution cannot come to soon for Veterans For Peace or for the people of
Iraq, whose deaths and suffering demand justice.
Mike Ferner, Veterans for Peace
"Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is committed to continue to organize at the
grassroots level with this coalition to demand Members of Congress introduce a
Resolution of Inquiry directing the House Judiciary Committee to launch a formal
investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives
to exercise its constitutional power to impeach George W. Bush. Citizens from
across the country will be on the ground in Washington DC this Thursday at the
hearing and rally to demonstrate their resolve."
Tim Carpenter, Director of PDA
"My son was killed and my family destroyed by a war in Iraq that was premeditated
and prefabricated. My son was killed by people in power who wanted this invasion and
occupation at all costs. Anyone who lied to us about this invasion should be
brought to justice. I am heart broken and devastated that my son was already a dead
man by July 2002, if not sooner. We didn't even know. We had no way of knowing that
our leaders were planning to engage in this massive subversion of the United States
Constitution. I urge every person in this country with courage and integrity to
rise up and demand that the truth be finally exposed to the light and that those in
power who are responsible, including the President of the United States, be held
accountable under the rule of law."
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace
AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans' groups, peace
groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to
urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush
has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.
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