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Article X
FALSIFYING ACCOUNTS OF U.S. TROOP DEATHS AND INJURIES FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES
In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional
oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional
duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed",
has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, together with the Vice President,
promoted false propaganda stories about members of the United States military, including individuals
both dead and injured.
The White House and the Department of Defense (DOD) in 2004 promoted a false account of the death
of Specialist Pat Tillman, reporting that he had died in a hostile exchange, delaying release of the
information that he had died from friendly fire, shot in the forehead three times in a manner that led
investigating doctors to believe he had been shot at close range.
A 2005 report by Brig. Gen. Gary M. Jones reported that in the days immediately following Specialist
Tillman's death, U.S. Army investigators were aware that Specialist Tillman was killed by friendly fire,
shot three times to the head, and that senior Army commanders, including Gen. John Abizaid, knew of
this fact within days of the shooting but nevertheless approved the awarding of the Silver Star, Purple
Heart, and a posthumous promotion.
On April 24, 2007, Spc. Bryan O'Neal, the last soldier to see Specialist Pat Tillman alive, testified
before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he was warned by superiors not
to divulge information that a fellow soldier killed Specialist Tillman, especially to the Tillman family.
The White House refused to provide requested documents to the committee, citing "executive branch
confidentiality interests."
The White House and DOD in 2003 promoted a false account of the injury of Jessica Dawn Lynch,
reporting that she had been captured in a hostile exchange and had been dramatically rescued. On April
2, 2003, the DOD released a video of the rescue and claimed that Lynch had stab and bullet wounds,
and that she had been slapped about on her hospital bed and interrogated. Iraqi doctors and nurses later
interviewed, including Dr. Harith Al-Houssona, a doctor in the Nasirya hospital, described Lynch's
injuries as "a broken arm, a broken thigh, and a dislocated ankle". According to Al-Houssona, there
was no sign of gunshot or stab wounds, and Lynch's injuries were consistent with those that would be
suffered in a car accident. Al-Houssona's claims were later confirmed in a U.S. Army report leaked on
July 10, 2003.
Lynch denied that she fought or was wounded fighting, telling Diane Sawyer that the Pentagon "used
me to symbolize all this stuff. It's wrong. I don't know why they filmed or why they say
these things.... I did not shoot, not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees. And that's the
last I remember." She reported excellent treatment in Iraq, and that one person in the hospital even sang
to her to help her feel at home.
On April 24, 2007 Lynch testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
", tales of great heroism were being told. My parent's home in Wirt County was
under siege of the media all repeating the story of the little girl Rambo from the hills who went down
fighting. It was not true.... I am still confused as to why they chose to lie."
The White House had heavily promoted the false story of Lynch's rescue, including in a speech by
President Bush on April 28, 2003. After the fiction was exposed, the president awarded Lynch the
Bronze Star.
In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his
trust as President and Commander in Chief, and subversive of constitutional government, to the
prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, President George W. Bush, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting
removal from office.
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