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Article XIV
MISPRISION OF A FELONY, MISUSE AND EXPOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN THE MATTER
OF VALERIE PLAME WILSON, CLANDESTINE AGENT OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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,
(1) suppressed material information;
(2) selectively declassified information for the improper purposes of retaliating against a whistleblower
and presenting a misleading picture of the alleged threat from Iraq;
(3) facilitated the exposure of the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson who had theretofore been employed
as a covert CIA operative;
(4) failed to investigate the improper leaks of classified information from within his administration;
(5) failed to cooperate with an investigation into possible federal violations resulting from this activity;
and
(6) finally, entirely undermined the prosecution by commuting the sentence of Lewis Libby citing false
and insubstantial grounds, all in an effort to prevent Congress and the citizens of the United States from
discovering the deceitful nature of the President's claimed justifications for the invasion of Iraq.
In facilitating this exposure of classified information and the subsequent cover-up, in all of these
actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as
President, 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.
Article XV
PROVIDING IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR CRIMINAL CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ
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,
established policies granting United States government contractors and their employees in Iraq
immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. law, and international law.
Lewis Paul Bremer III, then-Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq,
on June 27, 2004, issued Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 17, which granted members of
the U.S. military, U.S. mercenaries, and other U.S. contractor employees immunity from Iraqi law.
The Bush Administration has chosen not to apply the Uniform Code of Military Justice or United
States law to mercenaries and other contractors employed by the United States government in Iraq.
Operating free of Iraqi or U.S. law, mercenaries have killed many Iraqi civilians in a manner that
observers have described as aggression and not as self-defense. Many U.S. contractors have also
alleged that they have been the victims of aggression (in several cases of rape) by their fellow contract
employees in Iraq. These charges have not been brought to trial, and in several cases the contracting
companies and the U.S. State Department have worked together in attempting to cover them up.
Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which the United States is party, and which under Article VI
of the U.S. Constitution is therefore the supreme law of the United States, it is the responsibility of an
occupying force to ensure the protection and human rights of the civilian population. The efforts of
President Bush and his subordinates to attempt to establish a lawless zone in Iraq are in violation of the
law.
In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his
trust as President 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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