Using the fired federal prosecutor scheme as a jumping off point, the unitary executive theory espoused by Bush II combined with executive privilege gives rise to certain questions. In 1974, the House voted "yea" on 3 Articles of Impeachment: Obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. Can Bush II be proven to be a criminal?
Did he obstruct justice? Did Gonzales lie to Congress? Did Sampson? What does Patrick Fitzgerald know and when did he know it? Does Fitzgerald have any of Karl Rove's secret RNC/private domain e-mails collected during the Valerie Plame leak investigation? Did the White House and cronies weave an illegal conspiracy?
Just putting together a few activities shows a pattern: the outing of Valerie Plame, a CIA covert operative, for payback, for which Lewis "Scooter" Libby was found guilty of 4 out of 5 perjury counts despite the findings that the chain of events obviously began with his higher-ups; the firing of federal prosecutors to be replaced by loyal "Bushes"; the Power Point presentation given by a Rove aide to the head of the General Services Administration to show how the GSA can help replace Democrats with Republicans; the Republican-led pursuit of "voter fraud", the code phrase for disenfranchising the elderly, poor and/or minority voter by creating a climate of fear and expense; the expunging of so-called "felons" from voting rolls, and many, many more items. The facts in just one fired federal prosecutor case, which include direct testimony and e-mails, indicate that David Iglesias, the New Mexico federal prosecutor, was fired because he didn't prosecute Democrats fervently enough. The partisan nature of this firing is proven by actions taken by Republican Congresspersons shortly before the 2006 elections. Heather Wilson, a New Mexico candidate for the House of Representatives, called Iglesias to ask him about a corruption case under sealed indictment at the time. Iglesias felt surprised and uneasy. Federal prosecutors do not discuss pending indictments under seal. Ms. Wilson's mentor, Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico, called Iglesias at his home. He asks Iglesias if he's going to bring corruption charges against Democrats before the mid-term elections. Iglesias says no. Domenici answers, "That's too bad," or words to that effect, and hangs up on him. What's wrong with this picture? A Senator does not call a federal prosecutor at his home to discuss a case. It's against protocol, it's unseemly, it's threatening, but is it illegal? Domenici was obviously leaning on Iglesias at the cost of justice. Then Domenici goes back to Rove, Bush, Gonzales, Sampson, whomever in the obscured chain of command, and complained about Iglesias. A major New Mexico Republican campaign contributor also complained about Iglesias. Iglesias was fired with the other prosecutors on the date that will live in infamy: December 7, 2006, right after the mid-term elections. For the rest, go to: http://whereiscassandra.blogspot.com.