Prosecute Bush: What You Can Do Today

Say what?

You heard me right. A very serious former prosector, Vincent Bugliosi of the Manson Family murders trial, has written a book of the same name.

And there's something that you can do today to bring George W. Bush to justice.

I will summarize on a regular basis my own "Cliff Notes" version as I read it for the third time.

For now, here's the summary of current events since the book's publishing:

Vincent Bugliosi ("Helter Skelter" and Manson prosecutor) has released a book with the title in the subject line of this post laying out the criminal case for bringing this war criminal to justice in federal or state court after he leaves office.

I watched the entire 1 hour 55 minutes of a CSPAN "Book Notes" episode and couldn't turn away as he laid out the case with information in the public record, but of which much that I was unaware.

Won't try to summarize in this post, but f you are interested, do what I am doing:

1. Go to www.prosecutionof bush.com, or just click on the link attached to learn more.

2. Watch a few of the videos from the few alternative media interviews that have been conducted. Search on YouTube (c) for "prosecution of Bush" to see even more.

3. Send an email to your Congresspersons and States' Attorney Generals, along with any local prosecutor with standing (the web site explains).

4. Send an email to every editor and producer with every news program or newspaper that you know or care to contact asking why that outlet has not interviewed Mr. Bugliosi

5. Buy the book or audiobook.

The most fascinating part of this unfolding story:

1. He (Bugliosi) was turned down by every publisher he approached, even though he is a reputable prosecutor who won all but one of his 106 cases and NY Times non-fiction best seller book list writer, until Vanguard picked up the rights. He and Vanguard approached every audio book publisher in the U.S., and were turned down again. The BBC published the audio book.

2. He has yet to receive a single interview with any "mainstream" media organization (CNBC's "Morning Joe" was the sole laughable exception), even though the book without publicity sits currently at #9 on the NY Times Bestsellers List.

3. If you've followed the lead up to the war in any detail and remember the "Downing Street Memo", where "fixing the facts" to support the war was allegedly discussed, forget it. Read the "Manning Memo", two weeks before Bush went before the American people on national TV with "incontrovertible proof that we were in imminent danger of being attacked".

As Bugliosi detailed in this speech on Book TV (I'll try to do justice to his comments.)

"Of course, he should be impeached, but that would just remove him from office. I am committed to pursue this prosecution until George W. Bush is on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers. Recall that it took 30 years to finally bring a case against Augusto Pinochet, but I won't rest until a jury gets the opportunity to hear this case. In the end, if nothing else, I want George W. Bush to go to bed each night with the nagging doubt that some morning he might wake up in Crawford and an aid comes to him and says, 'Sir, I don't know what this is about, but some prosecutor in Fargo, North Dakota, has filed an indictment and you are ordered to be arraigned tomorrow.'

I wouldn't dismiss this out of hand. Bugliosi won 105 of his 106 cases, including 21 straight murder prosecutions, is dead serious and has a fascinating case.

Also, Bush cannot pardon himself, and once he leaves office, only the next President could prevent this from happening.