Durham Impeachment Vigil Part of Nationally Coordinated Effort

On Friday evening, September 1, 2006, groups across the country will gather at street corners with signs calling for impeachment of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. See

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/impeachvigil for map of events nationwide.

In Durham, members of the Durham Impeachment Meetup and the Grass Roots Impeachment Movement will stand with signs at the intersection of NC highways 54 and 55 in Research Triangle Park from 5 PM to 6:30 PM, weather permitting.

Impeachment activists believe that the President and Vice-President ought to be held accountable for the suffering and continuing loss of lives resulting from the bungled occupation of Iraq, and for the dishonor that the administration’s blatant use of torture and rejection of the international rule of law have brought on this country.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney have violated their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and have committed high crimes. Therefore, the Congress should remove them from office. Their high crimes are:

i. In order to gain support for a military invasion of Iraq, they “fixed the intelligence” about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and they lied to Congress and the American People about Iraq's involvement in the 9/11 attacks;

ii. The President, with the encouragement and support of the Vice President, secretly approved wiretaps and electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens without a court order, violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4 th Amendment to the Constitution.

iii. The President, with the encouragement and support of the Vice President, approved the use of torture, violating the 8th Amendment and the Geneva Convention. Then, in a "signing statement" in December 2005, the President claimed the right to ignore a law passed by Congress to prohibit torture.

Additional information on the grounds for impeachment and links to related web sites may be found at http://impeachbushcheney.net.

For more information:

David Sokal (919-308-7004)

Sponsors:

Local

Durham Impeach Bush Cheney Meetup Group, http://impeachbush.meetup.com/349/

Grass Roots Impeachment Movement

National

http://Progressive Democrats of America, http://PDAmerica.org

http://AfterDowningStreet.org

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