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Source: RawStory
Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) told MSNBCs Martin Bashir on Thursday that former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney could still be held accountable for violating federal criminal statues.
As a former prosecutor and a former member of the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate, I spent a lot of time taking a look at the statues, she explained. Its one thing to abuse power, and its one thing not to do the right thing, but its another thing to commit a crime.
Holtzman said Bush and Cheney appear to have knowingly violated at least three statues.
She said Bush and Cheney likely committed conspiracy to defraud the United States, for the deceptions involved in going to war with Iraq. Secondly, she claimed they violated federal statues regarding the wiretapping of Americans without a court order. Thirdly, Holtzman said Bush and Cheney violated federal laws prohibiting torture.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/19/former-congresswoman-not-too-late-to-hold-bush-and-cheney-accountable/