Dear Sen. Boxer has asked for opinions on IMPEACHMENT!!

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Senator says she's asked for opinions on Bush impeachment

RAW STORY

 

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has become the first in the Senate to raise

consideration of impeachment of President George W. Bush for authorizing spying

on Americans without warrants, RAW STORY has learned.

 

In a release issued this evening, Boxer said she's asked " four

presidential scholars " for their opinion on impeachment after former White

Housel counsel John Dean -- made famous by his role in revealing the Watergate

tapes -- asserted that President Bush had 'admitted' to an 'impeachable

offense.'

 

Boxer isn't the first congressmember today to float the word. Earlier

today, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said Bush should be impeached if he broke the law

in the spying program. The liberal California senator has tangled with Bush

before -- earlier this year, she challenged the president's Ohio electoral

votes.

 

Boxer's statement, acquired by RAW STORY, follows.

 

BOXER ASKS PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS ABOUT FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S

STATEMENT THAT BUSH ADMITTED TO AN 'IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE' Washington, D.C.- U.S.

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their

opinion on former White House Counsel John Dean's statement that President Bush

admitted to an " impeachable offense " when he said he authorized the National

Security Agency to spy on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.

 

Boxer said, " I take very seriously Mr. Dean's comments, as I view him to be an

expert on Presidential abuse of power. I am expecting a full airing of this

matter by the Senate in the very near future. "

 

Boxer's letter is as follows:

 

# On December 16, along with the rest of America, I learned that

President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans

without getting a warrant from a judge. President Bush underscored his support

for this action in his press conference today.

 

On Sunday, December 18, former White House Counsel John Dean and I

participated in a public discussion that covered many issues, including this

surveillance. Mr. Dean, who was President Nixon's counsel at the time of

Watergate, said that President Bush is " the first President to admit to an

impeachable offense. " Today, Mr. Dean confirmed his statement.

 

This startling assertion by Mr. Dean is especially poignant because he

experienced first hand the executive abuse of power and a presidential

scandal arising from the surveillance of American citizens.

 

Given your constitutional expertise, particularly in the area of

presidential impeachment, I am writing to ask for your comments and thoughts on

Mr. Dean's statement.

 

Unchecked surveillance of American citizens is troubling to both me and many of

my constituents. I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter as soon as

possible.

 

Sincerely,

Barbara Boxer

United States Senator

 

 

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