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Nuremberg Principles
Principle I
Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefore and liable to punishment.
Principle II
The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.
Principle III
The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.
Principle IV
The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.
Principle V
Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law.
Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:
(a) Crimes against peace:
(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances;
(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i).
(b) War Crimes:
Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of slave labour or for any other purpose of the civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.
(c) Crimes against humanity:
Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime.
Principle VII
Complicity in the commission of a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity as set forth in Principle VI is a crime under international law.
The United States lives under the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. Those documents are the core of our existence as a nation.
When you and the other members of the administration took your offices, you swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. That oath was taken by everybody from Mr. Bush on down and includes Senators and Congresspeople.
When a treaty has been ratified, it becomes a part of the body of United States law. The Constitution says that law will be obeyed.
We are signatories to the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners, therefore we are bound by that convention.
The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution guarantees privacy to the individuals of the Untied States in their homes, communications, thoughts, etc.
It is imperative that you as representatives of We the People uphold the letter and spirit of the Constitution you promised to protect and defend. You cannot permit Mr. Bush and his minions to continue to wiretap, eavesdrop, and open our communications without warrant, and you cannot permit any force of the United States to torture, isolate, imprison without trial, nor hold trials where the defendant cannot hear the charges and evidence against him.
Do not go along with the Bush regime's desire to retroactively OK all of these abuses, primarily to protect him from war crimes trials and increase his hold upon the citizens of the United States. Doing so will make you an accessory after the fact and likewise guilty of supporting war crimes.
Remember Nuremberg. The world, with us at the forefront, said that these sort of abuses would not be tolerated in a civilized society, and that "I was just following orders" was not an adequate defence. This goes all the way to the top.
Please think about this, then do what is right.
We, personally, will not vote for anyone that will excuse these abuses against human rights and the United States Constitution.
Uphold the Constitution or Lose our Vote
by Steve Osborn
This is a copy of the letter I have called and read, then e-mailed to both my Senators and my Congressman. If you think it hits the mark, send it on to yours and pass it on to your circle. Maybe, if they are not completely isolated from We the People, it will have an impact. We are running out of options, I fear.
