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9/3/2008 3:35 PM
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Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush
· Biden says criminal violations will be pursued
· Democrats have issued subpoenas to Bush aides
· 3 staffers have been held in contempt of Congress

* Elana Schor in Washington
* guardian.co.uk,
* Wednesday September 03 2008 19:32 BST

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.

Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

But his statements represent the Democrats' strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds committed during the Bush years.

"If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued," Biden said during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach, Florida, according to ABC.

"[N]ot out of vengeance, not out of retribution," he added, "out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no attorney general, no president -- no one is above the law."

Obama sounded a similar note in April, vowing that if elected, he would ask his attorney general to initiate a prompt review of Bush-era actions to distinguish between possible "genuine crimes" and "really bad policies".

"f crimes have been committed, they should be investigated," Obama told the Philadelphia Daily News. "You're also right that I would not want my first term consumed by what was perceived on the part of Republicans as a partisan witch hunt, because I think we've got too many problems we've got to solve."

Congressional Democrats have issued a flurry of subpoenas this year to senior Bush administration aides as part of a broad inquiry into the authorisation of torturous interrogation tactics used at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Three veterans of the Bush White House have been held in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to respond to subpoenas: former counsel Harriet Miers, former political adviser Karl Rove, and current chief of staff Josh Bolten. The contempt battle is currently before a federal court.
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 496131
9/3/2008 3:38 PM

Re: Biden says he & Obama may pursue criminal charges against Bush if elected	Quote
Dust in the wind.

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9/3/2008 3:41 PM

Re: Biden says he & Obama may pursue criminal charges against Bush if elected	Quote
Possibly. Possibly not. I would not hold my breath either way.

Anonymous Coward
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9/3/2008 4:02 PM

Re: Biden says he & Obama may pursue criminal charges against Bush if elected	Quote
They are just saying that to shore up their base. I won't happen.

Anonymous Coward
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9/3/2008 4:03 PM

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Quoting: Hope springs eternal 487016

If this is their aim, the current admin will stop at no means to ensure that they are not elected. I would suggest that they would even go as far as to start WWIII in order to declare martial law and postpone the elections...

Anonymous Coward
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9/3/2008 4:04 PM

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What a load of crap. Biden is so far up the globalist's ass you can see him peeking out when David Rockefeller smiles.

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