"Abu Ghraib is unbelievable in the innocent times of 1961, that we would torture people that way, and on the instructions of the president of the United States and his highest legal advisers. âTorture is OK,â they said. âGo for it, fellas.â If we canât renounce that and remove it from office, then the Constitution doesnât work anymore... Weâve got to do more than take back the Constitution. There has to be accountability for whatâs happened. The Constitution says that the president, vice president and other officials of the United States shall be removed from office upon impeachment for and conviction of high crimes and misdemeanors.... If you care about the Constitution, you better start talking to your member of the House of Representatives and say impeachment now is essential to the integrity of the United States government and to the future of the United States. Weâve had more than 500,000 people sign on âVote to Impeach.â We need to get 5 million, and we need to get 5 million on there quick. And then the Congress will react."
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As quoted in Ramsey Clark Described His Government As Humanityâs Ever More Threatening and Treacherous Enemy by Jay Janson, CounterCurrents, (Clark was speaking at an ANSWER Coalition protest of the 2nd inauguration of G.W. Bush Jr in January 2005) (21 April 2021)
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Ramsey Clark
William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927 â April 9, 2021) was an American lawyer, activist and federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, notably serving as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969; previously he was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967 and Assistant Attorney General from 1961 to 1965.
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