Jonathan Turley also told Maddow: "Most certainly. The status of George Bush is not that different from Augusto Pinochet. They've both been accused of running a torture program. Outside of this country, there is not this ambiguity about what to do about a war crime. There are four treaties that make this an international violation. So if you go abroad, and try to travel, most people abroad are going to view you not as ‘former President George Bush’ -- they're going to view you as a current war criminal."
Next Congress will take action. Judiciary Chairman John Conyers announced he will push for “a blue ribbon commission to fully investigate Administration activities and independent criminal probes.” Conyers calls for this official investigation in a report his committee released titled “Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush”.
While issuing the report, Conyers declared, “Even after scores of hearings, investigations and reports, we still do not have answers to some of the most fundamental questions left in the wake of Bush’s Imperial Presidency,” and accused the Bush administration of a slew of “crimes” including allegations of torture and inhumane treatment, extraordinary rendition, warrantless domestic surveillance, the Valerie Plame Wilson leak and the U.S. Attorney General scandal."
Conyers is acting with Nancy Pelosi's full support. According to the Los Angeles Times, she herself is actively “pushing for an investigation into the Bush administration's handling of the Justice Department.” In justifying these “investigations,” Pelosi declared, “I think that we have to learn from the past, and we cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department, go unreviewed.”
And the bottom line is this: The lunatic left will not rest until President Bush is behind bars, or worse. For some activists taking vengeance on the former president and his administration is their number one priority. “Arrest Bush” signs were everywhere on the Washington mall the day Barack Obama took the oath of office.
In the end, Mr. Holder will succumb to pressure and appoint a special prosecutor to focus exclusively on Bush's “crimes.” That will take these issues off Holder's desk, and ensure years of investigation. The truth is the Obama administration would like nothing better than to prosecute, convict and imprison President Bush and members of his administration.