Sure. How does one prove the non-existence of WMD in Iraq? It would be much easier if X said, "there are no drugs" and the searching officers found drugs. I suppose I'm puzzled by where the burden of proof would be and how it would be satisified. (I'm not addressing the question of whether there were or are WMDs in Iraq, or any of the other issues that would apply with respect to national security concerns, reasonableness of reliance on information, veracity of informants, etc. It's just that who is going to prove that there were not, in late 2002 and early 2003, any WMD in Iraq?)
Jim Maule Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law Villanova PA 19085 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vls.law.vill.edu/prof/maule President, TaxJEM Inc (computer assisted tax law instruction) (www.taxjem.com) Publisher, JEMBook Publishing Co. (www.jembook.com) Owner/Developer, TaxCruncherPro (www.taxcruncherpro.com) Maule Family Archivist & Genealogist (www.maulefamily.com) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/07/03 11:56AM >>> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> <DIV>John Dean has written an article arguing that Bush's apparent lies to Congress concerning the presence of WMDs in Iraq may be grounds for impeachment. See <A href="http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030606.html";>http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030606.html</A>. He states: "To put it bluntly, if Bush has taken Congress and the nation into war based on bogus information, he is cooked. <DIV>Manipulation or deliberate misuse of national security intelligence data, if proven, could be "a high crime" under the Constitution's impeachment clause. It would also be a violation of federal criminal law, including the broad federal anti-conspiracy statute, which renders it a felony "to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thoughts anyone?</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Francisco Forrest Martin</DIV> <DIV>President</DIV> <DIV>Rights International, The Center for International Human Rights Law, Inc.</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> <P></P></BODY></HTML>
