The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

Abbate v. United States

Abu Ghraib prison/torture

Actus reus (prohibited act)

Bin Laden/Al Qaeda and

invasion/fighting

nations joining in fight

Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror

“Aiding and abetting,” 88-89

Afghanistan and

Kenya/Tanzania embassy bombings

“no attacks since 9/11” comments

summer (2001) threats

See also 9/11 attacks; 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; Bin Laden, Osama

Al Qaeda in Iraq

Alabama, Conrad v.

Albright, Madeleine

Aldrich v. People

Alter, Jonathan

Ambling into History: George Bush (Bruni)

Ani, Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim al-

Armor. See Equipment needs

Armstrong, Katherine

Army Times, The

At the Center of the Storm (Tenet)

Avineri, Shlomo

Bailey, State v.

Bandar, Awad al-

Bartkus v. Illinois

Bay of Pigs invasion

Beirut/U.S. soldier compound bombing

Ben-Veniste, Richard

Benitez, United States v.

Berry, Dennis G.

Beschloss, Michael

Bin Laden, Osama

Afghan-Soviet War and

Afghanistan and

Bush not pursuing

plans on killing

See also 9/11 attacks; Al Qaeda

Bissell, Richard

Blackstone, Sir William

Boutros-Ghali, Boutros

Brownstein, Ronald

Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Buffum, People v.

Bumiller, Elisabeth

Bundrant, State v.

Bundy, William P.

Burchinal, David A.

Bush, George H.W.

assassination attempt

Gulf War/Hussein and

invasion of Panama

Bush, George W.

9/11 insensitivities

Crawford time plan

executions/Texas governor

on God/decisions

international summit, Russia (2006)

Iraq provocation

knowledge/curiosity and

love/respect of country and

reports from aides

soldier pay cut proposal and

at Texas memorial service

on U.S. health care

Vietnam War and

as wanting to go to war

See also Iraq war/Bush’s reasons; Prosecution of Bush for murder

Bush, George W./during war

“bring ’em on” statement

Brooke Army Medical Center visit

Crawford ranch vacation time

deaths/suffering insensitivities

in Fahrenheit 9/11 as happy

“hard work” comment

Kennebunkport, Maine vacation time

Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner

Republican fund-raisers

Saudi Arabia trip

speeches on U.S. deaths

“stay the course” and

Bush, United States of America v.

Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George Bush Presidential (Moore)

Cabell, Charles

Cannistraro, Vincent

Card Jr., Andrew

Carlson, Tucker

Carville, James

Chambers, Oswald

Chapman, Nathan Ross

9/11 Commission

attacks on Clarke

as coconspirator

Halliburton and

Iraq war/WMD threat

as “real” president

Vietnam War and

Chiles, John H.

Chirac, Jacques

Christian Science Monitor

Churchill, Winston

Circumstantial evidence

Clark, Wesley K.

Clarke, Richard

9/11 Commission apology/testimony

Bush administration/Al Qaeda

Bush administration attacks on

Bush and Hussein-9/11 link

Clinton administration/Al Qaeda

evidence supporting

warnings to Rice

Clifton v. Superior Court

impeachment/Lewinsky and

Iraq/Hussein and

Iraq/Iraq war and

Paula Jones lawsuit

war on terrorism/Bin Laden and

warning Bush on Al Qaeda

Clinton, Chelsea

Com. v. Merriwether

Commonwealth of Virginia, Gallimore v.

Commonwealth v. Thomas

Conrad v. Alabama

Coolidge, People v.

Corporate crime/greed

Criminal intent (mens rea)

Cuban Missile Crisis

Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., United States

“Curveball,” 121-123

Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War (Drogin)

Daily, Strassheim v.

Daniels, Sandra Kay

Davis, United States v.

De Luna, United States v.

Dearlove, Sir Richard

Deaths in Iraq war

Deaths (U.S.) in Iraq war

antiwar activism and

equipment needs and

IED caused deaths

soldier obituaries

by states/territories

surviving loved ones and

description/requirements

Democracy in Iraq

war reasons and

Dershowitz, Alan

Dodd, Christopher J.

Dostoevsky novel

“Downing Street Memo,” 120

Downing v. United States

Drumheller, Tyler

Duelfer, Charles A.

Dunford, David J.

Eisenhower, Dwight

ElBaradei, Mohamed

Equipment needs

administration delay/neglect and

current needs for

Humvee armor/armoring company

M1117 armored vehicles

soldiers scavenging for

Face the Nation

Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore)

Fallouja battle/mob killings

Federalist Papers, The

Feith, Douglas J.

Felony-murder rule

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Fitzgerald, Ella

Fitzgerald, People v.

Florida, Skiriotes v.

Folger, Abigail

Ford v. United States

Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan/Al Qaeda and

Niger uranium story and

Frykowski, Voytek

Fulbright, J. William

Gallimore v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Geneva Convention

George magazine

Gerson, Michael

Get Out, You Damned One (Hussein)

Gibson, People v.

Giuliani, Ruddy

Goldsmith, Lord

Goldwater, Barry

Good Morning America

Goodman, Melvin

Gore, Bush v.

Gormley, People v.

Bin Laden “pursuit” and

NIE report (10/1/2002)

Tenet’s letter

Gulf of Tonkin incident

Hadley, Stephen

Hagenbeck, Frank L.

Hamdani, General

Hamilton, Alexander

Hamilton, Lee H.

Hanning, August

Hanyok, Robert J.

Harrington, State v.

Hartings, Jennifer/Jay

Hastert, J. Dennis

Heilbrunn, Jacob

Herrick, John J.

Hitchens, Christopher

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Holtzman, Elizabeth

Holyfield, Evander

Homeland security plans/creation

Houdek, Robert G.

Hubris (Isikoff and Corn)

Hurricane Katrina/victims

Hussein, Saddam

assassination attempt

Bush’s demand to leave Iraq

deaths responsible for

as not U.S. enemy

UN inspectors and

See also 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; WMD threat

Hyde v. United States

IED caused deaths

Illinois, Bartkus v.

Impeachment of president

The Federalist Papers and

U.S. Constitution and

Bush prosecution and

description/examples

Incisco, United States v.

“Innocent agents” in criminal law

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Iraq Body Count

Bush statement at beginning

collapse of Hussein regime

consequences overview

effects on Iraq

financial costs

midterm elections and

nations participation/opposition

soldiers enjoying killing

“success” and

terrorism increase with

views of U.S. and

See also Deaths in Iraq war; Deaths (U.S.) in Iraq war

Iraq war/Bush’s reasons

democracy in Iraq and

speculations on

statements by Bush

See also 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; WMD threat

Isikoff, Michael

Israel, Jerold H.

Jack, State v.

Jackson, Justice

Jackson, United States v.

John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johnson, Lyndon Baines

Kennedy’s assassination investigations

Vietnam War/Gulf of Tonkin and

Jones, Paula law suit

Joseph, Robert G.

Journal of the American Medical Association

Kaminsky, James

Kean, Thomas H.

Keller, People v.

Kennedy, Edward

Kennedy, J.F.K.

assassination/effects

Bay of Pigs/responsibility and

brother Robert and

Kennedy, Robert F.

Kenofskey, United States v.

Khalis, Maulvi Yunus

Kinsley, Michael

Krauthammer, Charles

Kristof, Nicholas D.

La Bianca, Leno

La Bianca, Rosemary

La Fave, Wayne R.

Lane v. State of Florida

Lanzit, People v.

Larry King Live

Leggett, United States v.

Legislation on future presidents

Leonard, Elmore

Letterman, David

Levine, United States v.

Lewinsky, Monica

Libby, Lewis “Scooter,” 85n

Libi, Shaykh al

Lieberman, Joseph

Lies/false pretenses, legal definition

Lies on Iraq war

American beliefs on

consequences and

See also 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; Prosecution of Bush for murder; WMD threat

Lincoln, Abraham

Los Angeles Times 2004 presidential election Bugliosi

Bush in Saudi Arabia

Bush lies/consequences

Bush’s war on terrorism

“Curveball’s” information

Iraq war/effects

Niger uranium story

Outrage/O.J. Simpson trial

Paula Jones lawsuit

poll on poverty

soldier obituaries

Mace, People v.

Malice aforethought

contract killings and

criminal intent (mens rea) and

Man Who Kept the Secrets, The: Richard Helms and the CIA (Powers)

Manson, Charles/prosecution

Marin v. United States

Martinez, Robert A.

Mashal, Lutfullah

McClelland, Scott

McLaughlin, John

McNamara, Robert

Meet the Press

Menchaca, Khristian

Mens rea (criminal intent)

Merriwether, Com. v.

Moise, Edwin E.

Moore, James C.

Moore, James L.

Morgenthau, Robert

Morissette v. United States

Motive vs. criminal intent (mens rea)

MRAPS (mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles)

circumstantial evidence and

definition/elements of

felony-murder rule

first degree murder

malice aforethought and

reasonable fear and

second degree murder

Tate-La Bianca murders

See also Malice aforethought; Prosecution of Bush for murder

Musawi, Jabbar al-

Musharraf, Pervez

My Utmost to the Highest (Chambers)

Nasiriya battle

National Intelligence Estimate (10/1/2002). See NIE report (10/1/2002)

National Law Journal

New York Daily News

New York Times

9/11-Hussein link

Afghanistan fighting

Bush’s plan on Crawford

Bush’s reaction to war/deaths

Bush’s war on terrorism

Cuban Missile Crisis

“Curveball’s” information

education in U.S.

Iraq before war

Iraq war/reasons

Lewinsky affair

Niger uranium story

Outrage/O.J. Simpson trial

Paula Jones lawsuit

New York Times-CBS nationwide poll

Newbold, Gregory

NIE report (9/26/2006)

NIE report (10/1/2002)

agencies involved

authorization of war and

classified version

Congress being mislead on

Niger uranium story

Senate Intelligence Committee report on

unclassified (“White Paper”) version

Niger uranium story

Bin Laden’s reasons for

Bush approval ratings and

Bush immediately following attack

Bush insensitivities to

Bush reelection/campaign and

Bush statements after

Bush statements on reasons

criticism of Democrats and

shoot-down order following

See also 9/11 failures

9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link

American beliefs on

Bush stating no link

“Mission Accomplished” speech

not pursuing Bin Laden/Al Qaeda and

pressure on intelligence analysts

questionable evidence use

turning Hussein over to Iraq and

See also 9/11 failures

9/11 Commission

Al Qaeda summer 2001 activity

Bush trying to block/obstruct

Clarke testimony/apology

findings/recommendations

Powell testimony

shoot-down order following 9/11 attacks

Tenet testimony

widows of 9/11 and

August 6 memo/ignoring

Bush on vacation (summer 2001) and

Bush’s responsibility/watch and

counterterrorism budget

summer (2001) terrorist activity warnings and

warnings from Clarke

warnings from Clinton administration

See also 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link

No Island of Sanity (Bugliosi)

Northern Alliance

O’Connor, Sandra Day

O’Neill, Paul

Orlando Sentinel

Otis, People v.

Outrage (Bugliosi)

Parade magazine

People, Aldrich v.

People v. Buffum

People v. Coolidge

People v. Fitzgerald

People v. Gibson

People v. Gormley

People v. Keller

People v. Lanzit

People v. Mace

People v. Otis

People v. Unger

People v. Wells

People v. Whitmer

People’s Daily

Persian Gulf War

Constitution war power and

military power/WMD and

Pinochet, Augusto

Pizzarusso, United States v.

Pollack, Kenneth

9/11 Al Qaeda-Hussein link

9/11 Commission testimony

Powell, Colin (continued)

Al Qaeda warnings

Iraq/Iraq war and

Powell, Jonathan

Preemption, A Knife That Cuts Both Ways (Dershowitz)

Pretext for War, A (Bamford)

Prize Cases, The

Prohibited act (actus reus)

Prosecution of Bush for murder

aiding and abetting

burden of proof

circumstantial evidence and

congressional authorization and

conspiracy to commit murder

courts creating new law and

cross-examination on 9/11-Iraq connection

cross-examination on “imminent threat,” 160-166

cross-examination on provoking a war

express malice and

felony-murder rule and

first degree murder and

“first impression” case

implied malice and

malice aforethought

military tribunal and

“overt act” and

plea bargaining and

prohibited act/criminality

recruitment of soldiers and

second degree murder and

state prosecution/punishment

statue of limitations and

statutory authority for

system of democracy and

U.S. soldier deaths vs. Iraqi deaths

vicarious liability rule of conspiracy

See also 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; WMD threat

Prosecution of Bush for murder/defense

“character defense,” 152-153

implied vs. express malice

necessity defense

self-defense argument and

war power of president and

Prosecution of Bush for war crimes

Prosecution of president

The Federalist Papers

United States Constitution

Protective Principle

Putin, Vladimir

Redford, Robert

Rice, Condoleezza

9/11 Al Qaeda-Hussein link

9/11 attacks/failures and

9/11 Commission and

Bush-Blair meeting (1/31/2003)

as coconspirator

NIE report (10/1/2002)

Niger uranium story

Rivard v. United States

Robinson, Paul H.

Rocha v. United States

Rockefeller, John D. IV

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

political exploitation of war

Vietnam War and

Rumsfeld, Donald

budget report/combat pay

soldiers scavenging for armor and

student deferment of

Runners World

Russell, Richard

Rycroft, Matthew

Salinger, Pierre

Sawyer, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v.

Schneider, Peter

Scowcroft, Brent

SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

Sekzer, Wilson/Jason

Senate Intelligence Committee/ Select Committee on Intelligence

9/11 and Al Qaeda-Hussein link

Senate Intelligence Committee/ Select Committee on Intelligence (continued)

pressure on intelligence analysts

Shapiro, Walter

Sharp, Ulysses S.

Shaw, United States v.

Sheehan, Cindy/Casey

Shelton, Henry H.

Simpson, O.J./trial

Sistani, Ali al-

Skiriotes v. Florida

Smith v. State

Snider v. Wimberly

Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act (1940)

Soldiers (U.S.)

background description

Canadian soldiers pay vs.

condition fighting in

military pay incentive and

pay/pay cuts and

See also Deaths (U.S.) in Iraq war; Equipment needs

Speller, Jarred

Sports Illustrated

St. Petersburg Times

Stalin’s rule analogy

State of Florida, Lane v.

State v. Bailey

State v. Bundrant

State v. Harrington

State v. Jack

State v. Willoughby

States, Smith v.

Steinbeck, John

Stephanopoulos, George

Story, Supreme Court Justice

Strassheim v. Daily

Sunnis-Shiites relationship

Superior Court, Clifton v.

Sylves, Richard

Taking Charge (Beschloss) Taliban

Bin Laden/Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and

collapse/reemergence

Tannen, Deborah

Tate-La Bianca murders

Tax cuts for wealthy

9/11 Commission and

“Curveball’s” information and

NIE report (10/1/2002)

Niger uranium story

warnings to Bush summer 2001

Beirut/U.S. soldier compound bombing

British foiling attempt (2006)

increase with Iraq war

Yousef bombings

See also 9/11 attacks; Al Qaeda; Bin Laden, Osama; War on terrorism

Thomas, Commonwealth v.

Thoreau, Henry David

Time magazine

Toobin, Jeffrey

Abu Ghraib prison

of U.S. soldiers

war crimes prosecution and

Toynbee, Arnold

Tribe, Laurence

Tuck. Chong, United States v.

Unger, People v.

Bush/administration statements to

inspectors/containment and, WMD threat/evidence against

Persian Gulf War

WMD threat/evidence against

becoming respected again

as civil society

cultural changes

poll on “pride” of American

United States, Abbate v.

United States, Downing v.

United States, Ford v.

United States, Hyde v.

United States, Marin v.

United States, Morissette v.

United States, Rivard v.

United States, Rocha v.

United States Constitution

prosecution of president

United States of America v. Bush

United States v. Benitez

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.

United States v. Davis

United States v. De Luna

United States v. Incisco

United States v. Jackson

United States v. Kenofskey

United States v. Leggett

United States v. Levine

United States v. Pizzarusso

United States v. Shaw

United States v. Tuck. Chong

United States v. Young

Uoc, Nguyen Dinh

Uranium from Niger story

health insurance

No Island of Sanity

Paula Jones lawsuit

USS Ticonderoga

Vasquez, Maria Guadalupe

Vicarious liability rule

Bush prosecution and

“cause” meaning

description/examples

Gulf of Tonkin incident

See also specific individuals

Villepin, Dominique de

Walter Reed Hospital scandal

War crimes/War Crimes Act

War on terrorism

Bush’s reelection/campaign and

not pursuing Bin Laden/Al Qaeda

positive rating of Bush

rise in terrorism and

See also 9/11 attacks; 9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein link; 9/11 failures

War power of president

Warfield, Nelson

Washington Post

Bin Laden “pursuit” and

Bush before 9/11 attacks

Bush reaction to war/deaths

Paula Jones lawsuit

Watergate scandal

Watersby, Kendall/family

Weapons of mass destruction threat. See WMD threat

Wells, People v.

Whitewater investigation

Whitmer, People v.

Wilkerson, Larry

Willoughby, State v.

Wilson, Charles

Wilson, Joseph C. IV

Wimberly, Snider v.

Bush/administration scares on

Bush joking about

Bush’s speech 10/7/2002, Cincinnati

lies/mistakes on

See also NIE report (10/1/2002)

WMD threat/evidence against

Bush demand that Hussein leave

cherry-picking information

“Curveball’s” information/lies and

“Downing Street Memo,” 120

Hussein wanting to live

“imminent” term and

Iraq military weakness

mobile labs and

Niger uranium story

Tenet’s letter (10/7/2002)

UN inspectors/containment and

U.S. resources in Afghanistan vs. Iraq

See also NIE report (10/1/2002)

Wolfowitz, Paul

World Health Organization

World Opinion poll (2006)

World Transformed, A (Bush and Scowcroft)

Young, United States v.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer

Zaman, Haji Mohammed

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-