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THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER

INDEX

Abbate v. United States, 309n
Abu Ghraib prison / torture, 6,86,
241-242, 253n, 269-270n
Actus reus (prohibited act), 93
Ad-Dawr, Iraq, 260n
Afghanistan
Bin Laden/ Al Qaeda and, 136n,
182-183, 202-203, 217, 218,
219, 315n
invasion / fighting, 202-203,
217-219
nations joining in fight, 136n,
203n
Against All Enemies: Inside America's
War on Terror, 117-118, 181-182
"Aiding and abetting," 88-89, 272n
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan and, 136n, 182-183,
202-203, 217, 218, 219, 315n
Kenya / Tanzania embassy
bombings, 175, 187n, 318n
"no attacks since 9/11"
comments, 322n
summer (2001) threats, 175-185
USS Cole and, 175, 187n
See also 9/11 attacks, 9/11 attacks
and Al Qaeda-Hussein link, Bin
Laden, Osama
Al Qaeda in Iraq, 322-323n
Alabama, Conrad v., 311n
Albright, Madeleine, 181

Aldrich v. People, 271n
Allen, Mike, 53
Alter, Jonathan, 174, 198
Ambling into History: George Bush
(Bruni), 76-77
Ani, Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim al-, 144
Annan, Kofi, 282n
Armey, Dick, 16
Armor. See Equipment needs
Armstrong, Katherine, 78
Army Times, The, 41
Ashcroft, Evan, 51
Ashcroft, John,183
At the Center of the Storm (Tenet),
150-151, 316n
Atta, Mohammed, 144-145
Avineri, Shlomo, 264-265n
Aziz, Tarik, 263n

Bailey, State v., 271n
Baker, James, 263n
Baker, Ross, 211
Baker, Russell, 273n
Bamford, James, 296n
Bandar, Awad al-, 253n
Bartkus v. Illinois, 309n
Basler, Roy, 278n
Bay of Pigs invasion, 187, 267n,
319n
Beirut/U.S. soldier compound
bombing, 186-187
Ben-Veniste, Richard, 319n
Benitez, United States v., 306n
Bergen, Peter, 184
Berger, Sandy, 181
Berry, Dennis G., 235
Beschloss, Michael, 288n
Beyer, Marina. 46
Bin Laden, Osama
9/11 reasons, 196
Afghan-Soviet War and,
321-322n
Afghanistan and, 136n, 182-183,
202-203, 217, 218, 219, 315n
Bush not pursuing, 104, 140, 182,
212, 214-223, 322n
Clinton and, 174-175, 314n, 315n
Hussein and, 116, 146, 261-262n
Pakistan and, 215-216, 315n,
322-323n
plans on killing, 174-175, 314n,
315n
Tora Bora and, 172, 214, 215, 216,
217
See also 9/11 attacks, A1 Qaeda
Bissell, Richard, 319n
Blackstone, Sir William, 81
Blair, Tony, 68, 120, 149, 150,
165-166
Blix, Hans, 131-134,165
Bolton, Joshua, 194
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 258-259n
Brooks, Rosa, 230n
Brown, Michael, 63
Brownstein, Ronald, 198
Bruni, Frank, 54, 76-77
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 196
Buffum, People v. , 311n
Bumiller, Elisabeth, 53
Bundrant, State v., 310n
Bundy. William P., 287n
Burchinal, David A., 286n
Bush, Barbara, 69-70
Bush, George H.W
assassination attempt, 16, 258n
Gulf War/Hussein and, 15,16,
45, 67, 258n, 273n, 282n, 320n
invasion of Panama, 274n
as war hero, 61
Bush, George W.
9/11 insensitivities. 54-56
Crawford time plan, 60
cronyism of, 63
executions/Texas governor, 85n
on God/ decisions, 59n, 266-267n
hatred of, 85, 245
international summit, Russia
(2006), 60
Iraq provocation, 149-150, 166
knowledge/ curiosity and, 58-61
love / respect of country and,
58-65
loyalty and, 64, 183
picture of, 43
reports from aides, 60, 107
soldier pay cut proposal and,
40-42, 42n
at Texas memorial service, 76-77
on U.S. health care, 238n
Vietnam War and, 44, 46-47,
61-63, 70, 141, 187, 204, 266n
as wanting to go to war, 65-66,
67-68, 117-119, 120, 130, 131,
132n, 133-134, 149-150
See also Iraq war/Bush's reasons,
Prosecution of Bush for
murder
Bush, George W. / during war
biking/running, 53, 54-55,
71-72
"bring' em on" statement, 70
Brooke Army Medical Center
visit, 77-78
Crawford ranch vacation time,
56, 71-72, 78
dancing, 75,76
deaths / suffering insensitivities,
52-57, 68, 69, 70-73, 75-76,
77-80, 266n
in Fahrenheit 9/11,54
as happy, 53-57, 71-76, 77-80
"hard work" comment, 57n
Kennebunkport, Maine vacation
time, 57
lack of doubt, 68
Radio and Television
Correspondents Association
dinner, 77
Republican fund-raisers, 39, 72-73
Saudi Arabia trip, 76
speeches on U.S. deaths, 46-47
"stay the course" and, 321n
Tbilisi trip, 75-76
vacation time, 56-58, 71-72,
73-74, 77-78
Bush, United States of America v, , 99,
284n
Bush v. Gore, 236-237, 247
Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made
George Bush Presidential
(Moore), 157-158

Cabell, Charles, 319n
Cannistraro, Vincent, 120, 125
Card Jr., Andrew, 149, 188, 189
Carlson, Tucker, 62, 85n
Carville, James, 62
CBS, 56,84, 135, 136, 235, 263n
Chalabi, Ahmed, 118, 295n, 296n
Chambers, Oswald, 59n, 266n
Chapman, Nathan Ross, 217n
Cheney, Dick
9/11 and, 142n, 145-146, 193-195,
204-205
9/11 Commission, 193, 194-195,
210
attacks on Clarke, 182, 187n
as coconspirator, 87, 157-159,
307n, 309n, 313n
Halliburton and, 37, 265n
Iraq war/WMD threat, 23-24, 43,
44, 45, 65, 136, 142n, 145-146
as "real" president, 192-193
Vietnam War and, 44-45, 136,
266n
Cheney, Mrs., 194
Chiles, John H., 40
Chirac, Jacques,135-136
Chouet, Alain, 124
Christian Science Monitor, 137, 143
Churchill, Winston, 4-5, 20
Circumstantial evidence, 100-101,
108
Clark, Marcia, 9
Clark, Wesley K. , 242, 244
Clarke, Richard
9/11 Commission
apology/testimony,181-182,
210
Bush administration/ Al Qaeda,
176, 181-182
Bush administration attacks on,
182, 187n
Bush and Hussein-9/11 link,
117-118,140
Clinton administration/ Al Qaeda,
174-175
evidence supporting, 182-183
warnings to Rice, 176
Cleland, Max, 315n
Clifton v. Superior Court, 309n
Clinton, Bill
impeachment / Lewinsky and,
11n, 12, 29n, 82, 83, 224,
235-236
Iraqi Hussein and, 258n
Iraq/Iraq war and, 15, 151, 268n
Kosovo and, 67, 274n, 283n
Paula Jones lawsuit, 9-13
war On terrorism/Bin Laden and,
173, 174-175, 181, 183,
184-185, 314n, 315n
warning Bush on Al Qaeda, 181
Clinton, Chelsea, 251n
CNN, 24, 48, 68, 126, 135, 138, 172,
199, 239
Cohen, Stu, 293n
Com. v. Merriwether, 304n
Commonwealth of Virginia, Gallimore
v., 88, 271n
Commonwealth v. Thomas , 311n
Conners, Jimmy, 7-8
Conrad v. Alabama, 311n
Coolidge, People v., 96, 284n
Corn, David, 16, 108, 291n
Corporate crime/ greed, 239-240
Corpus delicti, 280n
Criminal intent (mens rea), 93-94,
279-280n
Cuban Missile Crisis, 266n
Curtiss Wright Export Corp., United
States, 275n, 276-277n, 279n
"Curveball," 121-123, 122n, 296n
Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man
Who Caused a War (Drogin),
122n

Daily, Strassheim v., 310n
Daily Mirror, 246
Daniels, Sandra Kay, 188, 189
Daschle, Tom, 109
Davis, United States v., 308-309n
De Luna, United States v., 313n
Dearlove, Sir Richard, 120
Deaths in Iraq war
headlines on, 48-50
statistics, xiii, 3, 44, 48, 268-269n
Deaths (U.S.) in Iraq war
antiwar activism and, 47-48
equipment needs and, 37-40
headlines on, 48-50
IED caused deaths, 37
map, xiii
purpose and, 42-44, 45-46, 47-48
Sergio/ grave, 42, 44, 45
soldier obituaries, 32-37
by states / territories, xiii
statistics on, xiii, 3, 44
surviving loved ones and, 30-31,
32-37, 46, 47-48, 50-51, 52
by year, xiii
Democracy
description / requirements,
264-265n
places without, 17
Democracy in Iraq
problems with, 264-265n
war reasons and, 17-19, 20, 264n,
320n
Dershowitz, Alan, 256n
Dodd, Christopher J., 255n
Dostoevsky novel, 30
"Downing Street Memo," 120, 150
Downing v. United States, 313n
Drogin, Bob, 122n
Drumheller, Tyler, 121, 123
Duelfer, Charles A., 298n
Dujail, Iraq, 6, 7, 252n
Dulles, Allen, 267n, 319n
Dunford, David J., 118
Dunlop, Kevin, 101-102

Edwards, John, 41, 291n
Eisenhower, Dwight, 66, 187, 267n,
305n
E1Baradei, Mohamed, 125,133,
294n
Equipment needs
administration delay / neglect and,
37, 38, 39-40
body armor, 40
current needs for, 39-40, 40
deaths and, 37-40
Humvee armor / armoring
company, 37, 38
IEDs and, 37
M 1117 armored vehicles, 39-40
MRAPs, 39
soldiers scavenging for, 38-39
statistics on, 37, 39-40
Evans, Michael, 47
Express malice, 95, 96-97

Face the Nation, 136
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore), 54, 62-63,
191
Fallouja battle/mob killings, 31,
45-46, 53, 72-73, 242
Federalist Papers, The, 89-90
Feehery, John, 209
Feith, Douglas J., 118, 264n, 295n,
314n
Feldman, Linda, 143
Felony-murder rule, 97-98
FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency), 63
Fitzgerald, Ella, 40
Fitzgerald, People v., 284n
Fleischer, Ari, 194
Florida, Skiriotes v., 310n
Foley, Alan, 129
Folger, Abigail, 213
Ford, Gerald, 90, 314n
Ford v. United States, 307n
Foreign Affairs, 119
Fox, Vicente, 46
France
Afghanistan / Al Qaeda and, 136n
Iraq war and, 135-136
Niger uranium story and,
124-125
Franken, Al, 83
Franks, Tommy, 220n
Fried, Dan, 149
Frykowski, Voytek, 213
Fulbright, J. William, 287n

Gallimore v. Commonwealth of
Virginia, 88, 271n
Geneva Convention, 242, 269-270n
George magazine, 10
Gergen, David, 187
Gerson, Michael, 128, 158
Get Out, You Damned One (Hussein),
25
Gibson, People v., 312n
Giuliani, Ruddy, 171, 192, 202n,
317n
Goldsmith, Lord, 150
Goldwater, Barry, 287n
Good Morning America, 69, 117, 317n
Goodman, Melvin, 125
Gore, Al, 11n, 85n, 151, 173, 197,
200-201, 251n
Gore, Bush v., 236-237,247
Gormley, People v., 312n
Graham, Billy, 67
Graham, Bob
Bin Laden "pursuit" and, 220n
NIE report (101112002), 109,110,
291-294n
Tenet's letter, 105
Graves, Kevin, 47
Guantanamo, 86, 241-242, 269-270n
Gulf of Tonkin incident, 284-289n

***

Hadley, Stephen, 126, 127-128, 129
Hagel, Charles, 209
Hagenbeck, Frank L., 218
Halliburton, 37, 39, 265-266n
Hamdarii, General, 297n
Hamilton, Alexander, 89-90
Hamilton, Lee H., 194-195
Hanning, August, 216
Hanyok, Robert J., 286n
Harrington, State v. , 311 n
Hart, Gary, 315n
Hartings, Jennifer/Jay, 47-48
Hastert, J. Dennis, 209
Health care, 238-239
Heilbrunn, Jacob, 291n
Herbert, Bob, 17, 48, 148
Herrick, John J., 285-286n
Hitchens, Christopher, 7
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 310n
Holtzman, Elizabeth, 270n
Holyfield, Evander, 317n
Homeland security plans / creation,
315n
Houdek, Robert G., 127
Houston Post, 59n
Hujintao, 60
Hubris (Isikoff and Corn), 16, 108,
291n
Hurricane Katrina/victims, 63,
69-70
Hussein, Saddam
assassination attempt, 6, 252n
Bin Laden and, 116, 146,
261-262n
Bush's demand to leave Iraq,
134-135
capture / arrest, 260n
deaths responsible for, 5, 253n
no-fly zones, 258-259n
as not U.S. enemy, 254-264n
trial/ sentence, 5-7, 253-254n
UN inspectors and, 130-134
WMD bluff/Iran, 297-298n, 300n
See also 9/11 attacks and Al
Qaeda-Hussein link, WMD
threat
Hyde v. United States, 310n, 313n

IED caused deaths, 37
Illinois, Bartkus v., 309n
Impeachment of president
Bush, 82-83, 268n
Clinton, 82, 83
The Federalist Papers and, 89-90
U.S. Constitution and, 89
Implied malice
Bush prosecution and, 96-97,
98-99, 283-284n
description/examples, 95,98-99
Incisco, United States v., 271n
"Innocent agents" in criminal law,
87-88, 87n, 271-272n
International Criminal Court (ICC),
85-86, 254n, 269-271n
Iraq Body Count, 269n
Iraq election, 18, 264-265n
Iraq war
beginning of, 23, 133, 135
Bush statement at beginning, 23,
133
collapse of Hussein regime,
101-102
consequences overview, 3,43-44,
79, 229
effects on Iraq, 225-228,229,
320-321n
financial costs, 43-44
midterm elections and, 15,234,
235
nations participation / opposition,
135-136, 203n,228, 233-234
soldiers enjoying killing,
242-243
"success" and, 229-230
terrorism increase with, 44,225,
228-229, 322n
UN and, 281-283n
views of U.S. and, 44, 228, 233,
246
See also Deaths in Iraq war,
Deaths (U.S. ) in Iraq war
Iraq war/Bush's reasons
democracy in Iraq and, 17-19,20,
264n, 320n
Israel and, 264n
reelection and, 171-172
secrecy and, 19-20
speculations on, 15-16
statements by Bush, 21-23
See also 9/11 attacks and Al
Qaeda-Hussein link, WMD
threat
Isikoff, Michael, 16, 108, 291n
Israel, Jerold H., 311n

Jack, State v., 310n
Jackson, Justice, 279n
Jackson, United States v., 313n
Jacobson, Gary, 199
Jay, John, 89
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health, 268-269n
Johnson, Larry, 119
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Kennedy's assassination
investigations, 206n
Vietnam War / Gulf of Tonkin
and, 66-67, 71, 266n, 284-290n,
321n
war on poverty, 237
Jones, Paula law suit, 9-13
Joseph, Robert G., 129
Journal of the American Medical
Association, 51

Kaminsky, James, 61
Kandahar, 315n
Kay, David, 61, 298n
Kean, Thomas H., 208, 209, 211,
212
Keller, Bill, 263n
Keller, People v., 271n
Kelly, Sean, 45
Kennedy, Edward, 83
Kennedy, J.F.K.
assassination/ effects, 206n,
245-246, 321n
Bay of Pigs/responsibility and,
187, 267n, 319n
brother Robert and, 267n
poverty and, 237
Vietnam and, 66
as war hero, 61
Kennedy, Robert F., 267n
Kenofskey, United States v., 271n
Kerr, Richard, 118-119
Kerrick, Don, 184
Kerry, John, 61,62, 151,173, 224,
225, 237
Khalis, Maulvi Yunus, 215-216
King, Nancy J., 311n
Kinsley, Michael, 18
Knoller, Mark, 56-57
Koppel, Ted, 113, 256n
Krauthammer, Charles, 322n
Kristof, Nicholas D., 44
Krugman, Paul, 83, 234, 235
Kull, Stephen, 139

La Bianca, Leno, 213
La Bianca, Rosemary, 213
La Fave, Wayne R., 311n
Lancet, 268-269n
Lane, Mills, 317n
Lane v. State of Florida, 311n
Lanzit, People v., 312n
Larry King Live, 317n
Law of nations, 306-307n, 309n
Leggett, United States v., 271n
Legislation on future presidents,
167-168
Lendl, Ivan, 7-8
Leno, Jay, 317n
Leonard, Elmore, 78
Letterman, David, 83
Levine, United States v., 271n
Lewinsky, Monica, 11n, 12, 29n, 224,
235-236
Libby, Lewis "Scooter," 85n, 158,194
Libi, Shaykh al, 145
Lieberman, Joseph, 41, 206, 207,
209, 315n
Lies / false pretenses, legal
definition, 137n
Lies on Iraq war
American beliefs on, 82-85
consequences and, 82-85
See also 9/11 attacks and Al
Qaeda-Hussein link,
Prosecution of Bush for
murder, WMD threat
Limbaugh, Rush, 187n, 251-252n
Lincoln, Abraham, 274n, 275n, 278n
Los Angeles Times
2004 presidential election, 236
Bugliosi, 5
Bush and 9/11, 198-199, 205,
318n
Bush in Saudi Arabia, 76
Bush lies/ consequences, 84
Bush's war on terrorism, 172
"Curveball's" information, 122,
296n
Hussein, 7, 252n
Iraqwar/effects, 78, 226,227,235,
242
Mills Lane, 317n
Niger uranium story, 124-125
Outrage / O.J. Simpson trial, 9
Paula Jones lawsuit, 10
poll on poverty, 237-238
soldier obituaries, 32-37
Lucas, Henry, 85n
Luntz, Frank, 198-199

Mace, People v. , 299n
Madison, James, 89, 275n
Malice aforethought
contract killings and, 94-95
criminal intent (mens rea) and,
93-94, 279-280n
description, 93-96
express malice, 95,96-97
implied malice, 95, 96-97, 98-99,
283-284n
Man Who Kept the Secrets, The,
Richard Helms and the CIA
(Powers), 106
Manning, David, 149,166, 300n
Manson, Charles I prosecution,
86-87, 213, 221, 308n
Marin v. United States, 307n
Marshall, John, 276-277n
Martinez, Robert A., 45
Mashal, Lutfullah, 215-216
Mauro, Tony, 12
McCain, John, 61, 63, 67, 76, 81,
206-207
McClelland, Scott, 72, 73
McKinnon, Mark, 53
McLaughlin, John, 105, 160, 161, 294n
McNamara, Robert, 285-286n,
288-289n
Meet the Press, 24n, 142n, 209, 210
Menchaca, Khristian, 46
Mens rea (criminal intent), 93-94,
279-280n
Merriwether, Com. v., 304n
Miers, Harriet, 63
Miller, Dennis, 201-204, 217, 218
Miller, Judith, 296n
Moise, Clay, 40
Moise, Edwin E., 286n
Mondale, Fritz, 237
Moore, James C., 157-158
Moore, James L., 45
Moore, Michael, 54, 62-63, 191
Morgan, J.P., 240-241
Morgenthau, Robert, 29n
Morissette v. United States, 93, 279n
Morrell, Geoff, 39
Motive vs. criminal intent (mens rea),
279-280n
MRAPS (mine-resistant, ambush
protected vehicles), 39
Murder
circumstantial evidence and,
100-101, 108
definition/ elements of, 93
felony-murder rule, 97-98
first degree murder, 95, 97-98,
100, 154, 305n
malice aforethought and, 93-94
reasonable fear and, 94
second degree murder, 95, 99,
154, 305n
Tate-La Bianca murders, 86-87,
213, 221, 308n
See also Malice aforethought,
Prosecution of Bush for
murder
Musawi, Jabbar al-, 252n
Musharraf, Pervez, 323n
My Utmost to the Highest (Chambers),
59n

Nader, Ralph, 251n
Nasiriya battle, 243
National Intelligence Estimate
(10/1/2002). See NIE report
(10/1/2002)
Nation, 270n
National Law Journal, 10
Neuharth, Al, 199-200, 203, 218
New York Daily News, 10
New York Times
9/11-Hussein link, 83-84,224
Afghanistan fighting, 219
Bush and 9/11, 54, 55, 192, 197,
198
Bush's plan on Crawford, 60
Bush's reaction to war/ deaths, 53
Bush's war on terrorism, 172, 222
Cuban Missile Crisis, 266n
"Curveball's" information, 122
education in U.S., 243-244
Hussein/WMD, 5-6, 7, 252n,
256-257n
Iraq before war, 226-227, 320n
Iraq war/reasons, 17, 31, 38,48,
76, 78, 120-121, 230, 234
Lewinsky affair, 224, 236
Niger uranium story, 124
Outrage/O.J. Simpson trial, 9
Paula Jones lawsuit, 9, 11
Vietnam War, 286n
New York Times-CBS nationwide
poll, 84, 235
New Yorker, 9, 10
Newbold, Gregory, 65
Newsday, 9
Newsweek, 9, 174, 189-190, 198
Nidal, Abu, 319-320n
NIE report (9/26/2006), 228-229
NIE report (10/1/2002)
agencies involved, 108
authorization of war and,
108-109, 162
classified version, 109-116
conclusions in, 106-107, 290n
Congress being mislead on,
108-111
distortions of, 106-116
media and, 107,113
Niger uranium story, 114
Rice and, 110, 111, 115, 164n
Senate Intelligence Committee
report on, 110, 111n
Tenet and, 110, 111,116, 293n,
294n
unclassified ("White Paper")
version, 111, 112-116,
291-294n
Niger uranium story, 22, 114,
123-130
9/11 attacks
Bin Laden's reasons for, 177, 196
Bush approval ratings and,
196-205, 208, 215, 218
Bush immediately following
attack, 188-192
Bush insensitivities to, 54-56
Bush reelection campaign and,
171-172, 174, 204-205, 224-225
Bush statements after, 195-196,
318n
Bush statements on reasons,
195-196
criticism of Democrats and, 197,
200-201, 202n, 203, 204-205,
229
Giuliani and, 171, 192, 202n, 317n
media and, 185-186,187-188,
191, 192,195, 197-205, 207,
208, 216
shoot-down order following,
193-195
See also 9/11 failures
9/11 attacks and Al Qaeda-Hussein
link
American beliefs on, 137-138,
143, 147-148, 166
Bush stating no link, 224
lies on, 37, 43, 45, 83-84, 94, 100,
104, 109n, 116, 117-120,
137-149, 299n
"Mission Accomplished" speech,
141-142
not pursuing Bin Laden/ Al Qaeda
and, 104,140, 172, 182-183,
212, 214-223, 322n
pressure on intelligence analysts,
117-119
questionable evidence use,
144-145
turning Hussein over to Iraq and,
142-143
See also 9/11 failures
9/11 Commission
Al Qaeda summer 2001 activity,
175, 176
Bin Laden and, 314n
Bush testimony, 178, 190, 210
Bush trying to block/ obstruct,
206-211
Cheney and, 193, 194-195, 210
Clarke testimony I apology,
181-182, 210
findings 1 recommendations,
109n, 138, 141, 145-146,
211-212, 224
Powell testimony, 316n
Rice and, 178-179, 184, 193, 210,
318n
shoot-down order following 9/11
attacks, 193-195
Tenet testimony, 180, 315n, 316n
widows of 9/11 and, 207-208, 209
9 /11 failures
August 6 memo ignoring,
176-181
Bush on vacation (summer 2001)
and, 177-178,180
Bush's responsibility / watch and,
185-188, 205, 210, 318n, 319n
counterterrorism budget, 183
Rice and, 178-179
summer (2001) terrorist activity
warnings and, 175-185
Taliban and, 182-183
warnings from Clarke, 176,
181-182
warnings from Clinton
administration, 181
See also 9/11 attacks and Al
Qaeda-Hussein link
Nixon, Richard, 67, 71, 90, 321n
No Island of Sanity (Bugliosi), 11,
12-13
Northern Alliance, 217, 218,219,
297n

Obama, Barack, 74n
O'Connor, Sandra Day, 236
O'Neill, Paul, 60
Orlando Sentinel, 189
Otis, People v., 303n
Outrage (Bugliosi), 9

Parade magazine, 139-140
Parent, Steven, 213
Paterno, Joe, 185
Pearl Harbor, 206n, 289-290n, 318n
People, Aldrich v., 271n
People v. Buffum, 311n
People v. Coolidge, 96, 284n
People v. Fitzgerald, 284n
People v. Gibson, 312n
People v. Gormley, 312n
People v. Keller, 271n
People v. Lanzit, 312n
People v. Mace, 299n
People v. Otis, 303n
People v. Unger, 304n
People v. Wells, 283n
People v. Whitmer, 271n
People's Daily, 133, 134
Perle, Richard, 19, 58, 264n
Persian Gulf War
Bush and, 67, 151
Constitution war power and,
273n
following, 5, 151, 227, 258n, 298n
military power / WMD and, 16,
101, 263n
UN and, 282n
Pillar, Paul, 119, 291n, 292n
Pinochet, Augusto, 154-155
Pizzarusso, United States v., 307n
Pollack, Kenneth, 119
Poverty issues, 237-238, 239
Powell, Colin
9/11 Al Qaeda-Hussein link, 145,
147
9/11 Commission testimony,
316n
Powell, Colin (continued)
Al Qaeda warnings, 181
Iraq/Iraq war and, 65, 101
Kosovo and, 67
WMD, 21, 24-25, 121-122, 257n,
282n
Powell, Jonathan, 149
Powers, Thomas, 106
Preemption, A Knife That Cuts Both
Ways (Dershowitz), 256n
Pretext for War, A (Bamford), 296n
Prize Cases, The, 275-276n, 278n
Prohibited act (actus reus), 93
Prosecution of Bush for murder
aiding and abetting, 88-89, 272n
burden of proof, 152
circumstantial evidence and,
100-101, 107-108
congressional authorization and,
92
conspiracy to commit murder,
86-87, 89, 155-159, 306n, 307n,
309n, 312-313n
courts creating new law and,
96-97
cross-examination on 9/11 Iraq
connection, 165-166
cross-examination on "imminent
threat," 160-166
cross-examination on provoking a
war, 166
express malice and, 96-97
felony-murder rule and, 97-98
first degree murder and, 97, 99
"first impression" case, 91,98
implied malice and, 96-97, 98-99,
283-284n
importance of, 159-160
Jurisdiction, xiii, 90-91, 154,
155-157, 158n, 305-311n
malice aforethought, 93-94
military tribunal and, 305n
"overt act" and, 155-156,
311-313n
plea bargaining and, 158-159,
163n
premeditation, 95, 98
prohibited act / criminality, 93-94,
280n
prosecutor, 154, 155-156
punishment, 82-83, 84-85, 91,
156, 158
recruitment of soldiers and, 156
second degree murder and, 99
state prosecution / punishment,
xiii, 155-157, 158n, 308-311n
statue of limitations and, 90, 154
statutory authority for, 154,
305-308n
system of democracy and, 91
timing of, 89, 90
U.S. soldier deaths vs. Iraqi
deaths, 82n
vicarious liability rule of
conspiracy, 86-87, 89, 272n
See also 9/11 attacks and Al
Qaeda-Hussein link, WMD
threat
Prosecution of Bush for
murder I defense
"character defense," 152-153, 304n
implied vs. express malice, 95-96
necessity defense, 302-304n
self-defense argument and, 94,
100,101, 107, 115n, 149, 150,
152, 280-283n, 301-302n
war power of president and,
272-279n
Prosecution of Bush for war crimes,
85-86, 269-271n
Prosecution of president
The Federalist Papers, 90
United States Constitution, 89,92
Protective Principle, 306n
Pryor, Richard, 147
Putin, Vladimir, 60

Raphel, Robin, 118
Rather, Dan, 259n, 263n
Reagan Ronald, 186-187, 237, 259n,
273n, 305n, 314-315n
Redford, Robert, 269n
Reid, Harry, 129
Reno, Janet, 183
Rice, Condoleezza
9/11 Al Qaeda-Hussein link, 24,
145, 147
9 111 attacks/failures and, 176,
178-179, 178-181, 181, 184,
188
9/11 Commission and, 178-179,
184,193, 210, 318n
on Bush, 59
Bush-Blair meeting (1/31/2003),
149
as coconspirator, 87,157-159,
307n, 309n, 313n
NIE report (101112002), 110, 111,
115,163n
Niger uranium story, 126,
127-128,129
Riggs, Bobby, 8
Rivard v. United States, 307n
Robertson, Pat, 65-66
Robinson, Paul H., 310n
Rocha v. United States, 307n
Rockefeller, John D. IV., 117,139
Rogers, Will, 101
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 66, 71, 206n,
276n, 289-290n, 318n
Rose, Charlie, 113
Rove, Karl
character / role, 44, 141, 157-158,
159, 199, 322n
picture of, 43
political exploitation of war, 43,
44,45, 199
Vietnam War and, 44, 266n
Rudman, Warren, 315n
Rumsfeld, Donald
Bin Laden and, 182, 214, 215-216
budget report I combat pay, 41
Iraq war and, 25, 38, 65, 157,
314n
Reagan and, 259n
soldiers scavenging for armor
and, 38
student deferment of, 38
Runners World, 54
Rush, Dean, 266n
Russell, Richard, 66
Russert, Tim, 65
Rycroft, Matthew, 120, 149

Salinger, Pierre, 187
Sawyer, Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Co. v. 279n, 301n
Scheer, Robert, 205
Schneider, Peter, 246
Scow croft, Brent, 320n
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization), 287n
Sebring, Jay, 213
Segura, Pancho, 8
Sekzer, Wilson / Jason, 139-140
Senate Intelligence Committee/
Select Committee on
Intelligence
9/11 and Al Qaeda-Hussein link,
138, 139, 146, 147
Senate Intelligence Committee /
Select Committee on
Intelligence (continued)
pressure on intelligence analysts,
116-117
WMD and, 160-161
Sergio / grave, 42, 44,45
Shapiro, Walter, 10
Sharp, Ulysses S., 285-286n
Shaw, United States v., 98-99, 284n
Sheehan, Cindy / Casey, 47-48
Shelton, Henry H., 184
Simpson, O.J./trial, 9
Sistani, Ali al-, 320n
Skiriotes v. Florida, 310n
Smith v. State, 271n
Snider v. Wimberly, 272n
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
(1940), 12
Soldiers (U.S.)
background description, 32, 37
Canadian soldiers pay vs., 42n
condition fighting in, 41
Iraqi views on, 17, 228
military pay incentive and, 37
pay/pay cuts and, 40-42, 42n
torture of, 46
wounded, 3, 40, 44,51-52
See also Deaths (U.S.) in Iraq war,
Equipment needs
Speller, Jarred, 34
Spitzer, Eliot, 239
Sports illustrated, 8
St. Petersburg Times, 294n
Stalin's rule analogy, 17
Starr, Ken, 29n, 235-236, 237, 247
State of Florida, Lane v., 311n
State v. Bailey, 271n
State v. Bundrant, 310n
State v. Harrington, 311n
State v. Jack, 310n
State v. Willoughby, 311n
States, Smith v., 271n
Steinbeck, John, 245-246
Stephanopoulos, George, 113
Stewart, Jon, 18
Stone, Oliver, 321n
Story, Supreme Court Justice, 277n
Strassheim" Daily, 310n
Sunnis-Shiites relationship, 265n
Superior Court, Clifton v., 309n
Suskind, Ron, 60
Sylves, Richard, 200

Taking Charge (Beschloss), 288n
Taliban
Bin Laden/ Al Qaeda in
Afghanistan and, 136n,
182-183, 202-203, 217, 218,
219, 315n
collapse/reemergence, 217, 219n,
223
Tannen, Deborah, 139
Tate, Sharon, 213
Tate-La Bianca murders, 86-87,
213, 221, 308n
Tax cuts for wealthy, 40-41, 42n
Tenet, George
9/11 and, 64, 180, 181-182
9/11 Commission and, 180, 315n,
316n
betrayal, 116
Bin Laden and, 315n
as Bush friend, 64, 176, 267n
"Curveball's" information and,
122-123
NIE report (101112002), 110, 111,
116, 293n, 294n
Niger uranium story, 126, 127,
128
warnings to Bush summer 2001,
176
WMD, 64, 107,150-151, 160-161
Terrorism
Beirut/U.S. soldier compound
bombing,186-187
British foiling attempt (2006), 199
increase with Iraq war, 44, 225,
228-229, 322n
Yousef bombings, 177
See also 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda,
Bin Laden, Osama, War on
terrorism
Thomas, Commonwealth v., 311 n
Thomas, Helen, 65
Thompson, Mike, 41
Thoreau, Henry David, 13
Time magazine, 48, 63, 172, 202,
225
Today Show, 133
Toobin, Jeffrey, 9
Tora Bora, 172, 214, 215, 216, 217
Torture
Abu Ghraib prison, 6, 86,
241-242, 253n, 269-270n
Guantanamo, 86, 241-242,
269-270n
of U.S. soldiers, 46
war crimes prosecution and,
85-86, 269-270n
Toynbee, Arnold, 245
Transfer case, 31n
Tribe, Laurence, 10
Truman, Harry, 66, 71, 274n, 279n
Tuck. Chong, United States v., 307n
Tucker, Thomas, 46
Tyson, Mike, 317n

Unger, Craig, 125-126
Unger, People v., 304n
United Nations
Bushl administration statements
to, 21, 121-122, 282n
inspectors / containment and,
WMD threat / evidence against,
130-134, 136, 165, 290n, 294n,
297-298n, 299-300n
Iraq war, 281-283n
Persian Gulf War, 282n
WMD threat I evidence against,
130-134, 136, 290n, 294n,
297-298n, 299-300n
United States
becoming respected again, 249
as civil society, 248
cultural changes, 241, 248-249
decline, 243-249
as free, 323n
Justice in, 239-240
patriotism in, 246-247
poll on "pride" of American,
239
religiosity in, 247, 248
stupidity and, 246-247, 248
as superpower, 244
United States, Abbate v., 309n
United States, Downing v., 313n
United States, Ford v., 307n
United States, Hyde v., 310n, 313n
United States, Marin v., 307n
United States, Morissette v., 93, 279n
United States, Rivard v., 307n
United States, Rocha v., 307n
United States Constitution
impeachment, 89
prosecution of president, 89,92
war power, 272-279n
United States of America v. Bush, 99,
284n
United States v. Benitez, 306n
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export
Corp., 275n, 276-277n, 279n
United States v. Davis, 308-309n
United States v. De Luna, 313n
United States v. Incisco, 271n
United States v. Jackson, 313n
United States v. Kenofskey, 271n
United States v. Leggett, 271n
United States v. Levine, 271n
United States v. Pizzarusso, 307n
United States v. Shaw, 98-99, 284n
United States v. Tuck. Chong, 307n
United States v. Young, 307n
Uoc, Nguyen Dinh, 285n
Uranium from Niger story, 22, 114,
123-130
USA Today
Bush and 9/11, 199-200
health insurance, 238
Iraq war / Bush, 39, 55,61,
199-200, 216, 242-243
Mills Lane, 317n
No Island of Sanity, 12
Paula Jones lawsuit, 10
USS Cole, 175, 187n
USS Maddox, 285-286n, 289n
USS Ticonderoga, 285-286n

Valenti, Jack, 67
Valliere, Greg, 199
Vanity Fair, 17, 19, 125
Vasquez, Maria Guadalupe, 46
Vicarious liability rule
Bush prosecution and, 86-87, 89,
272n
"cause" meaning, 87, 88
description I examples, 86-88
Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin incident,
284-289n
reasons for, 266n
See also specific individuals
Villepin, Dominique de, 136, 255n
Vo Nguyen Giap, 289n

Walter Reed Hospital scandal, 40
War crimes/War Crimes Act, 85-86,
269-271n
War on terrorism
Bush's reelection/ campaign and,
171-172, 174, 204-205, 224-225
not pursuing Bin Laden 1 Al
Qaeda, 104, 140, 172, 182-183,
212, 214-223, 322n
positive rating of Bush, 172-174,
184
rise in terrorism and, 44,225,
228-229, 322n
See also 9/11 attacks, 9/11 attacks
and Al Qaeda-Hussein link,
9/11 failures
War power of president, 272-279n
Warfield, Nelson, 197
Washington Post
Bin Laden "pursuit" and, 220n
Bush before 9/11 attacks, 181
Bush reaction to war I deaths,
53
Hussein, 252n
Paula Jones lawsuit, 9,11
Watergate scandal, 90
Watersby, Kendall/family, 50-51
Weapons of mass destruction
threat. See WMD threat
Wells, People v., 283n
Whitewater investigation, 29n
Whitmer, People v., 271n
Wilkerson, Larry, 125-126, 129
Will, Sabin, 246
Willoughby, State v., 311n

Wills, Gary, 12-13, 305n
Wilson, Charles, 243
Wilson, Joseph C. IV, 124, 261n
Wilson, Thomas, 38, 39
Wimberly, Snider v., 272n
WMD threat
acceptance of, 254-264n
Bush/ administration scares on,
102-104,105-108
Bush Joking about, 77
Bush's speech 10/7/2002,
Cincinnati, 21, 105, 106-107,
126, 128, 134, 144, 145,
160-162, 259-260n
lies/mistakes on, 15, 16,18, 19,
20-25, 38, 64, 79, 82-87, 88,
91-92, 94, 99, 100, 290-291n,
294n, 300n
See also NIE report (10/1/2002)
WMD threat/ evidence against
Bush demand that Hussein leave,
134-135
cherry-picking information, 119,
120-123
"Curveball's" information/lies
and, 121-123, 122n
"Downing Street Memo," 120,
150
Hussein wanting to live, 102
"imminent" term and, 103-104
Iraq military weakness, 101-102
mobile labs and, 121-122
Niger uranium story, 22, 114,
123-130
Tenet's letter (10/7/2002),
105-106,107
UN inspectors / containment and,
130-134, 136, 165, 290n, 294n,
297-298n, 299-300n
U.S. resources in Afghanistan vs.
Iraq, 104
See also NIE report (10/1/2002)
Wolfowitz, Paul, 17, 19,182-183,
295n, 314n
Woodward, Bob, 65, 68, 181,
321n
World Health Organization,
269n
World Opinion poll (2006), 17
World Transformed, A (Bush and
Scowcroft), 320n
Wurmser, David, 264n
Young, United States v., 307n
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v.
Sawyer, 279n, 301n
Yousef, Ramzi, 177
Zaman, Haji Mohammed, 214
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 146, 147,
225, 262n
Zinni, Anthony, 130

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