A fraud of extremely great magnitude

Imagine a trial known as "United States v. George W. Bush et al." That's the title of a new book by Elizabeth de la Vega. You can read an excerpt on a page at Common Dreams. Elizabeth de la Vega is a former federal prosecutor and knows how to build a legal case.

Here is Exhibit 1 in the trial:

Evolution of the Fraud

* Bush, Cheney, et al. were predisposed to invade Iraq even before they were elected.
* They secretly began to plan the invasion immediately after September 11. Bush requested an Iraq war plan in November 2001 and began escalating military activity.
* They enlisted biased political appointees to find evidence to justify a war beginning in October 2001.
* They began, without a reasonable basis, to imply that Iraq was linked to the September 11 attacks and posed an urgent threat in the fall of 2001.
* They began a massive fraud campaign in September 2002 to overcome weak public support for an invasion and manipulate Congress into passing an authorization allowing the President to use force against Iraq.
* They invaded Iraq in March 2003, knowing that their stated grounds for war were false, fraudulent, and without reasonable basis.

Do click through to read the testimony that demonstrates the above assertions. It's riveting reading.