Obama "Guilty of Impeachable Crimes," Says Author David Lindorff

April 3, 2010 (LPAC)—Investigative journalist David Lindorff, who worked closely with Rep. John Conyers' House Committee on the Judiciary in 2005-2006, making the case for the impeachment of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush—that is, before Nancy Pelosi took impeachment "off the table"—is the first former Obama-lover to call for Obama's impeachment.

In an April 1 article titled "The Case for Impeachment of Barack Obama," which is being widely reported on left and Democratic Party-affiliated websites, Lindorff recounts that in 2005-2006 he wrote "The Case for Impeachment," which said that Cheney, Bush, and other members of the Administration should be "impeached for war crimes, as well as crimes against the Constitution of the United States."

"Sadly, it is time to say, just 14 months into the current term of this new President, that yes, this President and some of his subordinates, are also guilty of impeachable crimes, including many of the same ones committed by Bush and Cheney."

The grounds cited by Lindorff: Escalation in Afghanistan and use of mercenaries there who carry out targetted assassinations; the expanded attacks on civilians; the failure to prosecute those who authorized and perpetrated torture; the use of death squads in Iraq; and the escalation of warrantless wiretaps. He adds that "there is ample evidence" to also call for the impeachment of Timothy Geither for covering up Wall Street's crimes and being party to "unprecedented giveaways." But then, out of either fear or confusion, or both, Lindorff throws in Robert Gates and Eric Holder as also culpable in impeachable crimes.

Obama is sinking because LaRouche opened the battle to tell the truth and get him out of office. Lindorff is only the first of the liberal left to face up to the fact that Obama has to go; he won't be the last.