Democrats Have Legalized Bush's War Crimes By Robert Parry The Democratic leadership cleared the way for the president and his collaborators to evade punishment for defying the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that a key positive feature of the new wiretap "compromise" is that the bill reaffirms that the President must follow the law, even though the same bill virtually assures that no one will be held accountable for George W. Bush's violation of the earlier spying law. Share