Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush Book

John Dean served as former White House Counsel for Pres.
Nixon. He testified for the prosecution in Nixon's subsequent
impeachment trial.

Some Americans disliked The Patriot Act, created after the
events 0f 09/11/2001, b/c civil liberties were given up in
order to defend against terrorism, foreign & 'home-grown.'
I was surprised to learn Dean opposed this act.

Dean considered President George W. Bush (President#43) &
his Vice President Dick Cheney to be co-Presidents. He
described George W as a 'blank slate' who was molded into a
neo-conservative by Cheney & others. Bush & Cheney (B&C)
tried to expand the powers of the POTUS.

Dean saw these issues as red flags: 1) # 43's character
2) B & C each had suspect business conduct
3) Cheney was less than forthcoming on his heart health
4) civil rights violations in squelching dissent at POTUS
appearances
5) Bush's Executive Order dismantling the Presidential
Records Act. In order to hide POTUS papers for #43 and his
father #41, which could be incriminating.
6) secrecy surrounding developing a national energy policy
which benefited Bush POTUS contributors. There went
pollution standards out the window.
7) B & C ignored warnings about terrorism & then tried to
block a 9/11 investigation by Congress.
8) B &C ignored air quality in Lower Manhatten after the 2
planes were used as weapons against the Twin Towers.
9) Bush purposely mislead Congress regarding the need for
Iraq war. So many have been maimed or killed in this war.
10) leaking Valerie Plame Wilson's covert CIA identity (to
punish her spouse for declaring there were no WMDs).
11) "Torturegate" at Abu Ghraib.
12) Bush favoring the beef industry when Mad Cow disease
hit the US.
13) Bush talking to favorites at press conferences and
ignoring other media. The "4th estate" has a job to do.
They question executive, legislative, & judicial branches,
of the federal government, on behalf of fellow Americans.
14) Dean thought several of these were impeachable offenses.

I felt Pres. George W. Bush wanted to further enrich his
wealthy cronies at the expense of the health & safety
of ordinary Americans.

I read from more than 1 source, that soon after the 9/11
attack, President George W. Bush helped 200+ family
members of Osama bin Laden leave the US, when all
US airspace was closed, except to the President.