At a visit to Pasadena City College Monday, veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern spoke of both the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and that of the Iraq War, which he described as illegal and immoral.

The 76-year-old McGovern, who prepared daily White House briefings during the Reagan administration, said the way to save our country from further devastation is simple: Impeach the president.

"For demonstrable offenses: First and foremost, violating our Constitution by tricking Congress into approving a war that was unnecessary and unprovoked, in which 1,900 young Americans have already perished," he told the Weekly.

McGovern is not alone in his calls for Bush's removal. On Sept. 24, tens of thousands of antiwar demonstrators, many of them also calling for impeachment, are expected to take to the streets of downtown Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC.

When it comes to war, death and the bungling of disaster relief, "We're talking about a basic moral question here, folks, about what our country is all about and what it intends to be," said McGovern.

(For more on why to impeach Bush, see our Editorial on page 5.)