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I believe an investigation is warranted, and that investigation should be done by non-US officials, considering the misinformation in our own agencies. Once guilty parties are found, the World Court (ICJ) should handle sentencing and further interaction with the US.
The main problem with this plan, which seems to me like the prudent response to the current situation, is that the US withdrew from the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ sometime in the 80s, so the US government can choose to accept or ignore the court's rulings when they wish (I believe, I'm just a novice at stuff at this level). The only real way to do this would be in conjunction with impeachment proceedings (so Bush can't just say no to the jurisdiction of the ICJ), which would bring up jurisdictional issues with people who may not be up to snuff on such things. It would need to be done in tandem with full cooperation, which isn't precedented as far as I know. We'd be in new territory, but it would go a long way to repair the reputation of our country and to prevent future wars of aggression.
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