Posted by Tina
Want to read something creepy? Run on over to National Review for the excellent article, The Investigations Begin – Congressional Democrats go after the Bush administration, by Marc A. Thiessen – NRO
** The investigative train leaves the station this morning, as Sen. Whitehouse and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy hold the first hearing on Leahys proposal for a Truth Commission to investigate the Bush administration. Leahy presents his commission as a middle ground between those who resist any effort to investigate the misdeeds of the recent past and those who say that, regardless of the cost in time, resources, and unity, we must prosecute Bush administration officials to lay down a marker. He says his goal is an independent inquiry that is beyond reproach and outside partisan politics to pursue and find the truth. *** Leahys proposal sounds eminently reasonable. It isnt. In fact, the creation of a Truth Commission would be misguided and extremely dangerous. *** First, the name Truth Commission carries sinister connotations. Truth Commissions have been formed in Chile and Argentina to investigate abuses by those countries military dictatorships; in Rwanda to investigate genocide; and in Sierra Leone and Liberia to investigate crimes committed during civil wars. *** Second, the purpose of a Truth Commission is to get all the facts out into the open. The last thing we want to do is get all the facts about our counterterrorism policies out into the open. *** Third, the creation of a Truth Commission would send a chill through our intelligence community putting our officials on the defensive when we need them to remain on the offensive against the enemy. **
The man known in some circles as Leaky Leahy probably doesnt give a rip about national security.
Please read this article. We all should know about government truth commissions especially if they choose to hold them in secret, if they refuse to release report, or if they omit information regarding those who backed the war initially, traveled to interfere in talks, leaked vital information to the NYT. Andonly weenied out when the going got tough and Code Pink got going.