when Bush hands over the keys to the White House in January, he will leave behind more unanswered questions of sweeping national importance than any modern president. ... the things we know we don’t know—there are also what Donald Rumsfeld might call the unknown unknowns.A few key actions will take us much of the distance between what we know and what we need to know. Full Story »
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The writer sets out prior attempts to grapple with administrative secrecy and posits that the best course to take is to try to secure the papers in Mr. Cheney;s possession, declassify as much as possible and appoint what he calls a 9-12 Commission to reach a consensus beyond party of executive abuses of power and weakening of civil liberties. In helpful sidebars, he sets out what we know, what we don't know and his suggestions for how to find out the missing parts of the picture on ... More »
What the 9/12 Commission needs to do, above all else, is tell a story. In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges writes that following ... More »
A realistic look at how hard it will be to look into what has actually been done by the Bush administration and suggestions about how to go about it.
It's good journalism because it tries to thoroughly examine what we aren't sure of (see the last 2 paragraphs) and how we might find out more. It notes the differences between this possible effort and those involving prior administrations. And it seriously suggests that there are lower level people who might be able to provide information which top level people won't.. But will anything prevent destruction of primary and secondary materials - paper and electronic?
The key people in various coverups could have learned a valuable lesson from an old pol hereabouts - it went something like 'if you can say it don't ... More »
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