Americans Deserve "Truth and Accountability"
Editorial, The New York Times | March 5, 2009
This week has been shocking for the US. ++ First, the CIA revealed that it had destroyed 92 tapes of interrogation and thus, possible torture evidence, reminding Americans of the Bush abuses. ++ Second, the release of legal documents from the Justice Department reminded them that their new President will restore transparency. ++ The proposal to hold a “bipartisan inquiry” to examine the real doings of the Bush administration will “provid[e] Americans with as much truth and accountability as possible about their government’s actions.”
Fri, Mar 6th 2009, 03:23
Patrick Edwin Moran, Wake Forest University, Platinum Contributor (201)
Cultural maturity has always been characterized by working out the logical conflicts in thought. To get a better society we have to eliminate the inconsistencies that permit one group to have powers and privileges denied to others. Bush wanted to give himself powers that were denied by the systematic intent of the writers of the Constitution, and to deny the basic liberties guaranteed by the Universal Principle of Human Rights to others. Overtly, he and his group could deny rights to non-citizens on the grounds that they were (alleged) enemies.
There seems to be no way to securely protect members of the press and other potential watchdogs in the immediate aftermath of an attack such as we suffered on 9/ll. Is it safe to open these issues now?