Exactly what we've been saying! Two editorials from Paul Krugman here, opining on the need for transparency and perhaps "something like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that helped South Africa come to terms with what happened under apartheid." Of course, Krugman does not mention 9/11 specifically, but it's fairly obvious to the thinking reader that if we need 'truth and reconciliation' about nine years of abuses that have sprung forth from that day, we must apply this same plea: "let the truth be told."
"It's probably best if Congress takes the lead in investigations of the Bush years, but your administration can do its part, both by not using its influence to discourage the investigations and by bringing an end to the Bush administration's stonewalling. Let Congress have access to records and witnesses, and let the truth be told." (emphasis added)
By Bob Woodward
Washington Post Staff Writer
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The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantánamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who...
"Well, ahem," muses the UN Third Committee Member from the US, "of course, if we support the 'right to food,' we can't very well support Israel's 'right' to starve the citizens of Gaza to the point of eating grass or any of a number of similar 'unfortunate situations' ... and we don't want to appear hypocritical ... rather a delicate situation we have here ... ahem ... Let's just state we're not signing it based on a technicality in the wording based on lack of 'enforcement' power. Yes, yes, that's it. Of course, the other 180 nations don't have any issue with that technicality, but at least we'll have something to say we objected to so we won't have to just admit we don't really believe that all people have a right to food. Yes, I think that will work..."
#1. Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
# 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA
# 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business
# 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America?
#...
By Thomas A. Schweich
Sunday, December 21, 2008
We no longer have a civilian-led government. It is hard for a lifelong Republican and son of a retired Air Force colonel to say this, but the most...
Anyone who's seen the recent spate of films about genetically-modified food--"Bad
Seed: The Truth About Our Food," "The Future of Food," "Fed
Up!: Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture And Sustainable Alternatives,"
"The World According to Monsanto"--will want to consider this alert
from Organic Consumers Association about Obama's choice of Vilsack to head up
the USDA. If you aren't aware of the outrageous issues surrounding Monsanto's
genetically-modified world, have a look at OCA's Monsanto page here.
