NY Times: White House of Mirrors

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/opinion/24sun1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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President Bush has turned the executive branch into a two-way mirror. They get to see everything Americans do: our telephone calls, e-mail, and all manner of personal information. And we get to see nothing about what they do.

Everyone knows this administration has disdained openness and accountability since its first days. That is about the only thing it does not hide. But recent weeks have produced disturbing disclosures about just how far Mr. Bush’s team is willing to go to keep lawmakers and the public in the dark.

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We knew that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was not protecting anybody’s rights or America’s reputation. It turns out that John Rizzo, the man charged with safeguarding the Constitution at the Central Intelligence Agency, isn’t either. After serving as the C.I.A.’s deputy general counsel or acting general counsel for the entire Bush administration, he was nominated as general counsel more than a year ago. But the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Pat Roberts of Kansas, would not schedule even a pro forma confirmation hearing because the Democrats wanted documents that the C.I.A. wanted to keep, well, secret.

Last week, the committee held that hearing under Democratic leadership, and Mr. Rizzo kept insisting that he shouldn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t give away any secrets. But he was still illuminating — in a scary way.

more @ link

[jaxx]

1. How can the rethugs see this stuff over and over and still say it didn't happen?

They're either blind or brainwashed.

[Liberty Belle]

2. kick for the night owls!

[choie]

3. so when is the NY Times going to come out for impeachment?

[Demeter]

5. Good Question!

Probably right after the Washington Post does.

[acmavm]

7. Never. They play both sides of the fence but cut the other side,

the corrupt side, a lot more slack then they do the people's side.

[cassiepriam]

4. And the NYT has helped the sociopaths in power every step of the way.

[UpInArms]

6. more from your link:

Incredibly, the lies and secrecy shrouding this administration are not enough for Mr. Rizzo. Sounding an awful lot like Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, he told the senators, “Far too many people know far too much.”

Governments have to keep secrets. But this administration has grossly abused that trust, routinely using claims of national security to hide policies that are immoral and almost certainly illegal, to avoid embarrassment, and to pursue Mr. Bush’s dreams of an imperial presidency.

So when is the NYTs going to confess to promoting Judith Miller and her lies?