Commentary: Re-open investigation of Abu Ghraib

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17167.html

Commentary: Re-open investigation of Abu Ghraib
By Joseph L. Galloway | McClatchy Newspapers


McClatchy Newspapers

We were reminded again this week that in this administration, no good deed goes unpunished, and that no scandal is so great that it can’t be hidden until it’s forgotten.


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The examples made of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki and Gen. Taguba weren't lost on military commanders in the field or at home: If you dare speak truth to power in this administration, your career is toast, and any hopes you have of landing a cushy job in one of the defense industry behemoths are finished.

It’s long past time for Congress to reopen the matter of who's really responsible for Abu Ghraib and let the chips fall where they may - even if that means they pile up around the retirement home of a former secretary of defense or the gates of the White House itself.

How many more high crimes and misdemeanors will be revealed in the months to come? How long is it going to take to clean, polish and restore the White House and the Pentagon and all the other agencies of our government when this bunch moves out?

Let’s begin right here by serving subpoenas on all the rats that are lining up to skitter down the hawsers of a sinking ship, and getting to the TOP of all the sorry scandals of this administration, one by one.

You can read Seymour Hersh's article at the New Yorker.

Posted on Wed, June 20, 2007

[shance]

1. No more whitewashing/cover up Congressional Investigations.

We Independent Investigations of the crimes being committed.

What "investigations" from JFK, Iran/Contra, 9-11 to even Watergate weren't essentially cover-ups?

The hearings were run by those appointed to essentially ensure/divert from the crimes committed.