Sunday, April 13, 2014

Truth Commission

This is from a current review of a thirty year old scandal:
 “If the White House knew that Casey was there, they certainly should have shared it with us,” Hamilton said, adding that “you have to rely on people” in authority to comply with information requests.
OK... we have a very long article, among many articles, on the topic of many scandals.  In every one of them, as we see today with Lerner in the IRS, Holder on Fast and Furious, Clinton on Benghazi, the people you have to rely simply refuse to cooperate.

Then what?

No one ever asks what is next?  Because there is no "next".  It is wrongdoing, and then shut up, it goes away.  There is too much dirt in intel files on anyone and everyone.

When Henry Hyde began impeachment of Clinton for adultery, it was revealed Henry Hyde was a world class adulterer himself while in office.  Typical republican "it's OK when I do it."   But then an of us with that power would do the same thing  What is wrong is giving others that power.

Since there will be no sanctions on wrongdoing anyway, why not open truth commissions?

Outsource them to the Chinese, who execute public officials who engage in wrongdoing.   Anyone who admits all wrongdoing can escape justice as outsourced to the Chinese.

Whole lotta self-criticism would follow.

And then we would know.  And stop believing our own PR.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604144/Moscow-claims-MI6-CIA-fanning-Ukraines-unrest-deadline-separatists-lay-firearms-passes-amid-accusations-Russia-built-secret-spy-network-flashpoint-region.html

We need truth commissions with our foreign policy as well.

If the CIA is indeed screwing around like this with foreign countries, I would be extremely angry.

John Wiley Spiers said...

Wait, what? What do you think the CIA does?

Anonymous said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE6rSljTwdU

The CaspianReport on youtube has a video on understanding the Russian mindset.

The Russians feel threatened with Ukraine turning to the West, where the naval base in Crimea is viewed by them as being critical to their security. If Ukraine ever joins NATO, Russia could lose their naval base in Crimea they think.

Anonymous said...

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/russia_urges_us_to_explain_report_cia_chief_visited_kiev_20140414

Our CIA chief visits Ukraine. I hope he doesn't start world war three with Russia.