A Nixonian Bush: Terrorism, journalism, and the veil of secrecy
On CNN's Reliable Sources today, David Gergen, who knows a thing or two about recent presidential administrations, said that Bush is worse than Nixon in terms of secrecy and the treatment of journalists. Crooks and Liars has the video and some of the transcript.
From said transcript: "This administration has engaged in secrecy at a level we have not seen in over 30 years. Unfortunately, I have to bring up the name of Richard Nixon, because we haven't seen it since the days of Nixon. And now what they're doing -- and they're using the war on terror to justify -- is they're starting to target journalists who try to pierce the veil of secrecy and find things and put them in the newspapers..."
The Moderate Voice, Unclaimed Territory, Firedoglake, Political Animal, and War and Piece have more.
Where exactly are all those free-speech-loving conservatives? Are they too busy trying to find those Danish cartoons? Too busy rallying in support of insensitivity and ignorance? Too busy apologizing for all this trampling of the Constitution?
To them I say: This is what your president is doing. Aren't you angry? Aren't you ashamed?
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Crooks and Liars also has video of Jack Murtha's appearance on CBS's Face the Nation: "The public is way ahead of what’s going on in Washington. They no longer believe it. The troops themselves, 70 percent of the troops said we want to come home within a year. The only solution to this is to redeploy. Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I've talked to a top-level commander the other day, it was about two weeks ago, and he said China wants us there also. Why? Because we’re depleting our resources, our troop resources and our fiscal resources."
Are you too busy, conservatives, to face reality? Or is "reality" just the latest White House spin?
From said transcript: "This administration has engaged in secrecy at a level we have not seen in over 30 years. Unfortunately, I have to bring up the name of Richard Nixon, because we haven't seen it since the days of Nixon. And now what they're doing -- and they're using the war on terror to justify -- is they're starting to target journalists who try to pierce the veil of secrecy and find things and put them in the newspapers..."
The Moderate Voice, Unclaimed Territory, Firedoglake, Political Animal, and War and Piece have more.
Where exactly are all those free-speech-loving conservatives? Are they too busy trying to find those Danish cartoons? Too busy rallying in support of insensitivity and ignorance? Too busy apologizing for all this trampling of the Constitution?
To them I say: This is what your president is doing. Aren't you angry? Aren't you ashamed?
**********
Crooks and Liars also has video of Jack Murtha's appearance on CBS's Face the Nation: "The public is way ahead of what’s going on in Washington. They no longer believe it. The troops themselves, 70 percent of the troops said we want to come home within a year. The only solution to this is to redeploy. Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I've talked to a top-level commander the other day, it was about two weeks ago, and he said China wants us there also. Why? Because we’re depleting our resources, our troop resources and our fiscal resources."
Are you too busy, conservatives, to face reality? Or is "reality" just the latest White House spin?
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
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