RandomGuy
04-07-2006, 09:18 PM
WASHINGTON - The revelation that President Bush authorized former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to divulge classified information about Iraq fits a pattern of selective leaks of secret intelligence to further the administration's political agenda.
Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials have reacted angrily at unauthorized leaks, such as the exposure of a domestic wiretapping program and a network of secret CIA prisons, both of which are now the subject of far-reaching investigations.
But secret information that supports their policies, particularly about the Iraq war, has surfaced everywhere from the U.N. Security Council to major newspapers and magazines. Much of the information that the administration leaked or declassified, however, has proved to be incomplete, exaggerated, incorrect or fabricated...
Full leght article... as if anybody will read it. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14291966.htm)
In yet another sad example of the lack of ethics and honesty in this administration, we finally have some concrete proof that supporters can't wish or spin away.
In China, everything that has to do with the government or the nation is deemed classified, from simple sociological studies to government corruption at the party level. If you try to publish anything that might remotely embarass the government, the police will swoop in and you will have a long time in a small room to think about how badly you want that information to be public.
This administration has taken steps along this path in obvious and disturbing parallels.
EVERYTHING is classified, because somewhere, someone might use information to embarass the administration, unless of course there is political gain to be had. Then this information unsurprisingly finds its way to light.
This is NOT good government, nor is it a sign of a government that trusts the people it alleges to represent. Voters need to have information to make informed choices, and when you limit that information, you limit the ability of the people who really own government to make good decisions.
The sad thing is that a guy that many have argued as being a decent guy has turned out to be (SURPRISE!) just as slimy as those same people say Clinton was.
Bush had thumbed his nose at the rule of law, used national security classification as a political tool, and proven that he has no ability to pick competant people to run things.
He is touted as a holder of an MBA who brings a corporate style of governing to the white house. But any good executive knows how to surround himself with talented people. This guy can't even do that. "Good job Brownie" is just the tip of the political-appointee-over-talent-iceberg.
Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials have reacted angrily at unauthorized leaks, such as the exposure of a domestic wiretapping program and a network of secret CIA prisons, both of which are now the subject of far-reaching investigations.
But secret information that supports their policies, particularly about the Iraq war, has surfaced everywhere from the U.N. Security Council to major newspapers and magazines. Much of the information that the administration leaked or declassified, however, has proved to be incomplete, exaggerated, incorrect or fabricated...
Full leght article... as if anybody will read it. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14291966.htm)
In yet another sad example of the lack of ethics and honesty in this administration, we finally have some concrete proof that supporters can't wish or spin away.
In China, everything that has to do with the government or the nation is deemed classified, from simple sociological studies to government corruption at the party level. If you try to publish anything that might remotely embarass the government, the police will swoop in and you will have a long time in a small room to think about how badly you want that information to be public.
This administration has taken steps along this path in obvious and disturbing parallels.
EVERYTHING is classified, because somewhere, someone might use information to embarass the administration, unless of course there is political gain to be had. Then this information unsurprisingly finds its way to light.
This is NOT good government, nor is it a sign of a government that trusts the people it alleges to represent. Voters need to have information to make informed choices, and when you limit that information, you limit the ability of the people who really own government to make good decisions.
The sad thing is that a guy that many have argued as being a decent guy has turned out to be (SURPRISE!) just as slimy as those same people say Clinton was.
Bush had thumbed his nose at the rule of law, used national security classification as a political tool, and proven that he has no ability to pick competant people to run things.
He is touted as a holder of an MBA who brings a corporate style of governing to the white house. But any good executive knows how to surround himself with talented people. This guy can't even do that. "Good job Brownie" is just the tip of the political-appointee-over-talent-iceberg.