Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Three Guesses What They're Hiding
The Bush Administration and the Republicans are hiding as much information about the CIA's interrogation procedures as possible:
I suppose it's harder to loudly espouse a "Culture of Life" with a straight face while explaining why you're torturing people to death in the dark. Much easier just to classify everything as 'Top Secret - Embarassing"
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In the Senate, Mr. Roberts and his Republican majority have blocked an effort by Mr. Rockefeller to open a formal inquiry into the C.I.A. detention and interrogation practices. That has angered Democrats, who have said that such an inquiry would allow all 15 members of the committee access to information that has been restricted to the limited briefings.
Source: New York Times White House Has Tightly Restricted Oversight of C.I.A. Detentions April 6, 2005
I suppose it's harder to loudly espouse a "Culture of Life" with a straight face while explaining why you're torturing people to death in the dark. Much easier just to classify everything as 'Top Secret - Embarassing"
