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government was/is engaged in ongoing criminal behavior. It was
Bush who approved the crimes and instructed others to carry
them out. He then tried to hide the crimes by classifying the
behavior as a secret. That's what every criminal would like to
do.
Mary McCarthy, a mid level CIA agent, allegedly told the press
that the CIA was running secret and illegal prisons in Eastern
Europe, where people were being disappeared and
tortured. It was a story that earned one reporter a Pulitzer Prize. If the accusation is true, Mary did what she had to
do--what national and international law required her to do. It
was the honorable, courageous, and patriotic thing to do. What
is even more exemplary is that apparently she did it only 10
days before she could have retired. She was fired.
When Mary McCarthy exposed the crimes, she was punished for
ignoring the fact that the criminals had classified their
crimes as secrets. Of course that's what any Mafia boss would
do if one of his operatives exposed his organization's crimes. It's just not
what one would expect a legitimate government to do. Since the
crimes were perpetrated and initiated at the Presidential
level, and since Congress was not exercising its oversight
responsibilities, she had no recourse but to go outside of
government to alert the citizenry. The government was/is out
to lunch.
If Mary McCarthy actually did what she has been accused of
doing then she is a hero. It's the mob boss who needs to lose
his job. If her punishment stands, and Bush's
criminal behavior goes unpunished, then what does that say
about us?
One other point: Bush has a long record now of criminal
behavior since coming to office. The press has been focusing
on whether or not recent White House shuffling of staff is
cosmetic or represents some kind of real change in the
Executive Branch. I would simply say that the question is
really irrelevant. The crimes Bush and his Bush league players
have perpetrated on so many innocent victims are among the
most violent and unconscionable acts that human beings can
inflict on other human beings, and no shuffling of staff, or
future change in attitude or policy, can exonerate him for
what has already been done in our name.
http://www.gpln.com/resolution.htm
http://www.gpln.com/constitutionincrisis.htm
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