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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: unclewest who wrote (30964)5/28/2002 3:48:22 PM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Regardless of the issue, there is usually culpability aplenty to go around, which is the reason we don't really get to the bottom of many messes.(viz. Enron)Or at least what we do discover doesn't really lead to any substantive change.

To regard Democratic calls for investigations as purely political in nature is to overlook some relevant information, such as the fact that FDR had an independent commission looking into Pearl Harbor eleven days after Dec. 7, and the fact that this administration has shown itself to be particularly and inordinately enamored with secrecy that started well before 9/11 as well. Couple that with the fact that investigations into the spook or DoD culture go to the heart of legislative pork and congressional oversight to the extent that many butts require covering, and you might conclude that the voices suggesting independent investigations have been entirely too timid.
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