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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (29891)	10/11/2003 4:01:44 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 89467

The administration's reflexive secrecy will be self-defeating. The bipartisan Congressional investigation of Sept. 11 concluded that an informed public would be our country's best weapon against terrorism. After all, the Unabomber was only caught after newspapers published his screed and his brother recognized the voice. The right to know fights terrorism, corruption, and repression. The world is embracing, while Washington willfully forgets, the familiar finding by Justice Louis D. Brandeis: "sunlight is the best disinfectant." [...] iht.com

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (29891)	10/11/2003 5:40:25 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 89467

Bush is bogging down the nation in wars across the globe that cannot be won by application of the strengths of American military power." It looks as if Team Junior may be starting to retreat on some of those wars. His bluff has been called. cnn.com <font color=brown>U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S. has decided to offer security guarantees to North Korea as part of a deal to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. </font>