Wow. I have to urge everyone to check out this Frontline program, The dark side. Billed as the story of Vice President Cheney’s unprecedented power as VP, and his push to expand presidential powers, it ended up being one of the best overviews of the complete failure of various government agencies in the lead-up to the Iraq war.
And while the program outlines Cheney’s cold bureaucratic maneuvering very well, the player who comes off looking the worst in the story is former CIA director George Tenet, who seems to have sold out his country for a seat at the table of the administration.
Amazing.
And while you won’t read many political posts on this website (because others cover the subject better than I could), I couldn’t help but think that history will not be kind when the fuller story is told.
And on this Independence Day, read this one from the SF Chronicle:
Patriots, awaken: “The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were not doing so to commission an annual party. They were making a covenant with history that requires day-to-day vigilance to defend the liberties it asserted. Honor them by speaking out.”
