Sy Hersh: My current hero

[womzilla]

The forthcoming New Yorker contains an article entitled The Gray Zone. Here's how it begins:

The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America’s prospects in the war on terror.

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Yes to Impeachment

[bobhowe.livejournal.com]

If we go by the Republican standard for impeachable offenses as it was applied to Bill Clinton, Bush would already be out of office.

Seymour Hersh has unbelievable sources, and his reporting on Abu Ghraib has thus far been unimpeachable (sorry). I understand why his sources have to remain anonymous, but that does trouble me. At best, it gives the administration ammunition in dismissing the allegations, and undermines the reading public's confidence in the facts.

Having said that, I think Hersh has done more to expose the Bush administration's mendacity and undemocratic tendencies than nine-tenths of the working press.

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

The best present my brother ever got me was a subscription to the NEW YORKER. (Of course, it helps that he works for them.)

These have been outstanding, and I am looking forward to Wednesday, when I will read the rest of this article.