The Last Secrets of the Bush Administration

[kpete]

The Last Secrets of the Bush Administration

Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly at 7:55 AM on November 24, 2008.

Getting a sense of what the nation doesn't know about the Bush administration's secrets is not only daunting, it's hard to know where to start. In the soon-to-be-published December issue of the Washington Monthly, editor Charles Homans has a must-read cover story: "Last Secrets of the Bush Administration: How to find out what we still don't know."

The thought of revisiting this history after living through it for eight years is exhausting, and both President Barack Obama and Congress will have every political reason to just move on. But we can't -- it's too important. Fortunately, an accounting of the Bush years is a less daunting prospect than it seems from the outset. If the new president and leaders on Capitol Hill act shrewdly, they can pull it off while successfully navigating the political realities and expectations they now face. A few key actions will take us much of the distance between what we know and what we need to know.http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0811.homans.html

That these "few key actions" seem necessary is an understatement. Homans' prescription -- treat the Naval Observatory like a crime scene; quickly declassify the Bush administration's deliberations and policy implementations (especially from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel); and use commissions instead of subpoenas -- offers a realistic blueprint to policy makers on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Take a look.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0811.homans.html

more at:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/108394/the_last_secrets_of_the_bush_administration/#more

[MsLeopard]

1. Oh yeah

I can see Nancy and Harry cracking the whip right now. NOT!

If only they had a spine...

[Solly Mack]

2. "..a shared historical memory... "

America has a war criminal for a President, as well as a war criminal for a Vice President. The US government has sanctioned, enabled, and engaged in war crimes. The executive, to include cabinet members and advisers, counsel, and associates, are guilty of war crimes. The CIA is guilty of war crimes. Some members of Congress are complicit.

Anything less than that is just a shared lie...

and they can count me out on sharing in that