-By Jake T. Snake
I truly wonder how many years it is going to take to excavate the mass graves of the Bush Presidency. There are so many other shoes falling now that they are out of office and unable to keep the lid on that it is raining shoes(hums "It's Raining Men" quietly to himself). Dick Cheney lied...I did not see that coming. Now poor Leon Pannetta has to glance sheepishly into the camera and say "Remember that secret program we told you we didn't have? Well, it turns out maybe we did have just the one." This reminds me of rule I learned to use when doing drug use assessments. If someone told you they drank a six pack every night you just doubled it and surmised that you were probably still a bit short of the mark. I will bide my time quietly here until someone asks the question on my mind, which is this; How many other secret programs are you running that Congress and the President have no clue about?
Some folks are suggesting that the program may have been about "assassinating intelligence targets abroad." It isn't as though that would be a new tactic or beyond the CIAs talents.
Or maybe it was a perfectly harmless intelligence gathering program. The Washington Post as usual makes things as clear as mud. I especially enjoy the repeated assurances that the program was no big deal and if we could tell you about it you would see that as this gentleman points out. Or perhaps if there were nothing to hide you wouldn't be hiding it. People keep secrets when they know the shit they are doing is shameful, immoral or violates basic decency.
Daily Kos suggests that we may be inching closer to actual charges being filed against the thugs.
Even stranger to contemplate is that Nancy Pelosi may not be crazy...well, not on this particular point anyway.
I feel dirty. I am going to take a shower now.