'So Many Republican "Mysteries"' News Headlines

So Many Republican "Mysteries"

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From Reuters today: "CIA chief Goss quiet on abrupt departure

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Porter Goss said on Saturday the reason for his abrupt resignation as

CIA chief after less than two years on the job would remain a mystery, while the White House denied that President George W. Bush had lost confidence in him. . . . ."

news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060506/pl_nm/bush_cia_dc_7

It seems like there are a lot of mysteries these days with our Republican-led government. For example, in addition to this unexplained sudden change of leadership at the CIA:

1. Valerie Plame. What is going on with this one? It's now clear that the White House up to the President lied about not authorizing selective leaks of info to attack Plame’s husband, though the direct link to the President authorizing outing Plame as an agent as payback has yet to be made. Also it seems like Plame was key in our obtaining intelligence on Iran, which we are now sorely lacking.

2. US torture. Whatever happened to this too? Why did we need to torture anyway? We didn't need torture (or secret spying) to stop 9/11 - our government had all the info needed to discover the plot but just didn't put the pieces together. And all this torture and secret spying hasn't resulted in the capture of OBL since. I can't believe that guy is still on the loose, and that we went into Iraq before we caught him.

3. Secret illegal spying program without obtaining warrants. And where is this one? Why didn't our government bother to get the warrants? The explanations are really lacking. The warrant program even allows spying first and then obtaining a warrant afterwards on an expedited basis. Now Bush wants to appoint Hayden, the head of this illegal program, to head the CIA.

To me, any one of these scandals is equal to Watergate. Three of them together make Watergate look like a drop in the bucket. And yet they seem to be getting a lot less play than Whitewater did!

Why aren’t people speaking out more? Why isn’t our Nation outraged? Why isn’t the media giving these scandals enough well-deserved airtime?

Thoughts?

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