do the right thing at your peril
this is sort of a follow-up to the rumsfeld comment on the subject. neither got much play in the media, both are shocking and… dare i say it… unamerican.
Family of Iraq Abuse Whistleblower Threatened [reuters, august 16, 2004]Relatives of the U.S. soldier who sounded the alarm about abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said on Monday the family was living in protective custody because of death threats against them.
the country that would never let this happen. almost never anyway. unless it were the actions of individuals. unauthorized. dare i say it… illegal. and we will certainly get to the bottom of these heinous acts. i’m sure we will.
i just feel compelled to point out that so far, i haven’t heard about any mid-level ior upper-level government official even getting fired, much less prosecuted, for the intelligence, strategic and human rights failures of the past several years.
and now the family of the person that called america to live up to her own standards has to live under protective custody?
not in my america.
