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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Lt. Cally was convicted, but pardoned by Nixon before doing any time. Interestingly enough, Colin Powell was in charge of the military's unsuccessful whitewash/cover up of the incident. The government tried to suppress all information and images of My Lai at the time, and if it wasn't for the heroic efforts of Ron Ridenhour to get the story out, we wouldn't even know about it.
Pentagon papers, My Lai, Deep Throat, Abu Graib...you don't need to explain to us why you are publishing, you will always be doing the right thing when bringing any important information to the light of public scrutiny...even when it is hurtful to our national pride.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
