Letters to the Editor
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United States of Blackwater? Legal Question (GG, Justaplero?)
Welcome to the accountability-free zone!
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm not naive--I know that moral/ethical obligations aren't necessarily the same as the law. This military analyst story, however, turns my stomach: not only because of the government's cynical, deliberate war on the hearts and minds of its own populace, but also it seems to violate the law.(Not that clear law violations haven't stopped our government before, but on to my question)
What role does motivation play in this kind of a legal case? Motive is a part of a criminal investigation, no?
If motive is factored in at all, it would seem fairly obvious that Rove/Cheney were behind this propoganda. And the blocked emails would likely be sent from RNC's "missing" email servers. It's a pretty clear pattern of intent to deceive, abuse of power, confluence of private and public entities in violation of the Constitution.
Can "they" really get away with creating a space--such as the so-called gray zone of Blackwater--where no offence passes the smell test, let alone moral or ethical standards, yet no one is/ can be held accountable such unconscionable deeds?