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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 09:45 AM

    "These people did what they did under orders and with patriotism"

    Baloney. A true patriot would be proud to be prosecuted in accordance with our laws if it meant saving American lives. A false patriot would selfishly pervert our system of justice by avoiding accountability for their actions; for instance, retroactively modifying the War Crimes Act of 96 in the Military Commissions Act of 06, or telecom immunity. These false patriots are destroying the very way of life they claim they seek to protect.

    —Silash Read Silash's other letters

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