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Joan
Let me suggest just the opposite to conventional wisdom.
I think that the lack of public outrage to the previously released memos indicates that a full-blown investigation would not have the gut-wrenching political storms that pundits predict.
Keeping a secret poisons the soul. Of a person or a nation. Only confession cleanses. Let us separate confession from punishment.
In the way Mandala did in SA. Certainly those lawyers guilty should be disbarred, and CIA personnel dismissed but that is all that I would want to punish.
What is most needed is a clear statement that the level of secrecy should never again be allowed in our democracy. Perhaps Obama needs that reminder as well
