DN: The Pretense Of "Reporting"

Sen. Durbin: I Knew the Public Was Being Mislead into the Iraq War

In Washington, the second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, Majority whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, has admitted that he knew in 2003 that the American public was being misled into the Iraq war but remained silent. Durbin said last week "I was angry about it. [But] frankly, I couldn't do much about it because, in the intelligence committee, we are sworn to secrecy." Durbin went on to say "We can't walk outside the door and say the statement made yesterday by the White House is in direct contradiction to classified information that is being given to this Congress."

Source: Democracy Now, May 1, 2007

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My email to Democracy Now:

Hey Amy, guess what--Treason is covered in the US Constitution. It makes no exceptions for political ambition, and one's duty to prevent a war for oil and empire, a war that has killed over 3000 Americans, over 650,000 Iraqis with millions more to die thanks to the widespread US chemical warfare via depleted uranium.

What will it take to get a little moral and historical perspective into your newscasts?

TLC