Is it too much to ask that the members of WETA’s Board of Trustees adhere to some minimal moral standards? Is it too much to ask that they conform to the moral values of Greater Washington?
Richard Carlson, member of the Board of Trustees, serves as an advisor to the Libby defense fund. No one disputes Libby’s constitutional right to a vigorous defense (although Libby didn’t seem to have any problem denying Gitmo detainees the same right). But no decent person can pretend that Libby’s actions are acceptable. There are many things reasonable Americans can disagree about; the necessity of protecting state secrets is not one of them. Libby blew and intelligence operation and lied about it under oath in an attempt to conceal his crime. For Carlson to serve on Libby’s defense fund is an insult to our community’s basic moral values.
I don’t see how WETA can come before our community and ask for money, when a man like Carlson will have say on how our money will be spent. It is time, it is past time, for Carlson to resign. I hope readers will join me in contacting WETA and tell them Carlson must go.
(Cross posted from GOTV)
