It’s not just that the press hasn’t been honest about the extent of our barbarism during the Bush administration, it’s that they are actively in denial about it. Any cursory glance at the analysis being done currently on the cable teevee will prove this to you. They simply assumed that no one would even be held accountable because they allowed themselves to believe that everything was legally authorized. But dozens of people lost their lives and a lot of the torture went far beyond what was illegally authorized.
Update [2009-8-24 15:41:59 by BooMan]: The CIA IG Report is released.
