12-02-2015, 05:19 PM
Rather was scuttled by a similar dirty trick of using bad sources even though he was correct in the thrust of his story about Bush stepping out on his National Guard service during Viet Nam. I wonder if anyone ever checked if Rather was set-up? Rather was Webbed.
The same Swiftboat-type puritans went after him for inaccuracy. The point being that none of them showed any similar concern over accuracy with the WMD's.
What the government gets away with is shifting their international intel ops to domestic under the guise of national security for the war effort, which is a pure violation of posse comitatus. They get away with it because they are internal and secret and therefore protected by themselves. The problem is, with the permanent war government, that is a permanent condition. No Constitutional rights or objective media in other words.
The same Swiftboat-type puritans went after him for inaccuracy. The point being that none of them showed any similar concern over accuracy with the WMD's.
What the government gets away with is shifting their international intel ops to domestic under the guise of national security for the war effort, which is a pure violation of posse comitatus. They get away with it because they are internal and secret and therefore protected by themselves. The problem is, with the permanent war government, that is a permanent condition. No Constitutional rights or objective media in other words.