Tinkers tailoring information
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
(KRT) - The following editorial appeared in the Seattle Times on Tuesday, April 19:
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The details vary of course, but the story line is becoming too familiar. Information into or out of the Bush administration is either manipulated toward a desired outcome or completely hidden. ...
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Are We Safer?
04/20/2005 @ 5:29pm
- Kristin Breitweiser -
... Where are we today? Are the democratic principles that Osama Bin Laden tried to destroy on 9/11 still safely intact? Do nations around the world still respect and admire Americans? Are we still 'all Americans' like we were in the immediate wake of September 11th when almost every country in the world declared their solidarity with us? Or have we squandered that worldwide good will, faith and common purpose to fight terrorism? Have we learned any lessons since 9/11? And, most importantly, have our country's choices made us any safer than we were pre-9/11? ...
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So, with the Bush Administration hiding the facts from us, how will we be able to tell is we are safer? So far, all the evidence that's come to light says the Bush Administration is incompetent and-or more interested in setting up sweat-heart deals for their friends than in keeping America safe.
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