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A Failure of Accountability
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 30, 2004 06:35pm |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Sunday, August 29, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ONLY A FEW years ago, it seemed the slightest suggestion of malfea- sance by a presidential administration -- allegations of tampering with a minor administrative office, say, or indications that a cabinet secretary might have understated the amount of money given to a former girlfriend -- could trigger a formidable response from the other two branches of government: grand juries, special prosecutors, endless congressional hearings, even impeachment proceedings. Some of that auditing, especially during the Clinton administration, went too far. Yet now the country faces a frightening inversion of the problem. Though there is strong evidence of faulty and even criminal behavior by senior military commanders and members of President Bush's cabinet in the handling of foreign detainees, neither Congress nor the justice system is taking adequate steps to hold those officials accountable. |
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