Vindication! (maybe) or; Iran Contra Deus

[mburbank]

Thanks for posting this, Shach. I was looking for a good article on it, and this is way better than any I'd found so far.

I also think this is where W's (or some faction within the administrations) love of Iran Contra style secret dealings was coming to light. It's no coincidence that all sorts of Iran/Contra players have resurfaced during W's reign. Someone powerful is big believer in secret, deniable, illegal foreign policy operations.

If W wins (or is appointed) his second term will be littered with shit like this. The problem is, I think what a lot of power players took away from Iran/Contra is that if the intrigue is complicated enough the media and the public won't be able to digest it. That's how utterly agregious stuff like Abu Gharib can happen and the absolute highest you'll ever get is some low level Colonel not getting promoted or an undersecretary having to resign. Maybe someone will even face criminal charges, but in the long run their convictions will be overturned, no harm, no foul. If it isn't as simple as sperm on a dress, most people just get a headache trying to sort it out and most media simply can't be bothered.