[lbo-talk] HRW calls for 9-11 style cover-up (?)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 25 14:33:39 PDT 2005


Joseph Wanzala quoted:


>http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/1342206
>
>REED BRODY: You know, we have called for a special prosecutor. I
>think there needs -- Americans are obviously upset by the pictures
>of Abu Ghraib, but I don't think there's yet a full appreciation
>that Abu Ghraib was only the tip of the iceberg. I don't think
>there's a full appreciation in the United States of how much damage
>this scandal has done to the United States' reputation. And if there
>was sufficient political will to appoint an independent
>investigation, like a 9/11-style investigation, or a special
>prosecutor, I think that all of this would come out, and the United
>States could wipe away the stain of Abu Ghraib in one fell swoop, in
>fact, by prosecuting all of the people who are responsible for this
>scandal.

Which would include Rumsfeld and probably Bush, even though he can't pronounce the Abu Ghraib. Right. Do people like Brody really believe this, or do they just think it sounds good?

Doug



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