WP: The Last Five Years
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
....We could, for instance, trace the dramatic expansion of executive power in the name of fighting the war on terror. (See my August 18 column.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/08/18/BL2006081800562.htmlWe could expose the failures that have plagued the administration's initiatives to coordinate homeland security and emergency response. (See some...Washington Post articles.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/nation/special/6/index.htmlWe could write about Iraq, the most conspicuous, costly, deadly, and arguably counterproductive byproduct of President Bush's post-September 11 mentality. (See my August 22 column.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/08/22/BL2006082200658.htmlWe could expound on America's dramatic loss of moral authority, prestige and influence on the world stage. (See this AP story from Tom Raum.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_promises_and_threatsWe could reflect upon the administration's continued stoking of Americans' fears for political purposes. (See Arianna Huffington.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/why-we-need-an-epidemic-o_b_28561.htmlAnd while the White House can't exactly prevent journalists from writing whatever we want, the president does have a great way of forcing us to take notice of whatever it is that he wants. It's called a "series of major speeches" on the "Global War on Terrorism."...
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