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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:12 PM
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What the White House doesn't want journalists to write 5 years after 9/11
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.html

We 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.html

We 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.html

We 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_threats

We 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.html

And 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."...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html
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Selteri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:21 PM
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1. Publish or we may all PERISH!
This administration has directly been the most power hungry and secretive administration. Time and again many of their secrets that have come out include on or before 9-11 committing unconstitutional acts upon Americans. (The wire tapping started in feb - 2001 for instance)

Publish what they have given to hang themselves, the only people who fear published fact about themselves are those with a great deal they want to keep hidden.
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