Leahy’s Truth Commission

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy has convened his Truth Commission. While President Obama publicly stated he wanted to look forward, behind the scenes his staff released dozens of executive memos from the Bush Administration that literally suggested ways to undermine the constitutional rights of American Citizens and the human rights of countless victims around the world.

The notion that the past is behind us is an idea to which very few people subscribe, but they who do are usually not the victims, but associates of the perpetrators. The perpetrators have the luxury of hiding their crimes beneath a blanket of national identity, obscured by the vast bureaucracy of our government.

When the Truth Commission exposes the constitutional violations and identifies those responsible for the pain and suffering of countless victims around the world and here at home, the rest of us will be able to walk in broad daylight knowing we won’t be the victims of retribution.


So, if you have a problem with Senator Leahy’s Truth Commission, please keep a maximum safe distance from the rest of us. Thank you.

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200903/030409a.html