The Beacon of Hypocrisy

Shocking. Condolleezzaa Rice doesn't think an independent investigation into the torture of US detainees is needed. Why? Well, because the United States already has a free press and an independent Congress. That's correct, all you owners of brains out there: she said we don't need an independent investigation because, well, Congress and the press can do what they like. Don't change the subject, dummy. The question is one of accountability, something Rice--who got a promotion for allowing Al Qaida to attack New York City--clearly isn't qualified to talk about. What she is saying, in her usual not-too-bright way, is that the facts of Abu Graib, Guantanamo, and the rest of our torture factories and rape rooms will be known, but she doesn't want any crazy people, with their ideas about responsibility, trying to actually hold the administration responsible. That would be too much.
Besides, the US is "as open a society as you'll find" which means that, as long as we pretend to remedy one atrocity more than our buddies Saudi Arabia and Israel, we'll get to keep the title.