I am convinced that there has been and continues to be far more going on behind the scenes than we know about in the war on Islamic fundamentalist non-state actors (no more war on terror, right?). Nevertheless, I disagree with the notion that the State Secrets Act gives any administration immunity from illegal behavior.
My feeling is that they are attempting to protect foreign governments, particularly the Saudis but also many others, from having to reveal how much they are helping us fight against terrorism. I understand the need for discretion, but sooner or later these governments are going to have to stand up publicly and acknowledge that they are fighting with the U.S., and that is the right side to be on. In a way, it makes all of this very conciliatory behavior toward the Islamic world very understandable, though I regard the bowing in front of King Abdullah is a horrible breach of protocol. Still, if Obama can bring governments in the Islamic world around to publicly acknowledging the extent of their support for the fight against terrorism, he gets a pass on the bowing and scraping and apologizing for all the bad things we have supposedly done. It's like we're witnessing a drawn-out Kabuki theater, and we can only see what's on stage, not what is going on behind the curtain. I am very curious to see what comes next. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Gruss G wrote: > Thus I think the answer to my hypothetical question would be: because > if they said something it would undermine their legal case which they > need to win for a reason they can't disclose to us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294672 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
