Hidden from view
Funny, but I don't remember this getting much coverage. Journalist Sandy Leon Vest writes at Toward Freedom about a January 20th "Hearing on Domestic Spying, headed by Representative John Conyers, Jr. [which] was literally and figuratively held underground in the dark recesses of the nation's capitol building." Excerpts:
A hearing of such historical significance would surely have been considered newsworthy at any other time in US history - and in any other country. But these are strange times indeed. While the January 20 hearing was covered extensively by the international press, here in the US the story didn't even make the playlist...I don't know - seems kind of important to me...
That same day, Bush strategist Karl Rove - all but cloistered since the Valerie Plame (CIA) incident - was dusted off and trotted out to give a pep talk to fellow Republicans at their annual Republican National Committee's (RNC) meeting to defend the warrantless domestic surveillance program, saying it was "in our national security interest"...
So it is that a critical moment in American History, like the proverbial tree in the forest, just wasn't heard. While the Conyers' hearings remained in the basement, airwaves were spammed with a dazzling array of Bush apologists, including Bush henchman Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who shamelessly upheld the president's specious legal defense.
posted by Bob P @ 3:01 AM
1 Comments:
Good find. I missed this, too.
A few months back, Conyers held another important hearing in the basement, because the Republican PTB at the time said there were no other rooms available. That one was about the Downing Street memo.
Conyers never seems to get much press. Don't know why. But these two hearings certainly should have attracted more attention.
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