Glenn Greenwald: The CIA's impunity on "torture tapes" (10-7-11 Guardian)

[bobthedrummer]

"That the CIA could destroy its videotapes of 9/11 conspirators interrogations without penalty is a shocking abuse of democracy"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/07/cia-impunity-torture-tapes

We aren't a democracy, are we?

[PDJane]

1. No.

you are a republic; you are getting to be less of a democracy as time goes on.

[n2doc]

2. We are more an Oligarchy than anything else nowadays.

They control the media, the voting machines and they pick which candidates we get to 'vote' for. Regardless of if McGrumpy or Obama won in 2008, the outcome in this matter (and many others) would be the same.

[Kurovski]

3. K&R. (nt)