John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY RAY MCGOVERN IN CONSORTIUM NEWS
“Senator Richard Burr: a Longtime Fan of Torture
“Newly released declassified documents prove once and for all that CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw torture in Thailand, which the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee knew all along, as Ray McGovern explains.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/08/11/senator-richard-burr-a-longtime-fan-of-torture/
Good summary of events.
This is important because it displays the template used over and over again in Washington to drive the agenda of America's imperialist establishment while offering the appearances of constitutional procedure.
Just as American elections offer a display of some kind of choice while actually offering the same bundle of goods from two parties - the Pentagon, the CIA, big lobbies, imperial wars, and America's plutocrats.
Much of the government process in Washington is political theater.
The real power behind the stage show marches right on while all this distracts and entertains.
