To tell the truth
First off, there’s no truth to the rumor the Truth Commission started by Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, to look into the Bush administration’s treatment of terror suspects, died for lack of interest. The commission indeed met, and though there was hardly anyone in the audience, at the press tables or on the dais to ask questions, Leahy of Vermont apparently will press on, Captain Ahab-like, in his pursuit of truth.
The chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee crafted the commission to investigate alleged trampling of the Constitution and human rights during the Bush years. But the idea suffered a torpedo hit amidships, just below the water line, when President Barack Obama said he was more interested in looking ahead than looking behind.
As a result, the commission’s first meeting was an enactment of an oft-considered experiment: Suppose they called a hearing and nobody came? As The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank reported, even a bunch of demonstrators in hoods and orange jumpsuits got bored and left before the session ended. Sometimes, the truth hurts.
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