Glenn Greenwald isn't discouraged by the "mewling, slavish and indescribably dishonest Pat Roberts."

there are a few really thoughtful, articulate, rational and all-around confidence-inspiring folks out there who can regularly and reliably shape my thinking and iron out the nasty wrinkles... glenn greenwald is one of 'em...

There is nothing surprising – and nothing even remotely fatal – about the fact that someone like Pat Roberts engaged in slimy maneuvering in order to comply with Dick Cheney’s decree that there be no investigation by that Committee into this scandal. If that little stunt is enough to make people say that the whole thing is over and the Administration won, then it means that we weren’t prepared to fight very hard over this matter.

The reality is that the more the Administration fights to suppress investigations and conceal relevant facts, the more fuel is added to this fire. Every presidential scandal in history has been exacerbated by the cover-up component. Opponents of the Clinton Administration had some of their most compelling political P.R. victories when the Administration invoked precepts of "Executive privilege" in order to block interrogation and to avoid the disclosure of documents.

Rather than viewing each obstructionist step by the Administration as some sign of our inevitable defeat and doom, we ought to see it and use it as what it is -- a sign that, contrary to their bravado, the Administration is petrified of this scandal and is doing everything possible to prevent Americans -- through their Congress and the courts -- from discovering the truth.

ok... i'll buy that... but, i gotta tell ya, glenn, it's goddam discouraging to follow this shit day after day after day for six years, watching outrage after outrage after outrage surface, and still have the only light at the end of the tunnel be that of the oncoming train...

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