CBS News | Lying In The National Interest | January 28, 2006�12:34:26

CBS News | Lying In The National Interest | January 28, 2006�12:34:26: "Lying In The National Interest

Jan. 28, 2006
Has President Bush been covering up his intentions with Iran? (CBS)

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“No president should ever take a military option off the table.”
Vice President Dick Cheney


(Christian Science Monitor) This column was written by Daniel Schorr.One of the inherent powers of the president, apparently, is the right to lie in the perceived national interest.

In 1960, President Eisenhower had the State Department announce that a plane shot down over the Soviet Union was on a weather mission. He was left red-faced when the Russians produced the U-2 spy plane and its CIA pilot.

In 1962 President Kennedy cut short a trip to the West Coast and flew back to Washington from Chicago, suffering, it was announced, from an upper respiratory infection. The real reason for his hasty return was newly acquired photographic evidence that the Russians were putting nuclear missiles in Cuba – prompting the Cuban missile crisis.

In 1981, the Reagan White House condemned Israel for bombing the Osirak nuclear facility outside Baghdad saying, “The unprecedented attack would add to the tense situation in the Middle East.” Left unsaid was that the CIA director, William Casey, had visited Israel and agreed to cooperate in the attack, using American-made planes and American reconnaissance satellites to pinpoint the target.

So now, 25 years later, once again we face the introduction to the nuclear waltz and the question of how far the administration will go in keeping Americans posted on the gathering storm. What we have heard so far leaves a lot to the imagination. "

It's a shame lying has come to be expected from every administration for the last half-century. The lies of the current administration are far beyond the pale of anything we have seen before. Our expectations should be higher & we should vote our conscience!