[GeorgiaYankee]

"It all brings to mind something I've wondered about for some time: Are secrecy and credibility natural enemies? When you stop to think about it, you keep secrets from people when you don't want them to know the truth. Secrets, even when legitimate and necessary, as in genuine national-security cases, are what you might call passive lies."

OK, no more secrets. All military operations will be announced in advance. Maybe we should have announced the time and place of the D-Day Invasion.

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[Viking2002]

This old crank just needs to stay on his yacht and shut up.

[Felis_irritable]

"...revealed to Congress that the prescription-drug bill would be a lot more expensive than the administration claimed..."

Liberal battle-axe cronkite makes it sound as if he thinks or cares that that's a bad thing. I'll bet he thought all of johnson's "Great Society" foolishness was a good idea too - and the numbers on those were fudges, too. The operative word is hypocrite.

[Rokurota]

"It all brings to mind something I've wondered about for some time:

Now just where did I leave my brain?"

[Frank_Discussion]

At one time I, like a great many Americans, held this man in high esteem. Now, he is merely a sad example of impotent liberal rage of the past and present.

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if he would be willing to apply that standard to the Clinton 9/11 commission testimony?

[vikingchick]

because this administration - the most secretive since Richard Nixon's

I wonder if he's capable of having a thought that doesn't involve Richard Nixon.

[TopQuark]

Secrets, even when legitimate and necessary, as in genuine national-security cases, are what you might call passive lies."

This arrogant and ignorant SOB was "the most trusted men in America." What a sad state America is in.

[TopQuark]

men => man, of course.

[Zeppo]

Never mind that this commission is not a congressional body, but one he created and whose members he handpicked

Guess that Mr. Cronkite is not one to let silly facts get in the way of his assertions. The commission members were not "handpicked" by the President. According to Section 603 of Public Law 107-306:

SEC. 603. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

(a) Members.--The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of whom--

(1) 1 member shall be appointed by the President, who shall serve as chairman of the Commission;

(2) 1 member shall be appointed by the leader of the Senate (majority or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Democratic Party, in consultation with the leader of the House of Representatives (majority or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Democratic Party, who shall serve as vice chairman of the Commission;

(3) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Democratic Party;

(4) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Republican Party;

(5) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Republican Party; and

(6) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Democratic Party.

[A. Morgan]

Does antone ready listen to this oold "News reader"?

[RightWingAtheist]

It's time to change Waltie's diapers.

[mo]

coming from the man who generated the media lie about the Tet offensive in the Vietnam war, this is AMAZING

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET



WALTER CRONKITE was on the side of our terrorist enemies against us during the Vietnam War.

Still is.



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