  The urlLink New York Times has an urlLink article today discussing the many ways in which the 9/11 Commission report sets the record straight about the terrorist attacks, saying, in part: "...in its most contentious effort to set the record straight about the origins of the plot, the bipartisan commission's final report found no evidence of close collaboration between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, appearing to undermine a justification for the Iraq war.
" I don't think anyone would have been able to prevent some sort of attack; the attackers were well planned, and we are not willing to give up our open society to the degree necessary fully to prevent such an attack. What this article does very well is expose the Bush Administration for what it is: a self-centered, self-righteous group of people who think they know everything. Even when they've been proven NOT to know everything, they continue to claim that they do (Dick Cheney, Condi Rice to name two in the article).
This cannot be excused as situational ignorance, "resoluteness" or anything of the sort. These people&nbsp;are lying to the American public to protect their ability to tighten their grip on power. This behavior is nothing short of that which we have seen in any fledgling dictatorship. In a democracy, freedom of information and truth should underlie our freedom to choose our leaders. This is the choice we face in this election: do we want to restore a democracy here? or do we feel more safe in a dictatorship?
The latter choice could be one we live with for a very long time. 
