i like what mr shieffer had to say

and i agree with him. we must NOT adopt the actions of those we deem to be our enemies


Schieffer stresses need for free press

Veteran CBS newsman Bob Schieffer, who received the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media at the University of South Dakota, says the nation has never needed a vigorous free press more than now.
"I cannot remember a time when it's been more challenging for journalists," said Schieffer, 69, who has covered Washington for more than 30 years and hosts the CBS interview show "Face the Nation."
He said Thursday the government will always cover up its mistakes if it operates in secret and that it was up to journalists to expose the truth.
"Why does the government need a list of my phone calls?" he asked. "And what business does a democracy have running secret prisons? ... Do you believe that anyone would have known about these secret prisons or what was going on in Abu Ghraib if it had been left to the government to announce it?............