Even if someone with enough clout to investigate, who was sufficiently independent to be believed, reported that 60 per cent of our elected representatives were implicated in acts of torture, his report’s import would be lost amidst the furor over the latest American Idol performance.

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Spolier:

He would have finished the crowd by this time, only he had to get out here. He has got their names as pat as A B C. When he gets them all eat up but himself, he always says: ‘Then the hour for the usual election for breakfast having arrived; and there being no opposition, I was duly elected, after which, there being no objections offered, I resigned. Thus I am here.’”

Let’s investigate every politician that knew about our acts of torture. Let’s hold them all accountable.

What you describe can only occur if someone in a position of power commits an actual act of leadership.

We know that the members of the executive & legislative branches are all politicians, and we hope (and occasionally even believe) that some of ‘em are leaders. The existence (or lack thereof) of an honest investigation into U.S. acts of torture should answer that question once and for all.

Unfortunately for the nation, I’m inclined to agree with you as to the likelihood that anything approaching a real investigation will ever come to pass.