to Tim Rutten, LA Times

Dear Ms. Woods:
Thanks very much and I don't think it's ever too late to do the
right thing.
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Lissa Brady [mailto:lissabw@me.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:21 AM
To: Rutten, Timothy
Subject: Shocking and awfull, but not news to me

Dear Mr. Rutten,
Your opinion piece, Bush's Executive Tyranny, in todays online LA
Times, is right on the money. Ever since the Iraq war began I have
been worried about how far the Bush administration would act
unlawfully, dragging down our country to levels of corruption never
revealed domestically before. Your statements about the documents
issued by Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel are terrifying.
Was this office an establishment of Cheney and Rumsfeld? Unthinkable!
I thought they were just out to make money off American tax payers.
Unfortunately, they had much higher ambitions. They were truly
hijacking our country!
(We should have the equivalent movie made to Frost/ Nixon but as
Brokaw/Cheney or Cooper/Rumsfeld or Rutten/Bush.
The average American will not buy this terrible story unless it is
presented as a movie or television expose by Barbara Walters or 60
Minutes.)
The suggestion of Sen. Leahy to "establish a bipartisan citizens
commission to investigate and report on exactly what occurred" is
urgent and of paramount importance. The longer we wait the less we
will be able to uncover.
Americans, all of us, need to see how far the Bush administration went
without asking us or, even, telling us what secret actions they took
and how. There were fanatics at the helm and they have truly battered
this ship. We are sinking from the damage It may be too late to repair
it.

Sincerely and sadly,
Elizabeth Brady Woods