Conason speaks

Reading Joe Conason's columns always makes me feel a wee bit better about things, although they so rarely involve good news. It's probably just because he's such a great writer. The ever-vigilant Vigilauntie passed this my way:

Four years ago, as we contemplated potential threats from the enemies of civilization, it was impossible to conceive of the vast damage that our own government would inflict upon America before those enemies could strike again. The danger from the perpetrators of 9/11 has not abated, and suddenly we know how vulnerable we remain - because the federal officials who have sworn to defend us, beginning with the president, have neither the character nor the competence to fulfill that oath.