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Sunday, December 01, 2002

# Posted 8:37 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Maureen Dowd has joined OxBlog and Christopher Hitchens in bashing the President's decision to appoint Henry Kissinger as head of the 9/11 investigation commission. While being on the same side as Dowd has tempted me to renounce my original position, I'm just too plain stubborn to do that. Instead, I will disavow Dowd's arguments as a cliche byproduct of the Immutable Laws.

The NYT and WashPost have offered subtle but still unequivocal criticism of the President's choice. One might even say that such criticism is more effective, since Dr. K has already taken the Times'advice and promised to sever ties with any clients whose interests might be affected by the outcome of the investigation. Still, such a promise is irrelevant. There is no reason to thnk that financial interests will affect Kissinger's judgments. The real problem is his total lack of respect for the public's right to know what their government does, a right he disrespected time again while serving as Secretary of State and National Security Adviser.
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