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Posted by Mary Mancini on December 6, 2005 under Uncategorized |

Today’s well-placed, carefully worded, non-chalant admission of guilt brings to mind this now famous Benjamin Franklin quote, “Any people that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety.” It also brings to mind this less famous Friends quote, “It’s NOT that common, it DOESN’T happen to every guy, and it IS a big deal.”

Rather than say these botched detentions are expected by-products of our policies, what Secretary Rice should have said is that we need to be extraordinarily diligent about making sure they never occur. One mistake is enough. It cannot be shrugged off.