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But do they do this sort of thing in the U.S.? Get into extensive inquiries to investigate potential wrongdoings conducted by the executive?
The only things that come to mind are Watergate and Lewinskygate.
However, I admit I don't follow American politics that closely. Would it be a rare thing to have an inquiry into the actions of the Bush administration? Would it be unprecedented? Is this why there is so much reluctance? Would this undermine the power of the presidency in general?
It it because America is still "at war"?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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