Bullock Texas State History Museum
Is Each Item We Print Worth the Space It Is Printed On?
RECEIVED Thu., June 23, 2005
Dear Austin Chronicle,
I would like to encourage you to give the Downing Street minutes and related documents the extensive coverage that they clearly merit. There is no more important question in a democracy than whether the people and their representatives have been misled about the justification for a war. A memo drafted by constitutional attorney John Bonifaz and available at www.afterdowningstreet.org begins: "The recent release of the Downing Street Memo provides new and compelling evidence that the President of the United States has been actively engaged in a conspiracy to deceive and mislead the United States Congress and the American people about the basis for going to war against Iraq. If true, such conduct constitutes a High Crime under Article II Section 4 of the United States Constitution." Please ask yourselves whether each item you are reporting on is important enough to take up space that should be devoted to this question. Thank you for your consideration.
I would like to encourage you to give the Downing Street minutes and related documents the extensive coverage that they clearly merit. There is no more important question in a democracy than whether the people and their representatives have been misled about the justification for a war. A memo drafted by constitutional attorney John Bonifaz and available at www.afterdowningstreet.org begins: "The recent release of the Downing Street Memo provides new and compelling evidence that the President of the United States has been actively engaged in a conspiracy to deceive and mislead the United States Congress and the American people about the basis for going to war against Iraq. If true, such conduct constitutes a High Crime under Article II Section 4 of the United States Constitution." Please ask yourselves whether each item you are reporting on is important enough to take up space that should be devoted to this question. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Robert Canby
Robert Canby
[News Editor Michael King responds: Please ask yourself whether you think because you are virtuous, there should be no more cakes and ale (Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3).]
