Bush's shadow government exposed Sidney Blumenthal - openDemocracy

Congress, at best, is held in contempt as a pest and, at worst, is regarded as an intruder on the president's rightful authority. The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate armed services and intelligence committees, Congressman Duncan Hunter of California and Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, have been models of complicity in fending off oversight, attacking other members of Congress, especially Republicans, who have had the temerity to insist on it, using their committees to help the White House suppress essential information about the operations of government, and issuing tilted partisan reports smearing critics. This is the sort of congressional involvement, at White House direction, that the White House believes fulfils the congressional mandate.
Bush's shadow government exposed Sidney Blumenthal - openDemocracy: "The American president's fervent attacks on whistleblowers and the press suggest his secret government cannot bear the light of day, says Sidney Blumenthal. "