Yesterday, federal auditors at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that rebuked the Bush administration for disseminating "covert propaganda" within the United States in violation of the "publicity or propaganda prohibition" in federal law. (Link to the NYTimes article.)

The sad thing, though, is that the GAO has no authority to do anything but release reports on the myriad violations of law and constitution by our government. If anyone in government was serious about keeping politicians in line, they would give the GAO prosecuting power, or at least force the Department of Justice to investigate the reports released by the GAO.

Once again, the Bush administration demonstrates their contempt for any limitation on government power, and no one is prepared to hold them accountable. If anyone can show me any way in which our government is different from the unrestrained totalitarian democracy of Jacobin France, I would love to hear it. When was the last time anyone in government was removed from office or even fined for committing a crime? I must have missed the part of the constitution that says as long as you're a government official you can break every law there is, and never be held accountable in any way.