By Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Published: January 14, 2011
Like many other self-proclaimed "scholars" of the Brookings Institution, Benjamin Wittes never tires of branding himself a "centrist." But like Brookings itself, this so-called centrism is devoid of any coherent worldview and instead has one overarching purpose: to defend Beltway elite prerogatives and specifically the bipartisan orthodoxies of the National Security State. That's why Brookings is so lavishly funded and why it exists, and that -- in almost every instance -- is what D.C. denizens mean when they talk about "centrism": subservient defenders of the status quo.
Continued. . .
January 17, 2011
Glenn Greenwald on elite immunity
Brookings' "centrist" opposition to the rule of law
