Why Not Let Moral Principles Guide Governance?
By Georgianne Nienaber (about the author) Page 1 of 4 page(s) self.name = ‘mainwindow’; Become a Fan (14 fans) opednews.com For OpEdNews: Georgianne Nienaber – Writer Coleen Rowley, Congressman John Murtha, Becky Lourey 2006 © G. Nienaber It was late September 2006 and Minnesota was in the throws of mid-term elections. Coleen Rowley was waging an impossible uphill battle against incumbent John Kline for a congressional seat in the countryside south of Minneapolis. I was working the Rowley campaign, having taken six months off from writing to try to make a difference and help a real-life heroine. Rowley had consistently opposed the Iraq war since before it was launched, stating that there was no link to al Qaeda, as the Administration and her opponent, John Kline both claimed. Rowley was and is a 24-year veteran of the F.B.I. and Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2002 for her role as a whistleblower on intelligence failures prior to 9/11. Congressman John Murtha was in town to give
