Gore Vidal et the “United States of Amnesia”
Gore Vidal et the United States of Amnesia By Amy Goodman, 27 May, 2003, Democracy Now! Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman recently met up with Gore Vidal for an extensive interview. The interview aired on May 13, 2003. GORE VIDAL:The United States is not a normal country. We are a homeland now under military surveillance and military control. The President asked the Congress right after 9-11 not to conduct a major investigation. As it might deter our search for terrorism wherever it might be in the world. So Congress obediently rolled over. There was, I remember, Pearl Harbor. I was a kid then. And within… Gore Vidal et the “United States of Amnesia”