Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
No, I don't mean anything about gay marriage. I mean this bit of news that came across the wires yesterday:

Papers: CIA Knew of Eichmann Whereabouts

By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to win the Cold War, the CIA kept quiet about the whereabouts of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the 1950s for fear he might expose undercover anticommunist efforts in West Germany, according to documents released Tuesday.
--Associated Press

I don't even know what to say about this, to be honest. I understand security and the like. But why is it that we (humans, not just the USA) are always so willing to change our values, our ethics, our morals in order to protect ourselves? Not a judgment, I'm sure I do it in my own small ways. Just a question.