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This whole business of self-investigation really works!

If, by work, you mean "absolve the accused of all wrongdoing".

  1. So, you give orders to torture prisoners? Find a scapegoat, then absolve yourself!
  2. Shot at a recently-freed prisoner under suspicious circumstances? No wrongdoing here!
  3. Pocket an additional $200 million on a "reconstruction" project? You're a baaad boy! Have another contract!
  4. Subordinates fucking children? Nothing to see here, just move along, we'll deal with it ourselves. Someday in the distant future.
  5. Captured the wrong person in the so-called GWOT? We'll just hold him until we can find a way to hide the evidence.
  6. Election irregularities? We investigated ourselves, but, shoot, «There’s no such thing as an error-free election.»