The Importance of Looking Through a Dark Glass

CNN's John Avlon recalls a quote that Bush adviser Ronald Susskind said to him in 2002. The White House didn't like an article he had written about former Communications Director Karen Hughes, says Susskind. He told Avlon: "We're an empire now. And when we act, we create our own reality"Avlon believes this is at the heart of what has gone wrong with the U.S. government since 9/11.