You don't need to look very far in the US to see similar abuses and well, a complete failure of oversight. I hope I don't have to enumerate the failures but, in

You don't need to look very far in the US to see similar abuses and well, a complete failure of oversight. I hope I don't have to enumerate the failures but, in no short order, Iraq and WMD, Vietnam, Iran Contra, Trump's impeachment, the generalized legalized bribery of campaign finance contributions in the US...