20 things learned from Senate’s Mamasapano hearings

THE Senate committee hearings on the Mamasapano tragedy took up many of our days for two weeks, which is not to say that all of the information we gathered was important. A lot of the questions were repetitive, the lines of questioning redundant.

Senators asked questions and didn’t listen for answers, or used their time to ask questions to merely make a point. Some sounded credible but didn’t really say much – not saying anything means not saying anything wrong after all. Other senators took the opportunity to give the greatest performance of their lives – or just the month – because what a waste of TV airtime to do otherwise.