The truth has one version. Only one.

There’s a scene in the film “Something’s Gotta Give” which crystallizes acutely what the nation faces with the government’s decision to unleash multiple inquiries on the Mamasapano massacre under the guise of searching for the truth.

In the scene, Jack Nicholson, playing a ladies man and looking like somebody who has gotten away with something, pleads with his 50-something loved one Diane Keaton to forgive him. He says: “I’ve never lied to you. I’ve always told you some version of the truth.”