rumsfeld epistemology

There are known knowns.
These are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
There are things that we know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns.
These are things we don't know we don't know.

I guess the only remaining epistemological question would be -
' how do we know we don't know what we don't know?'

this little philosophical diversion was stated
in response to questions about the atrocities
at Abu Graib

it highlights for me the gulf
between those who wield power
and those who suffer at the hands
of those who wield power

violence writes its own policy
and thus 'truth' is negotiable

any news of man's inhumanity
must turn the conscious soul
inward
to reflect upon complicity