The recent founding of the Committee for the Republic is yet another sign of how even mainstream members of the conservative elite are waking up to George W’s (mis)leading of the country into ruin. Created to ignite a discussion in the establishment about America’s lurch toward empire, the Committee includes numerous prominent Republicans, like former counsel to first President Bush C. Boyden Gray.

An explosive new documentary film offers far more proof, if any was still necessary, that the Bush Administration‘s extremism is severely compromising America’s national security interests. That’s why Rand Beers, a National Security Council adviser to five Presidential Administrations, including those of Reagan and Bush 41, recently resigned in disgust as Bush’s special counterrorism assistant.

You can hear Beers make his case in “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War,” a sixty-minute documentary directed and produced by award-winning film-maker Robert Greenwald. “Uncovered” takes you behind the scenes, as outraged CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts reveal the lies, misstatements and exaggerations employed by the Bush Administration in the run-up to war.

Featuring never-before-seen interviews with over 20 national security experts–including former Ambassador Joe Wilson; ex CIA chief Stansfield Turner; weapons inspector David Albright; CIA operative Robert Baer; former Ambassador to Greece John Brady Kiesling, who resigned in protest against the invasion of Iraq, and The Nation‘s own David Corn–“Uncovered” is a compelling call to action in 2004.

Public screenings will be held across the country, including one hosted by Alternet on November 19 in San Francisco. (Click here for more info.)

And in an unprecedented collaboration, Moveon.org, The Center for American Progress, The Nation, Alternet, Buzzflash and Working Assets are teaming up to promote sales of DVD copies to the public as inexpensively as possible.

Buy a copy and host your own screening. It’s only $14.95, including shipping. Show it to friends, family, colleagues or students–at a school or community center, an American Legion Hall, a local library or a church, temple or mosque. Or ask your local chapter of the ACLU, United for Peace and Justice, the People for the American Way, IndyMedia, Students Against the War or Amnesty International to co-host a screening with you.

Putting this film on America’s radar is a strong step toward fostering regime change in the United States.