But here, too, are signs of pushback and a new questioning among technophiles about the limits of openness.
Some see this new questioning of authority as a chance to shift industrial and political baselines for the better.
Almost half the population attends mass regularly and more than 90% declare themselves culturally Catholic.Commentators sympathetic to the trend say that the new questioning interest of Spaniards in Catholic and other religious traditions is a sign of their increasing maturity and sophistication.
But, he said, "the unusual circumstances involving the granting of a new trial and questioning of tenuous evidence and procedure could tilt the scales towards a court considering a bail.
A new study questioning the validity of rising student test scores in Texas roiled the presidential race today as aides to Gov. George W. Bush sought to discredit the findings while the campaign of Vice President Al Gore and other Democrats used them to attack Mr. Bush on his signature issue, education.
In those forums, a new culture of questioning official truths, demanding accountability and airing abuses is forming.
He points to the Web, even with The Great Firewall, as creating "a new culture of questioning official truths, demanding accountability and airing abuses".
The second firefighter who testified about the incident, Tony DeLuca, 34, agreed to submit to a new round of questioning on Thursday.
