On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:18 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Steven Desjardins
Let me clarify. I'm not as upset with Withers as I am with Hoover.
I'm an American citizen and taxpayer and they still have a large
building in DC named after that @#...@#. As long as he is honored
in
that fashion he's fair game. Not that I feel strongly about this . .
.
The importance of the story is in the way it seems to have side-
tracked, for the moment, the larger story of how the national
security apparatus has been used, and is being used
... and how do we balance personal freedom with security.
You can't achieve a perfect balance. Remember how the Bush
administration was bashed for "not connecting the dots" prior to 9/11?
Connecting those dots requires a great deal of close scrutiny. So far
no one has impinged on my freedom to live the way I choose, so I'm
content.
But the story in the Memphis paper and as picked up by the Times is
about Withers. The fact that he was an informant is newsworthy.
Hoover's misdeeds have been covered extensively. They're history now,
not news. Still important, but not news.
Paul
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