The back-story to that Newsweek story is that the Democrats are holding up the legislation because the Republicans insist that it include language granting immunity from prosecution or other legal action to the telecom companies that enabled the administration to break the law in the past.
There's bipartisan agreement that there could be changes to FISA that would help, but granting immunity from lawsuit to corporations that *broke the law* isn't going to make the nation safer. Personally, I'm a little weary of this administration trying to scare us, and the polls are suggesting the rest of the country is a little tired of being scared, too. I think of the flooding therapies. We've been flooded with fear for so long I don't know that we can sustain it much longer. m ------ "[F]aculty have an obligation to the students collectively to prescribe a required course of study designed specifically for liberal education that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous." -- Jerry L. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Joan Warmbold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] this world is getting crazy http://www.newsweek.com/id/116683 Relevant or what?? Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs Professor of Psychology Oakton Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Which comment by Linda perfectly illustrates the type of humor we tend > to engage in on tips. > > Annette > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:49:20 -0700 >>From: "Shearon, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: [tips] this world is getting crazy >>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <[email protected]> >> >> >>Lynda said: >>"Of course, we should all be grateful that the U.S. government would >>never engage in such mass tapping of any emails or phone messages ;-)" >> >>Recognizing the tone of your post, but of course they do! You can look >>it up. NSA and FBI both. >>Tim >>_______________________________ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
