From: "Mark" 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>>> The reason behind my post was to give the rationale for FISA. There were
>>> past abuses by the NSA and that's Ford initiated the investigation. We
>>> should not have to give up our protections just because the neo-cons are
>>> frightened of their own shadow.
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>> Fear isn't really the emotion that comes to mind for me. Rather, steely
>> determination to stop the SOBs from doing it again, with a few teaspoons
>> of anger thrown in for good measure -- I'm glad Bush is on top of it.
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>>>The bogeyman is only in the closet of one's mind.
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>> Reminds me of that "Little Red Book" link from the other day, the
>> professor in question said in the article that he had planned on teaching
>> a class in terrorism next semester, but now he's having second thoughts
>> as he doesn't want to put his students at "risk."
Apparently, for the
>> professor, Bush is the real enemy...
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> I'm not sure what the professor's agenda is. The point on the 'Little Red
> Book' for me is that agents still appear to be wasting their time because
> it's still on some banned list due to bureaucratic inertia.

From what I gathered from the article, the student made a special request
for an original translation and further had been traveling frequently in
the middle east, so I doubt it was just the book in general. Regardless,
they stopped in, asked him about it, and left, I'm not sure what the big
deal is supposed to be.

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