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Keith Olbermann had a guest on yesterday who claimed that the woman who had requested the restraining order on Ivins had a history of dui and run ins with the law. She mispelt her occupation, therapist, on the form--she was actually a social worker and the facilitator of a support group in which Ivins was involved, not a mental health professional. I can't remember the guy's name, and I wasn't able to google the show today...anyone know who this guy was, and his record? To be honest, he looked a little over botoxed and collagen injected, but I don't want to judge simply by appearance.
On another note, I would like to add another dimension of the media leak problem. It is also possible that the leaks--released for good or ill, info or disinfo--are themselves spun by media to generate more sensation and create hot front page stories. There is nothing like a revelation--of the kind that GG punctured in his article today concerning the sorority--to get people reading the paper and looking at websites who would nto ordinarily care at all. Even in a perfect world, where government sources leaked only relevant and iron-clad tid bits for the good of society at large, media would still be trying to squeeze the most sex, violence and creepiness out of them for the simple goal of profit.
Finally, Ivins is perhaps the best poster child for why government surveillance is so dangerous. Heaven forbid a government intelligence agency get (that is assuming they have not yet 'got') my internet search info--or for that matter, the search record of just about any person over the age of 12. The headlines they could make out of my private life with the right wording would make Ivins' look pretty tame.
