Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal Needs to Use Her ‘Inside’ Voice in Emails
So the ACLU doesn’t really like FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s proposed new guidelines for investigations, fearing that the relaxed rules could open the door
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So the ACLU doesn’t really like FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s proposed new guidelines for investigations, fearing that the relaxed rules could open the door to politicized spying and other such perfidies.
As interest groups tend to do, the ACLU emailed its take to editorial boards around the country, hoping to persuade opinion leaders of the virtues of the civil-libertarian position.
Now, most editorial writers are able to absorb such emails without firing off unhinged responses to their authors. But the Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitzis not most editorial writers.
Below, please find Rabinowitz’s restrained, sensible, professional rejoinder to a group of total strangers.
“„From: Rabinowitz, Dorothy [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:43 PM
To: [ACLU]
Subject: RE: ACLU: Proposed FBI Guidelines Will Allow Racial Profiling and Spying on Innocent Americans
“„INNOCENT AMERICANS WERE KILLED BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A PROPER–EXTENSIVE– SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
Journalistic diligence requires me to note that the surveillance infrastructure the U.S. had in place beforeSept. 11 collected communications detailing the forthcoming attackand were unfortunately not translated until Sept. 12.
It also requires me to note that Rabinowitz, a grown woman, crafted the above missive in blue font.
Paolo Reyna
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