Bobert, I agree that the media may be covering this for the wrong reason (the "story du jour" phenomenon), but I'm glad they are spotlighting it and hope that spotlight will lead to some serious discussion and consideration of the real facts and issues and maybe bring about some changes.

I still think most of this is 'window dressing' and theatre designed to do two things: 1) make money for big corporations and 2) keep the public in a state of disproportionate and misplaced fear so that they (we) will eagerly forfeit our basic Constitutional rights.