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Where Have All the Emails Gone?
April 18, 2007


The Boston Globe is running an article entitled, "Subpoenas Vowed Over
"Lost" Emails."

The United States Congress has asked the White House to turn over
emails related to the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

The article quotes Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, as saying, ""Now, when (members of the Bush
administration) suddenly are facing meaningful oversight, they say they
can't produce the information..They have the information. They have to
bring it out and show it to the American people. The administration has
worn out the benefit of the doubt."

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Discussion-Starters for Younger Children

  • Ask your child(ren) to identify as many different ways to
    communicate with (send a message to) other people as possible.

  • Ask your child(ren) if they can remember having any really good
    conversations with other people. What was discussed? What
    made these conversations so good?

  • Ask your child(ren) how they think people will get messages to
    other people in 1000 years. Encourage them to be creative.

  • Do your child(ren) think it's important to remember what they
    discuss with other people? Why/why not?


Discussion-Starters for Older Children

  • Vocabulary terms to discuss: Subpoena; Correspondence;
    Preserved; and, Oversight.

  • Do your child(ren) think it's important for government officials to
    keep track of conversations that they have? Why/why not?
    Should business people keep track of conversations that they
    have? Why/why not? What about friends?

  • Tell your child(ren) to imagine that they were on the Senate
    Judiciary Committee with Senator Leahy. What would they think
    if they were told that thousands of emails about the firing of
    federal prosecutors could not be found. How would they
    respond? Why would they respond in this way?

  • What does it mean to have high quality interpersonal relationships?
    Twenty years ago, people did not know what the word email
    meant. Ask your child(ren) to speculate as to how people might
    communicate with one another twenty five years from now. Do
    they think that this change will be good, bad, or neutral for
    interpersonal relationships? Why?
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