This is all over the internet:
Months after a secret e-mail search controversy at Harvard College, Evelynn M. Hammonds announced on Tuesday that she will step down as dean on July 1, according to a statement posted online.
Hammonds came under fire in March for conducting a search of the e-mail accounts of resident deans in an effort to find who leaked information regarding a cheating scandal involving more than 100 students.
This is interesting only because it’s become commonplace. Nixon said about his snooping: “Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” His attitude has trickled down. If you’re the boss, you think you can do things in secret to expose your enemies or underlings—the boss gets to be opaque and everyone else has to be transparent.
That’s totally backwards for a democracy, but it’s the culture of power in America these days.
