Lieberman tried to stifle free speech and academic freedom in 2001.

[Skidmore]

I remember this as it was happening and really started intensely disliking Lieberman then. I found a recent thread on it posted by chat_noir on the Politics board and didn't want to reconstruct it because it contains the essential information since I'm having some health issues right now and am having temporary problems with maintaining attention. This man is an abomination and his little soiree with Lynne Cheney needs to be remembered.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2755911


"Immediately after September 11, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), founded by Lynn Cheney and Senator Joseph Lieberman, published a report accusing universities of being the weak link in the war against terror and a potential fifth column. As if the general hint at treason was not enough, an appendix to the report listed the names of 117 “un-American” professors, staff members, and students, and the offending statements they had made. .."

read on

[AX10]

1. More evidence as to why Lieberman must go.

Under no case will I vote for him.

[Igel]

2. You did read the comments to the thread you linked to, right?

Post hoc, ergo prompter hoc.

Lieberman founded organization; sometimes later it issues a report Lieberman condemned. Sometime after that, some professor-monitoring site is set up.

Carefully orchestrated, without one causal connection being so much as hinted at.

[cmkramer]

3. Once again

Here's the letter Joe Lieberman sent to ACTA:http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020128/lieberman20020117

December 18, 2001

Jerry Martin
President
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
1726 M Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-4525


Dear Jerry:

I am writing in regards to the Council's recent report, Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and What Can Be Done About It.

In the past, the Council has often sent me advanced copies of its publications before they have been released and asked for my support. In this case, though, I was never given the opportunity to review the Defending Civilization report before it was made public. I first learned of it through a call to my office from a reporter in Connecticut about a controversy the report had stirred at Wesleyan University.

If I had been given an advanced copy, I would have objected to its content and methodology and asked you either to revise it or make clear that I had no involvement with it. But because that did not happen, and because I have been incorrectly listed on your website as a co-founder of the Council, a number of news accounts and commentaries have associated me with the report and incorrectly asserted or implied that I endorse it.

This letter is meant to set the record straight about my disapproval of this report, which I consider unfair and inconsistent for an organization devoted to promoting academic freedom. To avoid any future confusion, I would ask you to remove any reference to me as a "co-founder" of ACTA from your website or other Council documents. And I would ask that you note in any future public statements that I do not support this specific report. Thank you.

You'll also notice that he says he was never a co-founder of ACTA.