'Little Red Book' Draws Government's Attention

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

...and people wonder why the Patriot Act is dangerous?

Thanks to a post over on Slashdot which alerted me to
this article.

Aaron Nicodemus writes on SouthCoastToday.com:

[snip]

A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two months ago, after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's 
tome on Communism called "The Little Red Book."

Two history professors at UMass Dartmouth, Brian Glyn Williams and Robert Pontbriand, said the student told them he 
requested the book through the UMass Dartmouth library's interlibrary loan program.

The student, who was completing a research paper on Communism for Professor Pontbriand's class on fascism and 
totalitarianism, filled out a form for the request, leaving his name, address, phone number and Social Security number. 
He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of the Department of Homeland Security, the 
professors said.

The professors said the student was told by the agents that the book is on a "watch list," and that his background, 
which included significant time abroad, triggered them to investigate the student further.

[snip]

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-17-05/a09lo650.htm

- ferg

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