Making Conservatives Cringe Since 1977
I'm not Liberal, I'm paying attention.17 December 2005
Patriot Act never hurt nobody.
Agents' visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior
By AARON NICODEMUS, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- 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.
-Hat tip to The Raw Story
-Update, never let it be said that I don't retract shit:
From Daily Kos
UMass Mao library book story is a hoax
by fpc
Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 01:24:44 AM PDT
(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page. Please spread the word.)
The story of the student who received a visit from homeland security agents because he had checked out Mao's Little Red Book has now been confirmed to be a fabrication.
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