Secret students major in spying (CIA spies in Univrsts, previously banned)

[theearthisround]

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/12003705.htm

"You're doing espionage."

Furthering the friction are memories of CIA and FBI witch hunts of professors thought to harbor Communist sympathies in the 1950s, of secret files gathered on anti-war and civil-rights activists in the 1960s, and of the findings of a special congressional committee led by U.S. Sen. Frank Church, an Idaho Democrat, in the 1970s.

The Church Committee report prompted Congress to forbid the FBI and other agencies from domestic surveillance of Americans on their own turf without court permission. But the war on terror, coupled with government's expanded powers under the USA Patriot Act, have academia sounding alarms again.

"Given the current atmosphere and the fact most major universities have a lot of students who are non-U.S. citizens, the presence of a CIA employee in your class could have a chilling effect on free discussion," said biology professor Ray Pierotti, who leads the University of Kansas' chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/12003705.htm

[kath]

1. "In the last two years, 15 U.S. intelligence agencies have awarded the

scholarships" --
FIFTEEN U.S. intelligence agencies? Fifteen? WTF?!?!

Just how many spy groups do we need?

I won't even go into the other chilling aspects of this story...