FBI warns colleges of terror threat

[firefox_fan]

Federal agents are warning leaders at some of the region's top universities -- including MIT, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts -- to be on the lookout for foreign spies or potential terrorists trying to steal their research, the head of the FBI's Boston office said yesterday.

Agents plan to visit many more New England colleges in the coming months and are offering to provide briefings about what they call "espionage indicators" to faculty, students, or security staff as part of a national outreach to college campuses.

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Erik J. Dahl, a counterintelligence specialist and research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with the FBI or other elements of the government reaching out to academia."

But he voiced doubts about how successful it would be in uncovering plots. "It just doesn't seem likely that a foreign terrorist or a homegrown terrorist would be getting tips for his next plot on a university campus."

More: http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/06/12/fbi_warns_colleges_of_terror_threat/

[firefox_fan]

1. More gratuitous paranoia on campus.

[magellan]

2. 'Espionage indicators', ROFL

It wouldn't be so laughable if the people in charge hadn't already proved themselves to be such UNTRUSTWORTHY BUFFOONS.

[firefox_fan]

4. Yes, and you know what the "Espionage Indicator #1" is?

Non-white skin. But they cannot say it.

[conspirator]

3. If its espionage, why do they have to mention TERRA? Spies could be from any country and

for any reason other than terrorism.

[firefox_fan]

5. Exactly... Everything is TERRA these days...

If an employee at McDonalds spits on your Big Mac, that's terrorism.

[RC]

6. What else is there to do except terrorism?

Jay walking? A terrorist trying to get somewhere to cause terror.
See someone throw away something into the trash? Why they just planed a bomb.
The same if someone forgot a package somewhere. It can't be anything other than a bomb.
Want to keep to yourself? You are a terrorist up to no good.
Want to be in a crowd? You're a terrorist getting ready to stampede the crowd.
Dress to blend in? Gotta be for terrorist reasons.
Dress conspicuously? That's to fool people into thinking you are not a terrorist.
Speak liberal thoughts? You are obviously a terrorist.
Speak conservative thoughts? That is just a cover for your terrorist activities.

There is no other reason for doing anything anymore except to promote terrorism.
Just give it up already and turn yourself ingo git'mo.

[radfringe]

7. what's up that bush needs to divert attention? n/t