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To: RealMuLan who wrote (5637)	12/22/2005 1:34:45 PM
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HoHoHo, what a "fee society"!? NOT!-- "Reading Mao triggers DHS inquiry" DARTMOUTH, MA — After a senior at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s Little Red Book two months ago to research a paper on communism, he got a visit from federal agents. The Homeland Security agents later visited the student at his parents’ home, according to the Standard-Times newspaper. Brian Glyn Williams and Robert Pontbriand, the history professors who assigned the paper and teach a course on fascism and totalitarianism, said the student was told that the book is on a "watch list," and that his background, which included significant time abroad, triggered them to investigate further. The student would not speak to the local newspaper, fearing repercussions should his name become public. Williams, who regularly contacts people in Afghanistan, Chechnya and other Muslim hot spots, suspects that some of his calls are monitored. He had been planning to offer a course on terrorism next semester, but is reconsidering since it might put his students at risk. "I shudder to think of all the students I've had monitoring al-Qaeda websites, what the government must think of that," he said. "Mao Tse-Tung is completely harmless." ========================== Military lowers bar for recruits WASHINGTON — The Army met its recruiting goal for November by again accepting a high percentage of recruits who scored in the lowest category on the military’s aptitude tests, raising renewed concerns that the quality of the all-volunteer force will suffer, reports the Baltimore Sun. Pentagon officials said that the Army exceeded its 5,600 recruit goal by 256 for November, while the Army Reserve brought in 1,454 recruits, exceeding its target by 112. To do so, however, they accepted a “double digit” percentage of recruits who scored between 16 and 30 out of a possible 99 on the military’s aptitude test, said officials who requested anonymity. posted December 22, 2005 vermontguardian.com