(Via Slashdot) The South Coast Times has an article about Homeland Security getting involved in research for a class project:
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.”[...]
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 student told Professor Pontbriand and Dr. Williams that the Homeland Security agents told him the book was on a “watch list.” They brought the book with them, but did not leave it with the student, the professors said.
So, the Little Red Book is prohibited, is it? Dang, now I want to read it to see why.
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1 Mike The Actuary’s Musings » Little Red Book Story a hoax // 24 Dec 2005 at 10:03 am
[...] A few days ago I wrote about a UMass student who got a visit from Big Brother regarding his interest in the Little Red Book. [...]