Comments on: update re: ILL/Mao/DHS http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591/update-re-illmaodhs/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: scratchpad jr. (2nd import) » Request for Book on Communism Leads to Federal Agents’ Visit http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591/update-re-illmaodhs/comment-page-1/#comment-47092 scratchpad jr. (2nd import) » Request for Book on Communism Leads to Federal Agents’ Visit Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:13:14 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591#comment-47092 [...] - December 21, 2005 @ 12:13 am · Filed under Librarianship I’m not sure which part of this news article is creepier: that a student requesting a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s "The Little Red Book” gets a surprise visit from Homeland Security agents or that things professors ask us to read in college could haunt us in later years. Addenda 1/1/06: A follow-up newstory claims the student lied about the visit of federal agents. It seems to have never happened. (Thanks for the link, Amy!) 1/3/06: I’ve noticed several follow-up links to this story, including one at LISNews mentioning a similar situation at another university that also seems to be untrue. 1/11/06: Jessamyn has more on the falsehoods, including some good links. [...] [...] – December 21, 2005 @ 12:13 am · Filed under Librarianship I’m not sure which part of this news article is creepier: that a student requesting a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s "The Little Red Book” gets a surprise visit from Homeland Security agents or that things professors ask us to read in college could haunt us in later years. Addenda 1/1/06: A follow-up newstory claims the student lied about the visit of federal agents. It seems to have never happened. (Thanks for the link, Amy!) 1/3/06: I’ve noticed several follow-up links to this story, including one at LISNews mentioning a similar situation at another university that also seems to be untrue. 1/11/06: Jessamyn has more on the falsehoods, including some good links. [...]

]]> By: j's scratchpad http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591/update-re-illmaodhs/comment-page-1/#comment-958 j's scratchpad Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:34:51 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591#comment-958 <strong>Request for Book on Communism Leads to Federal Agents' Visit</strong> I'm not sure which part of this news article is creepier: that a student requesting a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's Request for Book on Communism Leads to Federal Agents’ Visit

I’m not sure which part of this news article is creepier: that a student requesting a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s

]]> By: NTodd http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591/update-re-illmaodhs/comment-page-1/#comment-777 NTodd Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:57:49 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591#comment-777 <a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/24/31717/786" rel="nofollow">Yup, a hoax.</a> Yup, a hoax.

]]> By: Ken http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591/update-re-illmaodhs/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Ken Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:27:25 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1591#comment-766 ::When asked whether federal agents requested information on a student's inter-library loan request, Mr. Blaguszewski [ a spokesman for UMass Amherst]said that under the Patriot Act, the university "is not allowed to discuss whether federal agents have visited or requested information." :: [from the first story] That isn't quite true, of course: it's only illegal to discuss it if they have come to visit, as you have previously pointed out. It is interesting that one UMass spokesperson said they can't discuss it and that another specifically denied that such a conversation had taken place (in the second story). What is most curious to me is that DHS says that such actions are "unlikely" -- what, they don't know for sure? ::When asked whether federal agents requested information on a student’s inter-library loan request, Mr. Blaguszewski [ a spokesman for UMass Amherst]said that under the Patriot Act, the university “is not allowed to discuss whether federal agents have visited or requested information.” :: [from the first story]

That isn’t quite true, of course: it’s only illegal to discuss it if they have come to visit, as you have previously pointed out. It is interesting that one UMass spokesperson said they can’t discuss it and that another specifically denied that such a conversation had taken place (in the second story).

What is most curious to me is that DHS says that such actions are “unlikely” — what, they don’t know for sure?

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