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RE: Federal agents' visit was a hoax
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:51:10 -0500
Awwww... He cried to mommy and daddy! What a shame. The guy is 22, he should have his name published so his reputation can suffer accordingly. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor <blocked::http://security.eweek.com/> http://security.eweek.com/ <http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer> http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com _____ From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:19 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Federal agents' visit was a hoax http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/a01lo719.htm Federal agents' visit was a hoax Student admits he lied about Mao book By AARON NICODEMUS, Standard-Times staff writer <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> NEW BEDFORD -- The UMass Dartmouth student who claimed to have been visited by Homeland Security agents over his request for "The Little Red Book" by Mao Zedong has admitted to making up the entire story. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> The 22-year-old student tearfully admitted he made the story up to his history professor, Dr. Brian Glyn Williams, and his parents, after being confronted with the inconsistencies in his account. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> Had the student stuck to his original story, it might never have been proved false. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> But on Thursday, when the student told his tale in the office of UMass Dartmouth professor Dr. Robert Pontbriand to Dr. Williams, Dr. Pontbriand, university spokesman John Hoey and The Standard-Times, the student added new details. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> The agents had returned, the student said, just last night. The two agents, the student, his parents and the student's uncle all signed confidentiality agreements, he claimed, to put an end to the matter. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> But when Dr. Williams went to the student's home yesterday and relayed that part of the story to his parents, it was the first time they had heard it. The story began to unravel, and the student, faced with the truth, broke down and cried. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> It was a dramatic turnaround from the day before. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> For more than an hour on Thursday, he spoke of two visits from Homeland Security over his inter-library loan request for the 1965, Peking Press version of "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung," which is the book's official title. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> His basic tale remained the same: The book was on a government watch list, and his loan request had triggered a visit from an agent who was seeking to "tame" reading of particular books. He said he saw a long list of such books. <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/tab.gif> In the days after its initial reporting on Dec. 17 in The Standard-Times, the story had become an international phenomenon on the Internet. Media outlets from around the world were requesting interviews with the students, and a number of reporters had been asking UMass Dartmouth students and professors for information. ...
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- Federal agents' visit was a hoax Richard M. Smith (Dec 24)
- RE: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Larry Seltzer (Dec 24)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Anthony Rodgers (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Anthony Rodgers (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Paul Schmehl (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Paul Schmehl (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Anthony Rodgers (Dec 29)
- RE: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Larry Seltzer (Dec 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Fergie (Dec 24)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Fergie (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax David LaPorte (Dec 29)
- Re[2]: Federal agents' visit was a hoax Pierre Vandevenne (Dec 29)
- Re: Federal agents' visit was a hoax David LaPorte (Dec 29)