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"Agents' visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior"
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>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-17-05/a09lo650.htm
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>According to the article, a college senior requested a book through the
>Univerisity of Massachusetts interlibrary loan system. "Apparently,
>the Department of Homeland Security is monitoring inter-library loans,
>because that is what triggered the visit" to the student's home.
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>Homeland Security agents visited the student's home and told him the book
>was on a "watch list." They brought the book with them, but did not
>leave it with the student.
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>So, the agents confiscated the book! What right do they have to do that?
>We have to assume that all interlibrary loan requests are being
>monitored (as well as this listserv){this excerpt, originally f/ a library issue listserv}.
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>What was the book?  Mao Tse-Tung's tome on Communism called "The Little Red
>Book."  Brian G. Williams, the student's history professor at UMass
>Dartmouth, said "Mao Tse-Tung is completely harmless."
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