Agents’ visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior: 12/ 17/ 2005
December 19th, 2005,Agents’ visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior: 12/ 17/ 2005
NEW BEDFORD — A 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.