ENTROPY UPDATE: FBI WARNS COLLEGES AGAINST INQUISITIVE STUDENTS

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - The Boston Globe reports that the FBI's
Boston field office recently issued a warning to all area colleges and
universities, advising them to protect any sensitive research from
overly inquisitive students. Warren Bamford, the special agent in charge
of the office, told the Globe that agents will visit numerous New
England colleges in the next few months as part of a national outreach.
The office has also offered to brief faculty, students, and security
staff on how to spot "espionage indicators.". . .

John Reinstein, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of
Massachusetts, expressed reservations about the program, warning that
there could be a chilling effect on students or researchers. "Are you
going to ask all the questions you want to ask if someone is out there
taking notes and reporting to the FBI that you asked the question which
they perceived as suspicious?" Reinstein said.

Bamford stressed that the agency is not looking to censor universities
or stop them from posting research results online, but wants to raise
awareness of the possibility of terrorist exploitation of information. .
.

The Boston Globe also reported that Lucia Ziobro of the FBI's
counterintelligence branch in Boston, said, "We're not out there to
recruit people and place spies in the academic setting."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0613/p99s01-duts.html

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