College Libraries Still Safe for Communism

Remember last week, when I wasn’t so sure about the college student claiming his library request drew heat from the feds? Turns out my suspicions were well-founded, as late last week the kid admitted it was all a lie and that Homeland Security had never paid him a visit. In fact, it’s no longer clear that he ever even tried to check out Mao’s “Little Red Book” in the first place.

Too bad news of the hoax didn’t get to Ted Kennedy before he included the story in a Boston Globe op-ed on Bush’s wiretapping antics, but then the senator’s had his own problems with Homeland Security red tape…

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