UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida

[fractionMan]

From slashdot:

"Two political researchers at the University of Nottingham. in he UK, have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for downloading Al-Qaida material from a US government website. The material was to be used for research in terrorist tactics. There has been a huge public outcry, with university staff planning a march to demonstrate against the attack on academic freedom. Yet, one of the students, an Algerian, is still held in custody under immigration charges and is being fast-tracked for deportation."

Well fuck me sideways. There's mentalists in charge of the country. You can't even download things from a US government website fss. BURN THE BOOKS!

 

[DotCommunist]

What. The. Fuck.

 

[fractionMan]

article at the independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-fasttracks-algerians-deportation-834031.html

 

[DotCommunist]

He praised the support he had received, saying it reflected "the spirit of the generous, inclusive Britain we know – and not the faceless, brutal, draconian tactics of the Home Office"

shows a generosity I wouldn't in his shoes.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Just a correction: the Algerian was, I believe, a member of administrative staff and not a student or a "political researcher".

The whole thing is pretty outrageous but as a rule, it is not a good idea to ask your friends on campus staff to download Al-Qaeda training manuals for you. If you need to download sensitive materials which you cannot afford to do yourself, do ask your supervisor....

 

[derf]

Oh Fuck a duck!

Just about to do some research on terrorism for a uni debate tomorrow.