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| U of Michigan bitches about NSA recruiting |
| 2001-10-30 |
From the looks of the advertisement appearing on page 5 of today’s Daily, students have plenty of opportunities to join the less-than-reputable National Security Agency, the secret group that monitors world-wide communication and has no concept of privacy. The agency will be on campus in the coming weeks recruiting students with specialties in foreign languages, mathematics and computer science. Students should steer clear of the agency while its representatives are in Ann Arbor. In the 1960s and ’70s, University faculty and students were aiding the Central Intelligence Agency’s campus and international activities... Although the NSA is being quite open about its most recent recruiting campaign, one basic fact remains the same: Universities should be free of manipulation by government agencies. The purpose of higher education is for the intellectual betterment of individuals and society; our university must not cooperate with secretive, anti-democratic forces. Apparently universities should also ensure that their students are walled off from the prospect of getting jobs that might do some good for their country. If you don't want to work for NSA, then don't sign up. The "less-than-reputable" National Security Agency provides intelligence on the kinds of people we're fighting in Afghanistan - you know, the kinds of people who smash airliners full of screaming people into tall buildings and whip women in public for showing an ankle. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |