美國聯邦調查局（FBI）對大學進行監控
【批註：深挖美國某些大學跟FBI合作的這篇文章”Two Scandals, One Connection: The FBI link between Penn State and UC Davis” 只在個別自由派的民間網站轉傳，未見於英文的主流媒體。然而，刊載此文的是一本老牌左派雜誌，雖有立場，但水平不錯，因而文章可信。
除了透過文內提及的National Security Higher Education Advisory Board(「國家安全高等教育諮詢委員會」)「做工作」之外，美國國家安全部門以反恐為由監視大學生並不是什麼秘密。由於政府當年聲稱主要是針對外國留學生，建立可以追蹤可疑人物的數據庫，所以社會公眾的反對聲音並不強烈。
而”Two Scandals, One Connection”值得一看，是它深挖了具體運作，令人知之更詳。在內地偽自由派眼中，美國社會彷彿處處也不設防，「極度自由」。大概只有不大懂英語和不常看英語媒體的人才會無條件地崇美。當然，還有只看美國商業主流媒體的人，也非理性地崇美。
事緣UC Davis（加州大學戴維斯分校）內有學生響應佔領運動。十一月初該校學生被驅散，而當一群學生已排成一行、無反抗地坐在地上時，警員向他們撲面噴射橙色的胡椒噴霧（圖片見文末）。事件，令該校校長Linda Katehi（琳達）身陷辭職危機並一夜成名。
UC Davis校長Linda Katehi的資料被人挖呀挖的，竟然挖出更多不為人注意、不為人知的事實：原來UC Davis 的琳達，以及剛於11月初也因校內醜聞而辭職的Penn State University（賓州州立大學）校長 Graham Spanier有關聯之處；二人非但同時於職業生涯上遇到危機，原來還同是FBI的「良好合作伙伴」，多年來跟FBI合作愉快。兩件不相干的醜聞因為FBI而被相提並論。
自2005年起，FBI透過National Security Higher Education Advisory Board(「國家安全高等教育諮詢委員會」)跟大學「合作」，對大學內的「搞事學生」進行秘密監視（更多的合作詳見下文），其行為已遠超乎只針對外來學生、維護美國國家安全此需要。Graham Spanier及Linda Katehi 二人對委員會的「多方」工作大力支持。
李成康，以及一些罵中國大陸處處監控、沒有自由的內地偽自由派，也許宜認真地讀一次”Two Scandals, One Connection”。很懷疑這些人平日有沒有跟進英文材料。
當知道美國的FBI原來在大學校園進行「多方工作」後，他日如要罵自己中國人、罵中國政府限制自由度……等等時，大概不好再引用美國標準、美國的普世價值了。
而UC Davis噴學生的校警身份背景也夠逗的，他於金融海嘯中破產（見以下連結）。華爾街大鰸瀕死會有政府打救（大得不能倒），可是99%的人破產了便自己執生，該名校警連結婚戒指和汽車都被債主沒收了。
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Two Scandals, One Connection: The FBI link between Penn State and UC Davis
Dave Zirin on November 23, 2011 - 10:32am ET
Two shocking scandals. Two esteemed universities. Two disgraced university leaders. One stunning connection. Over the last month, we’ve seen Penn State University President Graham Spanier （按：此人為賓州大學校長。因涉嫌隱瞞Sandusky性侵案而下台。文末附新聞。）dismissed from his duties and we’ve seen UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi pushed to the brink of resignation. Spanier was jettisoned because of what appears to be a systematic cover-up of assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s serial child rape. Katehi has faced calls to resign after the she sent campus police to blast pepper spray in the faces of her peaceably assembled students, an act for which she claims “full responsibility.” The university’s Faculty Association has since voted for her ouster citing a “gross failure of leadership.” The names Spanier and Katehi are now synonymous with the worst abuses of institutional power. But their connection didn’t begin there. In 2010, Spanier chose Katehi to join an elite team of twenty college presidents on what’s called the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board, which “promotes discussion and outreach between research universities and the FBI.”
Spanier said upon the group’s founding in 2005, “The National Security Higher Education Advisory Board promises to help universities and government work toward a balanced and rational approach that will allow scientific research and education to progress and our nation to remain safe.” He also said that the partnership could help provide “internships” to faculty and students interested in “National Security issues.”
FBI chief Robert Mueller said at a press conference with Spanier, “We knew it would not be necessarily an easy sell because of the perceived tension between law enforcement and academia. But once we’ve briefed President Spanier on the national security threats that impact all of you here at Penn State and at other universities, it became clear to all of us why this partnership is so important. “
But the reality of this partnership is far different. Its original mandate was about protecting schools from “cyber theft” and “intellectual property issues.” As has been true with the FBI since Hoover, give them a foothold, and they’ll take off their shoes and get cozy. Their classified mandate has since expanded to such euphemisms as “counter-terrorism” and “public safety.” It also expanded federal anti-terrorism task forces to include the dark-helmeted pepper-spray brigades, otherwise known as the campus police.
As Wired magazine put it in 2007, “presidents are being advised to think like ‘Cold Warriors’ and be mindful of professors and students who may not be on campus for purposes of learning but, instead, for spying, stealing research and recruiting people who are sympathetic to an anti-U.S. cause.”
Chancellor Katehi said in 2010 that despite these concerns, she was proud to join the NSHEA because “it’s important for us to learn from the FBI about the smartest, safest protocols to follow as we do our work, and it is equally important that the FBI has a solid understanding of matters of academic freedom.”
Sacremento’s FBI special agent in Charge, Drew Parenti, praised her involvement, saying, “The FBI’s partnership with higher education is a key component in our strategy of staying ahead of national security threats from our foreign adversaries…. we are very pleased that Chancellor Katehi has accepted an appointment to serve on the board.”
As for the actual meetings between the presidents of academic institutions and the FBI, those discussions are classified. If you are a rabble-rousing faculty member or a student group stepping out of line, your school records can become the FBI’s business and you’d be none the wiser.
Chris Ott, from the Massachusetts ACLU, said of the NSHEA, “The FBI is asking university faculty, staff, and students to create a form of neighborhood watch against anything that is so called ‘suspicious.’ What kinds of things are they going to report on? Who has the right to be snitching? One of the scary things is who [on the campuses] will take it upon themselves to root out spies?”
In the wake of the scandals that have enveloped and now destroyed the careers of Spanier and Katehi, the very existence of the NCHEA should now be called to question. Given the personal character on display by these two individuals, why should anyone trust that the classified meetings have stayed in the realm of “cyber theft” and intellectual property rights? What did the FBI tell Chancellor Katehi about how to deal with the peacefully assembled Occupiers? Was “counter-terrorism” advice given on how to handle her own students?
As for Spanier, how much of Sandusky’s actions at Penn State, which were documented on campus but never shared with the local police, was the FBI privy to? Why did the school hire former FBI director Louis Freeh to head up their internal investigation? Does that in fact represent a conflict of interest? And most critically, did the “chilling effect” of a sanctioned FBI presence at Penn State actually prevent people from coming forward?
When Spanier was asked in 2005, if he was concerned about whether a formal partnership with the FBI would cause objections he said, “If there is an issue on my campus, I’d like to be the first person to hear about it, not the last.” In the context of recent events, it’s probably best to let those words speak for themselves. But fear not for the futures of these two stewards of higher education and academic freedom. Maybe Spanier can put his experience as a federal informant to good use from inside a federal prison. As for Katehi, if, as suspected, she’ll be unemployed shortly, perhaps she can take advantage of one of those fabulous internship opportunities having the FBI on campus provides.
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11月20日，向和平抗議學生噴灑胡椒噴霧的兩名加州大學戴維斯分校校警被校方處以行政離職。加州警察被拍到在清理佔領運動現場時，對沒有反抗的示威者噴灑胡椒噴霧的行為引起關注。上載到網上的影片顯示，警方18號在加州大學戴維斯分校執行清場任務時，一名警察用胡椒噴霧，對著一群坐在地上、看起來並沒有反抗意圖的佔領運動示威者來回噴灑橙色的胡椒氣體。大部分示威者都低著頭，但至少一名示威者臉上佈滿橙色的胡椒霧。其他示威者則大呼“閉上眼睛”，又責罵警察可恥。警方隨後拘捕10人，大部分是學生，又拆掉十多個帳篷。噴射胡椒噴霧事件發生後，引起社會高度關注，要求戴維斯分校校長琳達下臺的呼聲越來越高，加州大學戴維斯分校加速調查。圖為一名警察向沒有反抗的示威者噴灑胡椒噴霧。
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美式足球／前賓州大教練性侵案 越演越烈
2011年11月17日 13:05
涉嫌性侵男童的前賓州大美式足球教練Jerry Sandusky，11月5日被警方逮捕。（圖／美聯社／達志影像）
前賓州大美式足球教練Jerry Sandusky被控性侵男童，週一他在電視上喊冤，引來控方律師強烈抨擊。原本Sandusky無保候傳，但做此裁定的法官，被踢爆曾捐錢給Sandusky的基金會，現在賓州法院宣布重新裁定。
Sandusky和他的律師Joe Amendola，禮拜一上電視，律師希望「有些『被害者』出面，告訴大家『沒這種事』。」但控方律師Ben Andreozzi可不這麼認為。
「我倒覺得，會有越來越多人跳出來指證他，」Andreozzi說，「這個禮拜應該就有更多料可以爆。」他說他的當事人，願意出面對質，也勸Sandusky早點說出真相，避免難堪。
Sandusky否認猥褻男童，但承認曾跟男童們一起淋浴。
根據陪審團說法，Sandusky從1994年開始，陸續猥褻8名男童，到了2009年，有位男童的父母向警方報案，事件才浮上檯面。經過近3年調查，發現Sandusky涉及40起性騷擾男童案，因此陪審團決定起訴他。
如果Sandusky被判有罪，可能得終身監禁。
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