There is an additional ominous irony here.  Mao's Little Red Book itself endorses the kind of censorship implicit in the coerciveness of the Homeland Security interrogating a student over his interlibrary loan request. By the way, I own a copy of the book myself.  Do you know where I turn myself in? 

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From: "Layton T Jackson, III" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:25:05 -0500
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Reading lists and travel are dangerous now? Welcome to the New America

He can do his next book on Bush totalitarianism and fascism!  Aren't we fortunate that our president will go to the mat for his patriot act (lower case intentional as anything so totally unpatriotic as this act does not merit capitalization.

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From: Adam Trowbridge <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:42:14 -0500
Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Reading lists and travel are dangerous now? Welcome to the New America

NEW BEDFORD -- A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two
months ago, after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's tome on Communism
called "The Little Red Book."
Two history professors at UMass Dartmouth, Brian Glyn Williams and Robert
Pontbriand, said the student told them he requested the book through the
UMass Dartmouth library's interlibrary loan program.
The student, who was completing a research paper on Communism for Professor
Pontbriand's class on fascism and totalitarianism, filled out a form for the
request, leaving his name, address, phone number and Social Security number.
He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of
the Department of Homeland Security, the professors said.
The professors said the student was told by the agents that the book is on a
"watch list," and that his background, which included significant time
abroad, triggered them to investigate the student further. 

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http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-17-05/a09lo650.htm#thisishowit
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