Very kind Ben, thank you,
Kathryn
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Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] interesting character info
Dear Kathryn,
>I was reticent to put this info in an email, but hey, the trust of my
>colleagues is at stake. Happy to report that I am vindicated in part
>for the March paranoia-meltdown. Last week an FBI agent showed
>up at our door! He was very personable, and I was relieved to find
>that he was interviewing the neighbors on our street regarding a
>character investigation of our neighbor--whom the government is
>interviewing for a position that involves national security. Will tell
>you more about the situation in person if you're at all needing
>more assurance regarding my own character! Anyway, my
>intuitions of being spied on over the course of several months were
>correct, since the FBI has been conducting a neighborhood
>shakedown of sorts, to see how we would react I guess. I would
>call it psychological harrassment, but oh well.
You are fortunate that you did find out what was actually going on. Very
cavalier actions by the US security services indeed. It may have had all
kinds of unfortunate consequences for your neighbours. It would have
been an act of integrity and the act of a good neighbour if the job
applicant had warned people around him they might come to the state's
attention, but then they are probably not looking for people with that
kind of integrity.
Very recently, here in the UK, friends experienced clumsy recruitment
activity by, or on behalf of, two UK state security agencies which was
carried out with massive disregard for the state of mind of a vulnerable
person. But then, this is precisely what one has to expect.
I would say that this situation did not arise in an academic context. I
do wonder if academics on this list find the involvement of state
security services in academia an issue, especially given the traditional
affinity between spies and occultism.
With my best wishes
Ben
In the UK I have encountered situations when people think they are
helping UK security services
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