March 26, 2004

Army Says Intelligence Agents Went Overboard Questioning Academics in Texas

By MICHAEL ARNONE

U.S. Army intelligence agents were out of order when they aggressively questioned students and staff members about a conference on Islam last month at the University of Texas at Austin's law school, the Army said in a written statement.

"The special agents and their detachment commander exceeded their authority by requesting information about individuals who were not within the Army's counterintelligence investigative jurisdiction," read the statement, which was issued by the Army's