UMass Faculty Members Protest FBI Meeting With Scholar

Professors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are upset about the university's role in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's questioning of an Iraqi-born professor.

A campus police officer, working with FBI agents, questioned M.J. Alhabeeb, an associate professor of resource economics, in late October. The professor said the agents told him they were following up on a tip that he held anti-American opinions. The questioning lasted about five minutes.

Mr. Alhabeeb, an

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