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November 25, 2008
2 Students at U. of Maryland-College Park Were on Terrorism Watch List
Two student activists at the University of Maryland at College Park were among 53 people put on a terrorism watch list by the Maryland State Police from 2005 to 2007, the university’s student newspaper, The Diamondback, reported this week.
According to newly released police documents cited by both The Diamondback and the Associated Press, the students were being watched because they belonged to the campus branch of the International Socialist Organization and attended a 2005 campus event opposing the death penalty that was co-sponsored by the group.
The documents reveal that the police were tracking the students — Shane Dillingham, a doctoral student in Latin American studies, and Laura J. Lising, a postdoctoral student and lecturer in physics — “in the event the group engages in criminal activity while involved in their protest activities.” Recent revelations about the watch list — including its existence, who was on it, who authorized its creation, and what use was made of it — have caused an uproar in Maryland.
Although neither of the students faced repercussions for being on the watch list, they now say they worry that the episode could have a chilling effect.
“The government is compiling information on people, not because of what we’ve done, but because of our ideas,” Mr. Dillingham told The Diamondback. “Are students going to want to go organize if they think their name is going to be added to a terrorist watch list?” —Caitlin Moran
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Fight! Change does not accur without a fight.
— Debra Filter-Dionne Nov 25, 07:50 PM #
Outrageous. I’m glad this is coming to light and I agree that this needs to be fought.
— Elizabeth Nov 25, 10:08 PM #
Debra and Elizabeth, you’ve just been added to the watch list.
— SM Nov 26, 09:25 AM #
I assume I’m already on the watch list, but if I’m not, put me on there too. Ridiculous.
— swish Nov 26, 09:56 AM #
Why aren’t WE on the list?
http://www.princemyshkins.com/lyricslist.html
— Cal Nov 26, 10:25 AM #
It’s so funny that we call other countries, like Russia, China, Iran, etc, “police states,” but think of ourselves as the world’s “beacon of democracy.”
— Jack Nov 26, 11:06 AM #
Outrageous.
— Baal Nov 26, 11:20 AM #
Funny, you all are willing to fight for your rights here in the states, but are unwilling to help others fight for their basic rights somewhere else…. just food for thought.
— Remember the Alamo Nov 26, 11:37 AM #
Alamo, in one statement you both managed to tar every respondent with the same brush and to make a huge assumption based on no facts whatsoever. Try to apply a more rigorously academic approach to your next post.
— bta Nov 26, 11:55 AM #
There’s a difference between helping others fight for their basic rights and forcing others to govern themselves as we see fit.
— sari Nov 26, 12:52 PM #
The Maryland State Police are now on my terrorism watch list.
— perplexed Nov 26, 05:37 PM #
Does the University of Maryland consider post-docs to be “students”? I would have thought that their status was comparable to residents in medicine/surgery, who formally lost the ‘student’ designation some years ago.
— David Taylor Nov 27, 08:12 AM #