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"Kent State is fully cooperating with the FBI," Kent State spokesman Eric Mansfield told WKYC Channel 3 News.
"As this is an ongoing investigation, we will have no further comment," said Mansfield. "The FBI has assured Kent State that there is no threat to campus.
An FBI special agent told KentWired a joint terrorism task force has been investigating Pino for the last year and a half.
Reached Wednesday, Jennifer Larson, head of the Kent State chapter of the American Association of University Professors, replied "AAUP-KSU has no comment on the matter at this time."
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/portage-county/kent-state-professor-investigated-for-alleged-ties-to-isis/19238981
WTF are hiring these freaks to teach on campus???
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)He's been under investigation for 1.5 years. It is therefore likely that when he was hired, he was not playing nice with Daesh. So, whomever hired him had- I'm sure- no idea. If Kent State is anything like my university, which is a giant state university, Pino underwent a background check just like the rest of us professors.
People do become radicalized in relatively short order, you know. I guess I'd better be quiet, however, lest all Latin Americanists become suspect.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)has a stringent background investigation policy. So, if what they say is true and he did, indeed, become radicalized, then it likely happened after his hiring.
The Portage County area is quite racist and provincial (I spent enough years there to know!) and I hope that this doesn't cause any more problems for non-whites and non-Christians there than they already have, just because of one radicalized bad guy.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)the Snuff Flick Empire?
This is pretty appalling, if true.
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)I have no idea what you're talking about.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Truth in Advertising.
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)but never mind. I was merely trying to respond to the fact that as an associate professor, he's either really skirted background checks in the several years he's been employed by KSU, or this is a new development in his personal life.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)years ago.
Yes, becoming radical can happen at any time.
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)my brain is a bit fried. Two inches of snow brought my city to a halt today.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Link down thread.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)"The roots of ISIS go back to Oct. 15, 2006, when what is known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was established. That groups was formed by uniting several groups, most notably al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Mujahedeen Shura Council in Iraq, and Jund al-Sahhaba [Soldiers of the Prophets Companions]."
[url]http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/11/syria-islamic-state-iraq-sham-growth.html#ixzz3xpwzxg7t[/url]
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)are you just upset that he's a Muslim?
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Dog whistles all over DU, along with outright anti-Muslim bigotry tolerated here with impunity.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)my Facebook newsfeed and email have been filled with this story today; many of us graduates have been discussing it. I don't really know exactly what to think right now, and neither do many of my fellow alum. Many of us were May 4 Task Force members (the student group that was responsible for the annual May 4 commemorations and educational forums throughout the rest of the year as well as serving as a liasion between the wounded students and families of those murdered and the university community) and we know better than to automatically believe the FBI or the government.
That's not to say, however, that they aren't correct and if they've been investigating him for nearly two years, then there may very well be something there to investigate. If it IS true, then of course the full extent of the law should be thrown at him.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)I'm shocked I tell you, shocked!
[url]https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/31/debate-over-professor-who-shouted-anti-israel-statement[/url]
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Are you helping hire professors?
High chance this is a smear job. The right hates this guy for being an outspoken critic of Israel.
He's a nimrod idiot. I doubt he's a terrorist.