Reply #3: Eastern cancels controversial Colorado professor

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02/05/2005
Associated Press

Eastern Washington University has canceled plans for an April appearance here by a controversial University of Colorado professor who has blamed United States foreign policy for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. <snip>

Churchill has characterized the attacks as a response to a long history of United States abuses abroad. In an essay Monday, he said he is not defending the attacks "but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned." <snip>

Scott Wheat, an attorney and adjunct professor in Eastern's American Indian Studies Program, said the cancellation sets a disturbing precedent.

"I'm concerned about the message we may be sending to Eastern students, and that is: Death threats can be used to stifle legitimate political discourse at an academic institution," he said. <snip>

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