I would really like to hear what the Iranian people would say to Columbia U. If they could speak freely without fear of being murdered by Savacs.
Lee Bollinger should be removed from his position immediatly-what a disgrace.
It's actually SAVAK. I don't remember what it expands to, but they were the Shah's secret police. They were replaced by SAVAMA, which are the secret police of the current regime.
When I was in Tehran in 1975, the "mechanic" who was in charge of washing all of our vehicles in the Embassy motor pool was reputed to be a SAVAK colonel. Who knew?