[jim macomber]

"The main issue in the report was the dismissal of Mohamed Yousry from his position as an adjunct at York College of CUNY. Yousry lost his position after he was indicted on charges of assisting terrorist organizations through his work translating Arabic for a lawyer who was the main target of the indictment."

The AAUP also stood behind Sami Al-Arian and threatened to censure USF if they suspended him. The AAUP chapter, headed by a professor who blamed the situation on "right wing yahoos", was quoted then as saying, "the investigating committee believes that Professor Al-Arian's statements fell well within the (bounds) of academic freedom..."

[freespirited]

I'm no fan of the AAUP. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes they dont. But it's better to have them take the right position half the time than never.