Universities Object To Surveillance Of Web Sites
Yale University objected to the monitoring of Muslim student association websites by the New York Police Department, while Muslim leaders called for investigations and student groups at Rutgers University expressed outrage.  The Associated Press reported that an NYPD intelligence unit visited web sites, blogs and forums of Muslim student associations at Yale and other universities daily.  Yale President Richard Levin said such surveillance is "antithetical to the values" of Yale and the country. The Council on American Islamic Relations and Rutgers University in New Jersey called for investigations. An NYPD spokesman said police wanted to get a better handle on what was occurring at student associations. He cited 12 people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges in the United States and abroad who had once been members of Muslim student associations. – Associated Press