FBI TO RESTRICT STUDENT FREEDOMS

FEDERAL AGENTS ARE VISITING SOME OF THE NEW ENGLAND'S TOP UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING MIT, BOSTON COLLEGE, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WARN UNIVERSITY HEADS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FOREIGN SPIES AND TERRORISTS STEALING SENSITIVE ACADEMIC RESEARCH.

FBI IS OFFERING TO BRIEF FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF ON WHAT IT CALLS "ESPIONAGE INDICATORS" AIMED AT IDENTIFYING FOREIGN AGENTS.

UNEXPLAINED AFFLUENCE, FAILING TO REPORT OVERSEAS TRAVEL, SHOWING UNUSUAL INTEREST IN INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE JOB SCOPE, KEEPING UNUSUAL WORK HOURS, UNREPORTED CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN NATIONALS, UNREPORTED CONTACT WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, OR INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, ATTEMPTING TO GAIN NEW ACCESSES WITHOUT THE NEED TO KNOW, AND UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES ARE ALL CONSIDERED POTENTIAL ESPIONAGE INDICATORS.

FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THEIR COLLEAGUES FOR SIGNS OF SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR AND REPORT ANY CONCERNS TO THE FBI OR THE MILITARY.