A disturbing recent trend in American academia is the awarding of prestigious positions and honors to those whose conduct has been truly reprehensible. Most notably, the senior political officials of the previous administration have been embraced with open arms by the nation's top universities. These are the same individuals who were responsible for instituting a lawless torture regime, implementing a dragnet domestic surveillance apparatus, and starting two aggressive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. -- Danny Colligan, Stanford Says No to War
War Criminals and Academia
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