Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Should A NYU Terrorism Class Ask It's Students To Write A Paper On A Terrorist Attack?

NYU Terrorism Class Asks Students To Plot Terrorist Attack -- New York Post

It’s Terrorism 101.

A New York University class on transnational terrorism is requiring students to “hypothetically plan a terrorist attack” — and shocked cops say the outrageous lesson plan is an insult to the officers killed on Sept. 11.

The controversial course, taught by former Navy criminal investigator Marie-Helen Maras, asks the pupils to “step into [a terrorist’s] shoes” and write a 10- to 15-page paper on their battle plan.

“Some of the most notorious terrorists, including Anwar al-Awlaki, got their start on American campuses. It looks like after the CIA killed al-Awlaki, NYU is helping to produce successors,” said an outraged law-enforcement expert on terrorism.

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My Comment: This is a class on 'terrorism' .... what else will they write about.

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