INSTRUCTOR TOLD TO TONE IT DOWN

Wisconsin Republicans want him fired or they will cut funding to the University??? So, now unless you share their opinions.....now they will dictate what will be taught....oh nevermind.

By Jodi S. Cohen
Tribune staff reporter

August 3, 2006, 9:48 PM CDT

As University of Wisconsin administrators defended their decision to employ instructor Kevin Barrett, a top university official suggested in a letter to Barrett last month that he should be less outspoken about his personal views.

Barrett, a Muslim convert who will teach a class on Islam this fall, believes the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to create support for a larger military budget and a long-term Middle East war.

Among other views, he thinks the World Trade Center buildings fell after a controlled demolition and that Osama bin Laden is probably dead.

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