The FBI is cautioning colleges in New England to look out for potential terrorist or espionage threats, The Boston Globe reported this morning.As part of an outreach effort, federal agents are offering colleges tips on how to be alert to threats to their research — for example, foreign spies who could be posing as international students. The agents have already met with several college administrators in Massachusetts to discuss protecting research, and they plan to travel to other New England colleges in the coming months.
The agents say the visits are not designed to infiltrate academe. “The academic community is designed to be open, and we just have to make the community aware,” Warren T. Bamford, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, told the Globe. “There are people who would be willing to establish relationships to take secrets.” —Lyndsey Lewis
Source: Boston Globe
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