I love the libbie twist on this. Watched Nebraska's Gov say he demanded Ayers be cut from a speaking engagement at the state U. The libbies regrouped and say Ayers was cancelled for security reasons.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Safety concerns have forced University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials to cancel plans for William Ayers to speak on campus.
Ayers, who founded a group in the late 1960s that claimed responsibility for bombing several government buildings, was to speak Nov. 15.
But officials said Friday the university’s threat assessment group received e-mails and phone calls over the last day or two that identified safety issues.
When asked about details of the concerns, including if they contained threats against Ayers, University spokeswoman Meg Lauerman declined to comment further.
“We don’t discuss the specifics of any threat assessment on campus,” she said.
Ayers, a University of Illinois at Chicago education professor, was invited by UNL’s College of Education and Human Sciences because of his expertise in research related to small schools and urban education.
Ayers also is vice president-elect of curriculum studies at the American Educational Research Association.
But he’s become a lightening rod in the U.S. presidential campaign for his role as founder of the Weather Underground. The group formed in the late 1960s claimed responsibility for nonfatal bombings of the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
Friday’s announcement comes after Gov. Dave Heineman and several other Nebraska politicians asked the university to rescind its invitation. “Bill Ayers is a well-known radical who should never have been invited,” Heineman said earlier Friday. “The people of Nebraska are outraged. Ayers' University of Nebraska-Lincoln Speech Canceled - FOXNews.com Elections