Re: FW: Article on Berhanu Nega + G7
Henry,
In addition to the numerous articles about the B. Nega/G7 issue that I sent to you yesterday, following are links to AP/Reuters articles from the past day/two.
Prof denies: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgY-N8GdYSvnoZ7VKdS-r5XdG8wD97POV200
35 arrested: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_ETHIOPIA_COUP_PLOT?SITE=PASUN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
35 arrested: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/id=SLP469244
SRF has:
Conducted a current (April 27) Bridger Security check on all 8 closed/active SRF grantees from Ethiopia (including Nega). All came out without matches.
Conducted Internet searches on these 8 grantees. Of the 8 grantees, only Nega has been noted in the press as part of the recent G7 alleged coup planning.
We have not found any statements in the press coming from Bucknell.
SAR- Rob Quinn has no other information than what we know.
As background, Nega received his PhD from The New School, and taught economics at CUNY from '87-'89 and at Bucknell '90-'94. He returned to Ethiopia in 1994.
referred by SAR January 2006 (while in prison)
- References received from: New School (Dept. of Economics), AAAS (alert), Bucknell University (Dept. of Economics), Center for Economic and Policy Research (DC), Old Dominion University (VA),
awarded February 15, 2006
released from prison July 2007
arrived in US September 2007
arrived at Bucknell November 2007
fellowship ended May 2008 (remained at Bucknell; did not apply for renewal)
Below is a cut/paste from a VOANEWS.COM article.
Best,
Jim
Jim Miller
Executive Director
Scholar Rescue Fund
Institute of International Education (IIE)
This is the Epstein scholar for 2008. I plan to release your name and to let the Ethiopian government know where you are hiding. He, at least if it's all true, is a mover and shaker. He was elected to be mayor of Addis Ababa till they put him in jail two years ago.
I like it, but once again your goals are very unclear, do you like him because as I he is a revolutionary.. this I support, he is hardly a scholar of any note.. no new theories, no new economic ideas, in fact not one of the top 50000 economists in the world, however if you want to fund rebellion without all the easily seen through grandiose facade of scholar rescue, I'm in