Guest: Paul Campos, Colorado University
"Colorado University professor Ward Churchill has again stated that America is responsible for killing innocent people all over the world, and that's why 9/11 happened. Churchill would not back away from his statement that some Americans murdered on 9/11 were Nazis. In the world according to Churchill, if you sell bonds, insurance, or anything else that furthers capitalism, you're a Nazi. For this kind of reasoning the University of Colorado is paying the guy almost $100,000 a year. Clearly the man has some constitutional protections, but where he is vulnerable is in the competency area--he has written that Israel is perpetuating a holocaust against Palestinians and that Hitler's government did not have an institutional plan to exterminate European Jews. Both those statements are provably false. So say goodbye to Churchill--I predict he'll be fired for incompetence. Churchill will pay a big price for his hatred of America and his cruelty to the 9/11 families. But the price should be fair and reasonable."
Transcript: FoxNews.com
Professor and columnist Paul Campos joined The Factor to expand on the Churchill case and its impact. "I've heard from hundreds of people," Campos said, "and have not heard one word of support from a CU faculty member for Churchill's views." Campos revealed that Ward Churchill may face problems beyond his inflammatory statements about 9/11. "There are now serious allegations that he's engaged in academic fraud. He has been accused of fabricating a historical episode by saying the US Army deliberately spread a smallpox epidemic among the Sioux Indians in 1837. There's also apparently no evidence he has any Native American ancestry, and this is serious because he's made a career around claiming to be a Native American."