Monday, August 09, 2004
 From Dr Michael Salla's www.exopolitics.org August 4, 2004: On August 3, 2004, I was interviewed on George Noory's Coast to Coast and was asked about the status of my present association with the Center for Global Peace, American University, Washington DC. I informed George that as a result of my exopolitics research, the program I had been developing, the Peace Ambassador Program, was summarily terminated in late April, 2004, and my reappointment as a Researcher in Residence would not be renewed at its expiry at the end of August, 2004. I described these decisions to George as an example of censorship and intimidation of academic researchers exploring extraterrestrial related topics. I mentioned that I was currently appealing these decisions through American University's internal review process. George expressed great interest in the matter which was also of special interest to his listening audience who were encouraged to intervene on my behalf with courteous emails to the President of American University whose email address I had supplied to George. What follows for all those interested in a possible case of censorship and intimidation of an academic researcher of extraterrestrial related issues, is a time-line of events concerning the termination of my Program and the appeal process with relevant information on key individuals involved.
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February 17, 2004. A phone conversation occurs with Betty Sitka, the Assistant Director of the Center for Global Peace, who 'advised' me of the 'adverse impact' on my academic appointment if the Washington Post goes ahead with a story on an alleged meeting between President Eisenhower and extraterrestrials, in which I had been interviewed and where my academic association with the Center was mentioned. The story appeared on February 19, and the subsequent tone in communication with the Center changed from friendly to 'icy'.
Copy of the Post story
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