It's not really surprising...

[mdlbear]

...that the story about the student who was visited by the Feds after requesting a copy of Mao's little red book on interlibrary loan turns out to have been a hoax. Some people, including Gary McGath, spotted inconsistancies right away.

On the other hand, it's sad and appalling that we live in a country, and under a government, where it was easy to believe that it wasn't a hoax.