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July 17, 2008
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20528
Dear Secretary Chertoff:
On June 6, 2008, I wrote to you questioning why foreign graduate students enrolled in a joint program of oceanography and applied oceanographic science and engineering that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology runs with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) were determined to pose a “security threat” to the United States because they mistakenly applied for a transportation workers identification credential (TWIC).
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