Feds Investigate Kent State Faculty Member

(Kent, Ohio) Native of Cuba, a Muslim, tenured faculty member at Kent State University, Julio Pino, 48, is being investigated by the Secret Service. Notably, Pino's name has been bandied about the blogosphere for at least a couple years (see here) for his alleged jihadist leanings.

The U.S. Secret Service acknowledged Wednesday it is investigating a Kent State faculty member who has been tied to a jihadist news service and who has called President George W. Bush a ''cocaine cowboy.''

David Lee, resident agent in charge of the Akron office of the Secret Service, said Julio Pino was ''an individual who came to our attention who needed to be interviewed.''

He said someone from his agency went to Pino's home on Morris Road in Kent in the ''ongoing'' investigation. He declined to comment further.

The Secret Service is a federal law-enforcement agency that protects and investigates threats to national leaders, including the president.

Pino claims that he does not support jihad but his writings would appear to indicate otherwise.

Tip: Patrick Poole