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Speaking publicly for the first time on the incident, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Chief Francis D. “Bud” Riley says that a number of issues—including the controversy behind the “American Jihad” speech by Zayed M. Yasin ’02, a World Bank protest at MIT planned for the day after Harvard’s Commencement and post-Sept. 11 concerns—led HUPD to plan for heightened security at the June 6 Commencement ceremony...
...There was enough concern, coupled with many other factors, that led the University administration to decide for the first time to put all 30,000 people through metal detectors and high level security screenings,” Riley says. “We even had bomb technicians, bomb-sniffing dogs, members of federal agencies and the National Guard at Commencement...
...Riley and other University administrators stress, however, that there was never a credible or specific threat against Commencement...
...Riley said that many of the action plan’s recommendations have already been enacted at BU. He highlighted the school’s disciplinary procedure, which includes notifying parents of all alcohol-related infractions...
...have very highs standards here,” said BU spokesperson Colin Riley. “We hold students accountable to the [full extent...