The immediate history told on this page and in Anatomy of Censorship is a useful case study in fighting for free expression on the Internet.
Officials have yet to respond.
Narco News stands vigilant. To those who believe that freedom of speech and ideas exists in US academia, this developing story offers a somber reminder of just how fragile the right to free expression becomes each time the drug war heats up. Not only does this electronic book burning demonstrate the lack of respect for free study and speech by the state university, it also reveals the top academics there to be just plain boneheaded. The Narco News Bulletin offers to publish the web pages censored by the University of California as soon as we can locate copies of them. The UC San Diego Department of Communication is no longer housing the server for the Burn web site.