Original sentence: Following the September 11 attacks, USF professor Sami Al-Arian began receiving death threats following inflammatory accusations by Bill O'Reilly during an interview on The O'Reilly Factor.United Faculty of Florida, the faculty union representing USF professors, voted to throw its full support behind Al-Arian and condemned the university for exaggerating security concerns until he was arrested by the FBI.When students and faculty were on leave for winter recess in December 2001, Genshaft and the USF Board of Trustees fired Al-Arian from teaching at USF
Edited sentence: Following September 11 attacks, USF began receiving death threats following inflammatory comments made by Al-Arian on Bill O'Reilly during an interview on The O'Reilly Factor.In December 2001, Genshaft and the USF Board of Trustees fired Al-Arian from teaching at USF.United Faculty of Florida, the faculty union representing USF professors, voted to throw its full support behind Al-Arian and condemned the university for exaggerating security concerns until he was arrested by the FBI then they backed away from their erroneous accusations