This collection is housed in the library of a public university of the state of Illinois, which answers ultimately to the Illinois state legislature and specifically to whatever legislative committee(s) have a say about how it is operated because it has a say about how it is funded. The remarkable statement by the local professorial gatekeeper that there are documents that are “restricted” is a hoot. All materials go into library collections on the assumption that they are there for the purposes of research (remember research? That’s what people at universities do . . .) Closing such collections “until” they are vetted is a reasonable thing to do, provided that you can give a good reason why such documents have not been vetted heretofore. A single member of the Illinois state legislature can wreak havoc with that argument.

If Stanley Kurtz knows what he’s doing, he willforth with go over the heads of the library sentries to the state officials responsible for such collections, and see what kind of moving and shaking he can accomplish.

If there’s an ayers-obama axis waiting to leap out like a jack-in-the-box, that would give even more impetus to getting the light of day on this business. Remember, it’s not the deed, it’s the cover-up. UIC’s library has provided the cover-up.

This is by no means a closed case.