Ken Hechtman

Ken Hechtman

Ken Hechtman is a freelance journalist from Canada who achieved brief international prominence in late 2001. Afghanistan's Taliban government captured him as a suspected United States spy while he researched a story for the "Montreal Mirror". Afghanistan tried, acquitted, and released him after a short time in jail.

In 1987, Hechtman made a memorable impression at Columbia University by getting expelled for keeping stolen uranium in his dormitory room. He had discovered a forgotten storage room underneath the university's chemistry building while exploring the Columbia University Tunnels. The 1992 edition of "Lisa Birnbach's College Book" named him as a campus legend for the exploit. Hechtman has returned to school at McGill University and now studies computer science.

Bibliography

"Lisa Birnbach's New and Improved College Book", by Lisa Birnbach (1992) ISBN 0-671-79289-X

External links

* A [http://english.pravda.ru/war/2001/11/29/22352.html "Pravda"] report on Hechtman's captivity in Afghanistan.
* A [http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/12/01/hechtman_release011201 CBC] story about Hechtman and the Taliban.
* Ken Hechtman's Taliban story for the [http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/120601/news8.html "Montreal Mirror"] .
* A [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/27/3e82ed7b94b47 "Columbia Spectator"] article.
* An article by The Blue and White, Columbia University's undergraduate magazine: http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=211


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