Robert Ostergard confidently sniffs the air and divines the now fetid scent of Tail Gunner Joe, only to end up releasing salty, protein-rich fluid from his lacrimal apparatus, contorting his facial muscles, and breaking into heaving sobs:

Ostergard said the implications arising from [Daniel] Pipes' work [regarding monitoring of Middle East studies on campuses] are far-reaching and similar to McCarthyism.

"It's chilling," Ostergard said. "This fallout is something I've never, ever expected. To actually base public criticism on one course and one speaker is really a witchhunt."