Elephants in Academia: The Homeland Security agent ate my paper!

Academic Elephant has heard some excuses in her day, but the hoax dreamed up by the guy who said Homeland Security paid him a visit because he requested a copy of 'The Little Red Book' from interlibrary loan was a new one.

She has a theory about this case. If I might try to paraphrase it: There are students who are on to those professors who are blinded by Bush paranoia, and are willing to exploit that. Let her explain.