I hadn't heard of it until now. $25K a year, to spy while studying abroad? Hook me up. (Although...doesn't it sound like a "scholarship" you can never leave?)

Here's Stanley Kurtz defending the program against "leftist professors." (Link goes to National Review, sorry)

And a semi-sprawling, but well thought out rebuttal by David Price at counterpunch.org.

To be a James Bond at a Keg Party in Nepal....think about the power-trips THOSE undergrad ding-dongs are having right now. Don't even let me start ranting about this.