Ayers: Colo. professor was fired in ‘witch hunt’

by E Wayne Ross on March 6, 2009

USA Today: Ayers: Colo. professor was fired in ‘witch hunt’

DENVER (AP) — William Ayers, the former Weather Underground radical whose past made him a lightning rod in the 2008 presidential campaign, said Thursday that fired Colorado professor Ward Churchill became the victim of a “witch hunt” after comparing Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi.