Ward Churchill: Campus Narc?

This via Paul Krassner of the New York Press. Krassner prints an email exchange with a friend who says she knew Churchill from his college days—when he allegedly ratted her out to the authorities for selling marijuana:

CHURCHILL FRIEND: "He's a phony radical from way back. He snitched me out to the police in 1970. He came over to my house one time and—the very first pound of pot that I ever bought—I sold him an ounce. I didn't get arrested, but I had to suffer the wrath of my parents. They just went nuts. It's one of the reasons I moved away from Peoria."

KRASSNER: "What do you think was Churchill's motivation?"

CHURCHILL FRIEND: "My guess is he's been arrested before, and his fingerprints are probably still in existence. He may have had it expunged. I think obviously they had him on something else. He might've had a felony conviction. And he went around and ratted everybody out. And I wasn't the only one. He was the campus snitch. I'd love for him to be able to say anything he damn well wants, but he's not the authentic article."

I of course have no way confirming the authenticity of the story, but it is delicious, isn’t it? Especially when you consider that Churchill’s trademark shtick, particularly in his spoken word recordings, is railing against the "American Police State. Who would have guessed that he once did its bidding?