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Joseph Scaffido speaks to an undercover reporter posing as a student on March 16.

(screenshot from YouTube video)

Update 12:43 p.m.: Cornell President David Skorton has issued a statement condemning the Project Veritas piece. It has been added to the story below.

A video by an undercover reporter purports to show an assistant dean at Cornell University saying that members of the Islamic State group (ISIS) would be welcome on campus.

The video, by conservative activist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas, features a reporter, posing as a Moroccan student, asking Assistant Dean for Students Joseph Scaffido about starting a club at the university on March 16. Scaffido is not aware that he's being recorded on a hidden camera.

The reporter starts by asking about starting a "humanitarian group that supports distressed communities...in the Middle East, northern Iraq and Syria." He then elaborates a bit, saying he would like this group to send "care packages" including food, water and electronics to freedom fighters and their families in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

"There are a lot of our student organizations that do things like that all over the world," Scaffido responds.

He also asked Scaffido if it would be a problem for the club to support Hamas.

"The university is not going to look at different groups and say, 'You're not allowed to support that group because we don't believe them' or something like that," Scaffido responded. "I think it's just the opposite. I think the university wants the entire community to understand what's going on in all parts of the world."

The reporter then asks if it would be possible to bring in a freedom fighter to speak at Cornell.

"Sure," Scaffido says, adding, "I think programs like that really do have a good place here at Cornell." He suggests Cornell's Bailey Hall, which can seat some 1,300 students, as a venue for such a program.

Finally, the reporter asks, "Maybe we could get a freedom fighter to come and do a training camp for students?"

"I have no idea," Scaffido responds before saying. "You would be allowed to do something like that. It's just bringing in a coach to do training on a sports team or something."

It's worth pointing out that the undercover reporter never appears to use the words "ISIS" or "terrorist" during the meeting, instead referring to his supposed club as offering aid to "communities" and "freedom fighters" in "the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria."

He does, however, specifically mention Hamas, which, along with ISIS, is included on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations.

Project Veritas says its mission is to "Investigate and expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions in order to achieve a more ethical and transparent society."

"I was chilled and saddened by Dean Scaffido's reaction and his position on the pro-ISIS club," said James O'Keefe, President of Project Veritas. "At the very best Scaffido's attitude towards the proposed club is complacent and irresponsible, at the very worst he genuinely and willingly supports those sympathetic to ISIS freedom fighters, or more aptly stated: terrorists."

The NY Post reached out to Cornell for a comment on the story. This was the university's response:

Cornell University President David Skorton also issued this scathing response to the Project Veritas piece:

Project Veritas often uses undercover reporters and hidden cameras in its investigations. In another recent project, the group recorded the daughter of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner blasting Rev. Al Sharpton, and saying he's more interested in money than his causes.