(++++++++++ I'm interested in knowing how this girl's little web site came to the attention of the Feds. Granted, she went "over the top," but...she's 14, for goodness' sake.)
The latest Sacramento resident to be questioned by federal agents in possible threats against President Bush is a 14-year-old girl with a heart on her backpack and braces on her teeth, a freckle-nosed adolescent who is passionate about liberal politics and cute movie stars.
Her name is Julia Wilson, and she learned a vivid civics lesson Wednesday when two Secret Service agents pulled her out of biology class at McClatchy High School to ask about comments and images she posted on MySpace.
Beneath the words "Kill Bush," Julia posted a cartoonish photo-collage of a knife stabbing the hand of the president. It was one of a few images Julia said she used to decorate an anti-Bush Web page she moderated on MySpace, the social networking Web site that is hugely popular among teenagers.
The Secret Service refused to answer questions about the case or even confirm an investigation. Eric Zahren, a Secret Service spokesman, said the agency does not discuss its work "due to the sensitivity of our mission."
But Julia's mother, Kirstie Wilson, and an assistant principal at McClatchy High said two agents showed them badges stating they were with the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security.
Federal law prohibits making serious threats against the president, and Julia and her parents say what she did was wrong.
The couple are disturbed, however, that federal agents questioned a child at school -- without her parents present. And First Amendment lawyers question whether the Secret Service over-reacted to a 14-year-old's comments on a Web site made for casual socializing.
"I don't condone what she did, but it seems a little over the top to me," said Julia's father, Jim Moose. "You'd think they could look at the situation and determine that she's not a credible threat."
Earlier this month, federal officials arrested two Sacramento-area men for allegedly threatening the president. Elk Grove resident Michael Lee Braun has been charged with sending two threatening letters to the El Dorado Hills country club where Bush recently made an appearance. Rocklin resident Howard J. Kinsey is accused of threatening the president through a text message.
How Did They Find Her?
How Did They Find Her?
My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
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My opinion? The Secret Service did the right thing. Zero-tolerance for threats made about the President from ANYONE.
Good story, Lulu! :yh_clap
Good story, Lulu! :yh_clap
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
We won't be punished for our sins, but BY them.
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Lulu2 wrote: (++++++++++ I'm interested in knowing how this girl's little web site came to the attention of the Feds. Granted, she went "over the top," but...she's 14, for goodness' sake.)
The latest Sacramento resident to be questioned by federal agents in possible threats against President Bush is a 14-year-old girl with a heart on her backpack and braces on her teeth, a freckle-nosed adolescent who is passionate about liberal politics and cute movie stars.
Her name is Julia Wilson, and she learned a vivid civics lesson Wednesday when two Secret Service agents pulled her out of biology class at McClatchy High School to ask about comments and images she posted on MySpace.
Beneath the words "Kill Bush," Julia posted a cartoonish photo-collage of a knife stabbing the hand of the president. It was one of a few images Julia said she used to decorate an anti-Bush Web page she moderated on MySpace, the social networking Web site that is hugely popular among teenagers.
You couldn't make it up. I should think that some rather daft and "anal" type saw
it, reported it, and a similar one picked it up and reacted. Shades of the chappie
detained for having the words "So-and-so is an idiot" written on his bag at an
airport. It's a bit sad that we our people in government stoop to this sort of thing.
What of the situation where an artist (or anyone else who sees fit to protest)
comes to the attention of "the authorities" of our latterday Totalitarian State?
The latest Sacramento resident to be questioned by federal agents in possible threats against President Bush is a 14-year-old girl with a heart on her backpack and braces on her teeth, a freckle-nosed adolescent who is passionate about liberal politics and cute movie stars.
Her name is Julia Wilson, and she learned a vivid civics lesson Wednesday when two Secret Service agents pulled her out of biology class at McClatchy High School to ask about comments and images she posted on MySpace.
Beneath the words "Kill Bush," Julia posted a cartoonish photo-collage of a knife stabbing the hand of the president. It was one of a few images Julia said she used to decorate an anti-Bush Web page she moderated on MySpace, the social networking Web site that is hugely popular among teenagers.
You couldn't make it up. I should think that some rather daft and "anal" type saw
it, reported it, and a similar one picked it up and reacted. Shades of the chappie
detained for having the words "So-and-so is an idiot" written on his bag at an
airport. It's a bit sad that we our people in government stoop to this sort of thing.
What of the situation where an artist (or anyone else who sees fit to protest)
comes to the attention of "the authorities" of our latterday Totalitarian State?
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flopstock wrote: Perhaps these were the same members of the intelligence community charged with finding the WMDs that were in IRAQ before the invasion and then spirited out of the country to make us look like fools thinking: wah:
Humph. Did you see the footage of cardboard cannon in dug-outs in the
middle of the desert, their muzzles pointing into the sand at dispirited angles?
Humph. Did you see the footage of cardboard cannon in dug-outs in the
middle of the desert, their muzzles pointing into the sand at dispirited angles?
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Gosh, I am not a big fan of the President either. Does this mean the SS will be knocking on my door next?
Sandi
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I dunno, Flopstock...the last time I went through the international terminal, they looked at me as if I were wearing a BURKHA! :wah:
My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay