The U.S.A.S.S.R. Files: Man's Letter to the Editor results in Secret Service visit

[marmar]

The slippery slope into Stalinism is very greasy right now. - OP's comment


from boston.com:

Pa. man's letter brings Secret Service
January 21, 2007

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush.

The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday's edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It ended with the line, "I still believe they hanged the wrong man."

Tilli said the statement was not a threat. "I didn't say who -- I could've meant (Osama) bin Laden," he said Friday.

Two Secret Service agents questioned Tilli at his Bethlehem apartment Thursday, briefly searching the place and taking pictures of him, he said.

The Secret Service confirmed the encounter. Bob Slama, special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Philadelphia office, said it was the agency's duty to investigate.

The agents almost immediately decided Tilli was not a threat, Slama said

"We have no further interest in Dan," he said.

Tilli said the agents appeared more relaxed when he dug out a scrapbook containing more than 200 letters that he has written over the years, almost all on political topics.

"He said, 'Keep writing, but just don't make no threats,'" Tilli said of one of the agents.

It wasn't Tilli's first run-in with the federal government over his letter writing. Two FBI agents from Allentown showed up at his home last year about a letter he wrote advocating a civil war to unseat Bush, he said.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/01/21/pa_mans_letter_brings_secret_service/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

[donheld]

1. No it's the UFSA

United Fascist States of America

[marmar]

6. Very true.

:scared:

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Even if he meant Bush, I fail to see how this is a credible threat...

...the man clearly was talking about JUSTICE. And, there are some in this country who believe Bush should be tried for his crimes against humanity, and also believe in the death penalty.

Myself, I'm against the death penalty, but not against Bush being tried for his crimes.

[marmar]

3. Exactly....It's nothing but bullshit intimidation tactics.

:grr:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. It's good to be against the DP

The worst thing the SS can possibly catch me wishing Bush is life in prison.

[izzie]

4. Give some people power and they really go nuts.

Put them in a group and it is really madness.

[marmar]

7. That's a perfect summary of the last six years.

:)

[izzie]

8. and for two more years.

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[Nabia2004]

9. Seems like someone gets one of these "visits" about every 6 months

Anyone have links to them all?