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Date: 2004-10-27 05:47 pm (UTC)Complain about the government all you like, but if you advocate assassination for a heartbeat, yes, the nice men in suits will have a cup of coffee with you to see if you're serious.
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Date: 2004-10-27 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-28 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-28 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-28 02:34 am (UTC)If the Secret Service is going to do this sort of thing at all, it's hard to see how they could do it without looking into every case that come across their desks. It's a simple matter of covering your ass.
The person who reported her, in my mind, is the one who is utterly at fault. They were in the best position to know it was just a funny, etc. I expect it was either an enemy with a personal thing, or some mouth-breather who read it in metaquoates and took it literally.
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Date: 2004-10-28 02:53 am (UTC)Even if the SS are required to investigate allegations, the investigation in this case would consist of looking at the journal that was alleged to be the site of a threat, not visting the author of the journal. That's a reckless diversion of SS resources, if the intent is to ensure the safety of the President.
Of course, if the intent was to intimidate dissidents, then they have used their time excellently.
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Date: 2004-10-28 03:10 am (UTC)She suspects it was someone with a fandom grudge against her.
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Date: 2004-10-28 03:28 am (UTC)I know it's anectdotal, but I remember hearing about college kids visited by the SS under Clinton for joking about wanting to kill him. I know that people who threatened Bush Sr. during the Gulf War got visits.
They really do this, and really have done this, for years and years. They don't always interview the person face to face, but they often do.
The Secret Service is quite a lot larger service than most people think (since you were talking about manpower). It has branches all over the country. Their mandate to protect the President is secondary. Believe it or not, their primary purpose is dealing with counterfeiting, fraud, and identity theft; they are a subsidiary of the US Treasury Department. As such, there are more than 5,000 personnel in the department. That's not the manpower of the FBI but it is quite a large number of people. And they do have a field office in Charleston.
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Date: 2004-10-28 06:50 am (UTC)It didn't start with Clinton...
Date: 2004-10-28 10:51 am (UTC)It may have started with Nixon, but I'll bet you it started further back, say with Truman.
And I'll bet there are similar practices in other countries, perhpas the UK?
Re: It didn't start with Clinton...
Date: 2004-10-28 10:58 am (UTC)As far as the UK, as MPs have been blown up by terrorists, I'm assuming they take such threats fairly seriously as well.
Re: It didn't start with Clinton...
Date: 2004-10-28 11:03 am (UTC)Of course, it would be interesting to see when this all did start. Again, IIRC, Lincoln hired Pinkerton guards and used Union Army soldiers as well. So, I would guess that "formal" protection was sometime after that.
Re: It didn't start with Clinton...
Date: 2004-10-28 12:13 pm (UTC)I'm not sure just when the Presidential protection thing became part of their job.
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Date: 2004-10-28 12:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-28 12:25 pm (UTC)I can see a film in that premise. Maybe a sort of remake of _the Tailor of Panama_.