Reply #3: Steve Howard is his name

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Here is a story that should cheer Steve Howards, the Denver-area man who's filing a federal lawsuit after his arrest last summer for criticizing Vice President Dick Cheney over the administration's handling of Iraq.

It should cheer the rest of us, too. Then, again . . .

As you may have read, Steve Howards was walking his 9-year-old boy to a piano camp at Beaver Creek on June 16 when he saw a crowd. Turned out, the vice president was shaking hands and posing for pictures.

Steve Howards walked past, not three feet away from Dick Cheney. Unable to hold his tongue, he said, "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible." He and his boy then walked on, he said.

Ten minutes later, a Secret Service agent stopped Steve Howards and arrested him for "assaulting" Dick Cheney. He was hauled off to Eagle County Jail.

He was released later that day, however, and charges were eventually dropped.

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