Teen questioned for online Bush threats

[proud2BlibKansan]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Upset by the war in
Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with
President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com.
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She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.

It was too late.

Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her molecular biology class.

The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two
Secret Service agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when they questioned their daughter.

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[katinmn]

1. Don't "Federal Authorities" have anything better to do?

No, we are spending billions for them to surf the Internet looking for offensive cartoons of Bush.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. And questioning 14 year old girls

This is such a waste of time (and our tax dollars).

[madokie]

3. To me its not so much the money as what it does to the kid psych

[DuckBurp]

4. Your tax dollars at work .....

Doesn't the SS have something better to do than to read MySpace posts by kids?

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I guess not

[Brian Stevens]

6. I only have one question

Why didn't the parents call an attorney? She has due process, and she does have a right to an attorney during questioning. Her parents don't have a right to be present, but legal representation does. But they didn't do it.

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That must be answered.