About 45 minutes ago, 2 Secret Service agents showed up at my place and said they wanted to talk to me. I told them no, that I was busy but they could come back Sunday at 1 PM.
They are still outside.
I don't know exactly why they want to talk to me but it might have something to do with a post I've made often on AOL message boards.
"THE ONLY REAL QUESTION:
IMPEACH OR ASSASINATE"
I got this from Ann Coulter's 1998 book,
This quote appeared in Coulter's book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton (Regnery, 1998):
In this recurring nightmare of a presidency, we have a national debate about whether he "did it," even though all sentient people know he did. Otherwise there would be debates only about whether to impeach or assassinate.
http://mediamatters.org/...
Developing....
Oops, they knocked at the door again.
UPDATE 1:
They went away after about an hour and I sent the AZ ACLU and e-mail and they responded but I didn't read it until after 5 PM.
UPDATE 2:
It's 1:130 on Sunday and the agents didn't show up as I expected.
UPDATE 3:
I got up a little before 11 AM and went to open the inside front door to let the cats look out and provide a little ventilation. At just that moment, a local police officer had come for a talk and intially I agreed to talk but after a few seconds I told him that I would have to have a lawyer present.
Unlike the secret service agents, he did mention the reason for his visit, e-mails, and I decided to talk to him. He seemed to be a decent guy and we did chat for about 12-15 minutes. I also noticed that there was a black unmarked SUV parked on Jacinto Street, about 75 feet away, and I assume there were Secret Service agents inside.
I gave him my e-mail address and explained to him that I used the Ann Coulter remark to bait the wingnut trolls. He asked what they were and I said it would take a bit to explain. He asked for the Reader's Digest version and then I said Sean Hannity is a wingnut troll. (The example he thought of was the War on Christmas/Bill O'Reilly fuss and I said O'Reilly was also a wingnut). He also asked about another post I made that riffed on John Gibson's "five in the noggin" remark and I explained that to him.
He then asked straight out if I would harm the President and I said no, that would be a terrible thing to do. He also asked what I thought of the President and I said he's a fuckup. (I may have the order of the questions reversed here. I am kind of suprised how sketchy my memory is for an event that happened less than an hour ago as I type this and wasn't at all complicated.)
The cop asked if I would talk to the agents and I said I wouldn't do that without a lawyer present. He said he'd like to save me that expense and I said I had contacted the ACLU. I mentioned that today, one can get busted for wearing a t-shirt that says "Protect the 1st Amendment" and he brought a request he had made to the FBI for information about some people who were involved in some sort of local incident and the report that came back (6 out of a total of 117 pages) was all newspaper clippings and even then parts were blacked out!
We also talked about some local issues, such as the meth epidemic and the proposed 20 year transit plan and he asked if I was upset with the local politicians. I said no. We also talked a bit about extremists such as the Aryan Nation and we both agreed that their problem is they think they are the only ones who have the Truth. (I did mention that I was a Yankee fan and he got a chuckle out of that).
At the end, I think he asked if he could do anything for me and I said tell the secret service agents to go away. He laughed and said they just have a job to do. I also made a dig about the agents, telling the local cop they didn't do much digging about me, otherwise they would've known what I was about.
At the end, he said he'd send me an e-mail. Overall, this was a pleasant exchange.
UPDATE 4:
The same two agents who came by Friday came again today,at about 1:07 PM. They knew that Det. Woodward had come by and I told them to speak with him but they want to speak directly to me. I told them that I would not do so unless a lawyer was present and they seemed to get that. I gave them my e-mail address and I expect to hear from them soon.
Here's what the local cop sent to me today after our talk:
Mr. Jandreau,
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me this morning. I do appreciate it. As we discussed the Secret Service is concerned over some "postings" that were made by you that seemed to indicate that you either wanted to harm the President of the United States or that you endorsed or encouraged such action. I am convinced after speaking with you that that is not the case. Please keep my e-mail address and phone number in case you have any questions or concerns that you think I can help you with.
I spoke with the agent from the Secret Service after our conversation and he is interested in meeting with you briefly on your terms. If you would let me know if that is still a possibility, I would be happy to facilitate such a meeting.
Again thanks for you time today.
Detective Woodward
520-547-8945