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Date: 10/12/2008 7:37:54 PM
Subject: Secret Service in Lufkin, TX
(Newspaper story of this incident below this letter)
On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in
the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as
calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was
903-798-6020 which lists as 'Obama Volunteers of Texarkana ' ( Texas ).
She asked if I was an Obama supporter to which I replied:
'No, I don't support him, your guy is a socialist who voted four
times in the State Senate to let little babies die in hospital
closets; I think you should find something better to do with your
time.' I hung up.
Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret
Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that
apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the
Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about
the following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana
who called me, unsolicited on my cell phone:
'I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor.'
My husband laughed and told them No, she called him a socialist but
she never said a word about him dying. I gave them my actual
quote. The woman asked insolently Oh? Well why would she make that up?
I replied that I supposed she wasnt happy about what I said about her
candidate and the Agent said That's right, you were rude! The last
time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America .
Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental
instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want
to know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent
in no uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their
investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I
was allowed to think whatever I wanted withou t being questioned by
the Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed,
that isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified
that the statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked
them if there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, 'So
on the word of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with
no other evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?'
They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama
supporter someone calling from his campaign are you kidding?
I was not allowed to know the name of my accuser at which point they
informed me that it wasn't like I was in a court of law, YET, as if
this was a good thing. I recognized this as a veiled threat. I told
them I would happily go to court since I did nothing wrong and at
least then my accuser would have to face me rather than sending the
thought police to my house.
They then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to
me first before embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and
family, another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to
whomever they wanted but they werent going to investigate my thoughts
on my porch.
They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a
supporter calls me I just say 'Yeah sure count me in, or just hang
up' apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them
more useless trips. Yeah right. I said 'Look, someone calls me
unsolicited on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and
I can't tell them why I don't?' I said I was sorry they made a
wasted trip but if they had a problem with some made up lie they
needed to go talk to her about it because it wasn't my fault they had
to drive from Houston for nothing.
At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge
numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the
quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female
Agent refused to give me one stating Youre not going to get a
card. The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact
Houston with any questions.
The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the Secret Service
came to my house to question me about my thoughts and feelings and
threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if I didnt
cooperate is not really the tragedy here. Because that girl on the
phone doesnt have the pull to send the Secret Service to my
home. Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who
may be the next President of the United States of America felt
comfortable bringing the force of the Federal Government to bear on a
private citizen on nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.
I want to file a counter complaint that false charges were made, that
a false report was given to a peace officer. The Secret Service told
me I cannot because they will protect the identity of the
complainant. I also want the file they have on me destroyed and I
want to know that my phone isn't tapped, etcetera. I am hearing a lot
of Out of my Jurisdiction.
Do I also hear jackboots?
Jessica Hughes
Lufkin, Texas
This was the headline story in our local newspaper yesterday here in Lufkin .
This is the story and this is the link to the article that does not explain in detail.
click below to read Lufkin news---
http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/10/07/secret_servi
ce.html?imw=Y
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