13-Year-Old Boy Questioned by Secret Service Over Facebook Posting

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13-Year-Old Boy Questioned by Secret Service Over Facebook Posting

A 13-year-old boy in Washington state faced federal interrogation by a Secret Service agent over a Facebook posting that warned President Obama of suicide bombers, q13fox.com reports.

Vito LaPinta of Tacoma, Wash., said he posted a message on Facebook after Usama bin Laden's death, saying Obama should be careful of possible retaliatory acts against him by other terror members, according to the station.

"I was saying how Usama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," the boy told the station.

A week later, the boy said a man walked into Truman Middle School "with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service."

"He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the president," he said.

The boy's mother, meanwhile, says she's not happy her son was questioned by Secret Service without her knowledge or consent, the station reports.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/1...ret-service-facebook-posting/?test=latestnews

unbelievable.....so the SS can just waltz into a school and interrogate 13 year old kids for telling obama to be safe....i'm pretty sure they needed parental consent
 
The school serves in loco parentis and likely gave them permission to question the youngster. People still don't understand the rights they give up when they send kids to the government monopoly.
 
The school serves in loco parentis and likely gave them permission to question the youngster. People still don't understand the rights they give up when they send kids to the government monopoly.

did not know that....that is likely why the SS questioned him at school...because his parents might not have given permission

given the circumstances, pretty shitty thing to do
 
Damo, didn't that wacko KingRaw post stuff about killing Bush and get the attention of those nice men in suits & sunglasses?
 
Damo, didn't that wacko KingRaw post stuff about killing Bush and get the attention of those nice men in suits & sunglasses?

He did, he posted about it afterward or I wouldn't confirm it. I had the SS show up at my work with a subpoena requesting certain information. He was quite upset as I remember.
 
He did, he posted about it afterward or I wouldn't confirm it. I had the SS show up at my work with a subpoena requesting certain information. He was quite upset as I remember.

He was always upset. Not very bright of him though. I imagine having the SS show up at your work was a load of laughs.
 
He was always upset. Not very bright of him though. I imagine having the SS show up at your work was a load of laughs.

Yeah, it was actually. The security lady was all looking at me like I was a terrorist or something. She was standing there, I shook the dudes hand, apologized for being late, he handed me the subpoena, I handed him some stuff, and he thanked me and walked out. She looked at me like I was KING suddenly rather than all suspicious like.

I was laughing inside, but I wasn't going to tell her what it was about. :D

When I first got the e-mail I was wondering if it was real, but then I checked the IP and the url... Unfortunately the subpoena ordered me not to warn him it was coming so it came as a surprise to him...
 
Yeah, it was actually. The security lady was all looking at me like I was a terrorist or something. She was standing there, I shook the dudes hand, apologized for being late, he handed me the subpoena, I handed him some stuff, and he thanked me and walked out. She looked at me like I was KING suddenly rather than all suspicious like.

I was laughing inside, but I wasn't going to tell her what it was about. :D

When I first got the e-mail I was wondering if it was real, but then I checked the IP and the url... Unfortunately the subpoena ordered me not to warn him it was coming so it came as a surprise to him...

I would have LOVED to see his expression when they came to the door! I remember he was pretty brazen and bold with his posting, as if he really didn't think anything would ever come of it... the naivete of anonymity...lolz I bet that was a real wake up call, does he still post here? :)
 
He did, he posted about it afterward or I wouldn't confirm it. I had the SS show up at my work with a subpoena requesting certain information. He was quite upset as I remember.

holy crap...this is the best site ever and you are the greatest board owner ever!!!

nice how the SS always shows up at school or work.....can't do a simple, quiet ""interview"" after work....

can you talk about what happened? this is seriously fascinating.

edit:

read your later post
 
I would have LOVED to see his expression when they came to the door! I remember he was pretty brazen and bold with his posting, as if he really didn't think anything would ever come of it... the naivete of anonymity...lolz I bet that was a real wake up call, does he still post here? :)

Nah, he was too pissed about the SS thing. It wasn't my fault I even warned him that it could happen in the thread when he made the remarks. I think it is likely that somebody here reported him, but I was not privy to that information.
 
Nah, he was too pissed about the SS thing. It wasn't my fault I even warned him that it could happen in the thread when he made the remarks. I think it is likely that somebody here reported him, but I was not privy to that information.

given the "threat" here was from facebook.....it is wholly likely they combed your board just like they did with facebook. nothing we type online or say on a phone is truly safe.
 
given the "threat" here was from facebook.....it is wholly likely they combed your board just like they did with facebook. nothing we type online or say on a phone is truly safe.

That is also very possible. In fact they likely didn't even have to have somebody read it initially. Our site is probably tagged by government bots regularly for perusal. One thread mentions the President in one post and some other posts speaks of terrorists or something. There's probably some bored ass dude at the NSA that knows us all intimately.
 
That is also very possible. In fact they likely didn't even have to have somebody read it initially. Our site is probably tagged by government bots regularly for perusal. One thread mentions the President in one post and some other posts speaks of terrorists or something. There's probably some bored ass dude at the NSA that knows us all intimately.

so if i type

obama

dead

be

careful

damo will get the SS at his work?

that is not the america i know
 
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