Secret Service -- What Rights?

The Secret Service recently interrogated a Tacoma seventh-grader because of a Facebook posting he wrote. Several things are shocking about this story.

First, the boy was 13-years-old. Is the SS so incompetent to really consider any 13-year-old a credible threat to the President?

Second, the SS is surfing Facebook looking for postings. If there is such a thing as freedom of speech then nothing posted on Facebook can be considered an illegal threat. If the laws against threatening the president are to be taken seriously they cannot be so inclusive as to ban all discussion or criticism of the president. SS, you do not have the authority to silence American citizens.

Third, the SS conducted the interrogation without first informing the parents of the accused child and without ever obtaining a warrant. This is false arrest at a minimum but I would argue that because the SS never contacted the parents this detention rises to the level of kidnapping.

Fourth, the reason for this federally sanctioned kidnapping is not that the SS actually thought the child was a threat to the president. The SS simply wanted to interrogate the child about his parents and their opinions of Obama. Privacy and constitutional rights be damned.

Listen, the SS does not need to interrogate our children to know where we stand. If they want my opinion of Obama for example, they only have to ask. I have never been apologetic or shy about my constitutionally protected opinions. I will say it loudly and clearly. Obama is the epitome of evil. He is a pawn in a long-standing progressive machine that seeks to destroy this country as we know it. And please realize that falsely arresting and illegally interrogating my children (who are represented by counsel) won't change my opinion or intimidate me. Though it would open a massive can of worms.

Come on SS. It used to be your job to enforce and respect the rights of American citizens. When did your purpose change to oppressing and abusing us instead?