Re: That woman, she says she had an affair with that guy.
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Thu, 06 Aug 1998 15:16:20 -0500
> I believe it. A friend of mine maintains a web-page creation site.
> Somebody submitted a page with a Clinton threat, and MY FRIEND got
> a visit from the FBI. Apparently this stuff isn't taken lightly.
> Anyway, I meant nothing by the example other than that to state, if
> it's important enough, JDS will hear about it.
Michael: I hasten to say that I didn't think you were suggesting it; I was
hoping to convince people who might think it amusing from actually doing
anything along those lines.
It's the Secret Service who come in when a threat is made to any of the
people to whom the agency provides protection, and believe me, they are
what one writer might call Very Serious People. In the U.S., the simple
act of making the threat against the president is itself a felony; one
doesn't have to take action on it to get in trouble! And they follow up on
every threat made, no matter how silly it appears.
Thanks for pointing this out!
--tim