Secret Service grills MySpace teen

Found on The Register on Sunday, 15 October 2006
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California teenager Julia Wilson has dedicated herself to organising student protests against the Iraq war in an act of retaliation against a firm visit from the Secret Service.

US investigators last week pulled the student out of her classroom for questioning about a MySpace page that showed President Bush being stabbed in the hand with the words "Kill Bush" scribbled above the photo. Both Wilson and her parents thought the Secret Service's tactics inappropriate.

According to reports, the Secret Service agents – apparently huge MySpace fans – first stopped by the 14-year-old's house (naturally, they would assume that she was a delinquent). The agents contacted Wilson's mother and then promised to return later when they could interview the lass along with her parents.

Instead, the agents stormed Wilson's school in Northern California and grilled her for 15 minutes.

"They yelled at me a lot," she told the newswire. "They were unnecessarily mean."

The agents also threatened to haul Wilson off to juvenile hall.

And what's wrong with that picture? Does the Secret Service really think a 14 year old suicide bomber will storm into the White House?