We're just paranoid, eh?

Interview with Tabby about FBI Harrassment

author: Douglas Lain
My friend tabby676 had a run in with the FBI. I've decided to interview her about it. I have to admit at the outset that this whole thing scares me. I can't believe that the government can persecute a person for his or her political beliefs, but this just shows how middle class I really am. Question 1: On what basis has the FBI contacted you and what do you guess the consequences of the investigation will be?

They claim that they contacted me based upon a comment that I may or may not have made 3 months ago to a person who may or may not have informed them of that conversation. This is clearly B.S. surely were it such an emergency they would not wait 3 months to have me come in, so honestly I do not know what the real basis is.

Question 2: Are you considered an "enemy combatant" and are you concerned about incarceration without due process or representation?

I am not currently but based upon what they were saying it seems they may be trying to go that route.

Question 3: Have you been charged with a crime? Is the FBI investigating a crime to which you are a material witness?

No.

Question 4: What questions did they ask? Do you anticipate more contact with the FBI?

If there is no answer or response here you can assume the response or answer was I'm not going to answer that question.

What is your name? answered
Address?answered
Occupation?answered
Employer?answered
Who are you dating? (That is none of your business.)
Who pays for your cell phone?
Who buys your plane tickets?
What were you doing in DC?

-20 minutes of me and my lawyer asking what this is about-

Do you currently have any plans to go to Iraq to help the "freedom fighters" by providing them with health care?
We have an informant who says you said that while you were in DC, (note I was in DC is fucking January why would they suddenly care now even if I did say that, which I seriously fucking doubt that I did???) What do you do as a medic? Gave them the web address for action-medical.org
Do you have any certification as a medic?

Are you an anarchist? (eight times) to which I answered you can ask that question as many times as you like I still will not answer it.
Are you against the government?
Are you against the current administration?
Why don't you have a credit card?
Why don't you have a bank account?
Do you have a passport? (to which I answered, no, and surely you knew that already, and then they said well we knew you did not have a passport, under that name)
Are you against the war in iraq?
Are you against the way the war in iraq is being handled? you know this is the USA you can believe whatever you want it doesn't matter (to which I said well then why are you asking me these questions?) no discernable answer just a change of subject you know we are not making this up we are from the domestic terrorism task force this isn't a joke or something and we really need to clear this up I would ask you another question but you would just refuse to answer it (I grinned) Aw see I think she smiled well that's it that's the end of this interview. This investigation is ongoing and open you will hear from us again... blah blah blah.

Question 5: What advice have you received from your lawyer in terms of making sure that you aren't treated as an enemy combatant?

He is currently seeking this information from the ACLU

Are your civil rights, your right to due process, for instance, going to be upheld?

This is possible I suppose I just don't know, mostly because I don't know what this is about.

I've got one more. You say the FBI insisted on the interview. What would the consequences have been if you had refused to appear?

They told my lawyer " we could always just go and pick her up and talk to her at our convenience."

Did the FBI make these consequences clear?

Seems pretty clear to me.

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c'mon rightwing pussies, respond!

 

At least we didn't shoot her.


Seriously what response are you wanting out of this? You want someone to admit that this was ok to do? I don't udnerstand what your motive is.

 

Just to show people what has happened to our civil liberties, I expect. And yeah, that is pretty scary.

 

I think he's just waiting for the justifications that these posts often attract. Why this is perfectly acceptable.

 

This woman who was questioned by the FBI and now interviewed never told us what she did or did not say or do that might have led to her questioning.

Doesn't that strike anybody else as odd?

If she has nothing to hide, and did or said nothing, then why not just say that, and tell the truth.

Perhaps she was logging onto websites, and either...

Threatening the life of the President

Threatening a terrorist attack

Threatening the life of another person

Claiming to be conspiring, or planning to conspire with enemies of the United States

Even if she's wasn't serious, or just saying those things as a joke, all of them are still highly illegal, and not protected free speech. The FBI has a legal obligation to the citizens of the U.S. to investigate each and every one of these types of cases.

I would expect, even hope, that she was questioned for any of those things, and I would expect, and hope that she be set loose if found that she's innocent or uninvolved in any of this.

But of course that's not what you guys want to believe. So Instead of the FBI just doing its job and investigating a potential criminal, it has to become: LOOK AT THIS FACIST BULLSHIT! OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED & THE PATRIOT ACT IS EVIL!

 

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You'll get to that once Martial Law is firmly in place, won't you.

Why do you rightwingers always accuse us of having motives? My only motive in this case is to wake people up to what is rapidly taking place on our homeland.

PointBreak...POINT taken. I get easily annoyed by the trolls in here. Why do I call them "trolls"? Because they consistently post on a site called "hippy.com". That's why. It's a little suspicious to me, tis all.

Pickachu...there are many things I could say to reply to what you said, but I'll just say this: I hope you're right....I really do.

 

Well maybe the nice little respond RIGHT WING PUSSIES sorta struck me has being motive driven, i dunno. But really what do you wnat anyone to say to this? THere really isnt anything to say.

 

"right wing pussies" as being motive driven? Man, and you accuse us of being paranoid. That wasn't motive driven, if anything, it was immaturity on my part. Motive driven...haha!

There really isn't anything to say from people on the right because they know that what progressives are scared about is indeed coming true. You have nothing to say because you don't give a damn...do you.

 

Hmm do i have any interest in helping the Iraqi Insurgency? No so i don't care.

 

the Iraqi insurgency?? WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS THREAD HAVE TO DO WITH IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

 

Weren't they interrogating her for over something medical involvement with the insurgency?

 

Well she said she might have said something about it off the cuff like a year ago right? So I guess the lesson is don't throw out random ideas (think) lest you be taken in for questioning.

 

liek omg, letz kill all the iraqis and harrass any1 who trys to help them!! lolololzzzz!!!


I guess even humanitarian aid is considered a terrorist activity now.

 

insane how HonkeyTonk buys into all of it. Some americans sure are stupider than other americans.

 

There's plenty of Americans and people of other nations over there distributing humanitarian aid.

But aiding insurgents who are terrorizing the citizens of Iraq on an almost daily basis isn't Humanitarian aid. It's treason.

 

Going on the reason that humanitarian aid aiding the iraqi insurgents is justifiable, is like saying that We should have provided medics to German soliders on the Eastern Front.

 

But what Americans are "aiding insurgents"???!!! Where do you get this fucking garbage???!!!

 

BUT NOBODY IS SAYING THAT!!! NOBODY IS "AIDING INSURGENTS"!!! NO AMERICANS ARE DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!! And if they are, provide a link with PROOF! The corporate media never reported on this...nor did anyone else!

And by the way, these "insurgents" wouldn't be "insurging" if the American military left right after the downfall of Sadam! How stupid are you!?