BETHLEHEM, Pa. - An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about
Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from
Secret Service' agents concerned he was threatening
President Bush'.
The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday's edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It ended with the line, "I still believe they hanged the wrong man."
Tilli said the statement was not a threat. "I didn't say who — I could've meant (Osama) bin Laden," he said Friday.
Two Secret Service agents questioned Tilli at his Bethlehem apartment Thursday, briefly searching the place and taking pictures of him, he said.
The Secret Service confirmed the encounter. Bob Slama, special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Philadelphia office, said it was the agency's duty to investigate.
The agents almost immediately decided Tilli was not a threat, Slama said
"We have no further interest in Dan," he said.
Tilli said the agents appeared more relaxed when he dug out a scrapbook containing more than 200 letters that he has written over the years, almost all on political topics.
"He said, 'Keep writing, but just don't make no threats,'" Tilli said of one of the agents.
It wasn't Tilli's first run-in with the federal government over his letter writing. Two
FBI' agents from Allentown showed up at his home last year about a letter he wrote advocating a civil war to unseat Bush, he said.

What the hell is our government doing? I mean, for real! How the hell does the Secret Service get off questioning someone about a simple letter? Are they really becoming the "SS" of a different kind? Censor everything we write into the editor, censor what is loaded to the internet regarding free thinking. How the hell do they get off? I have to say...Our government is getting to the point that ANYTHING we say can and will be used in search warrants, in questioning by the "SS goons", our lovely presidente` is closer to being related to a certain dictator I heard about. I wonder if the goons will question Presidente Chavez for telling the US to "go to hell"? I bet that would go over like a lead balloon! Seriously now...how far do we allow our government to go before we enact the stops and put a halt on our elected officials? How much leeway does the SS get when a simple letter gets published and even an inkling of disagreement is contained within? I just love the way our politicians get over on the rest of the country. Yet, we are still counted as the best "free" country in the world. To quote a certain rock icon...Metallica...

"Independence Limited, Freedom of Choice Choice Is Made for You My Friend, Freedom of Speech Is Words That They Will Bend, Freedom with Their Exception"

Does this make sense? I know I will ALWAYS write as a free man. No matter what they may try to do. Try to impose their will upon who? USa? Think about it.

The time is coming when all will be revealed.

"Truth, in it's entirety, is falsehood in the mouths of the lawmakers."

That's all I have to say about that, for the moment.