Death Threat Woes

[Steve Hooley]

        During the Carter administration an ex-military person of my
acquaintance became enraged over the Panama Canal situation and, after
consuming a quantity of his favorite beverage, phoned the White House to
declare that the President ought to be shot. Within 45 minutes agents had
driven from a nearby FBI office to roust him ( and were relieved to find an
inebriated ex-colonel instead of an anarchist). My understanding of such
things is that they are obliged to investigate any threat if they can. 
On the bright side, I've also heard that this is a favorite net harassment
tactic: using a victim's name via public terminal email to threaten the
president or his family. Maybe they've given up on email threats...
(snip)
>>I may be a bit cynical, but I'm sure the President, his wife, and the VP
>>get 'net threats every day.  I would seriously doubt if the SS has time to
>>trace each and every e' that occurs.  However if this isn't the first time,
>>and they can trace a pattern, then you might be hearing from them.
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>Actually, this is incorrect.  At my wife's library some kids hacked a
>terminal and put something like "death to clinton" as the screen saver.  The
>head of automation (ex-military) reported it and an agent did come in and
>investigate the next afternoon.  They take this stuff quite seriously.
>
>Michael Sauers                                           msauers at bcr.org
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>     All opinions expressed are just my own unless otherwise noted
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