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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
07 Nov 2003 06:53:05 PM |
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War Protester Subpoenas Karl Rove and John Asscroft. |
From The Associated Press, 11/7/03:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Protester-Arrested.html
War Protester Subpoenas Bush Officials
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) --
A man charged with entering a restricted area during an October 2002
presidential visit has subpoenaed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft
and Bush political adviser Karl Rove to testify at his trial next
week.
Activist Brett Bursey, 55, said Thursday the men's testimony would
show that the Bush administration tries to ``sanitize'' areas of
dissent around the president during visits across the country.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Barton, who is handling the case, did not
immediately return a telephone call.
White House spokesman Taylor Gross said Rove had not been served with
the subpoena and declined further comment.
The trial is set for Wednesday.
Bursey originally was charged by local authorities with trespassing
when he refused to move to a ``free-speech zone'' at the Columbia
airport.
That charge was dropped, but the Justice Department decided to
prosecute Bursey five months later under a statute that allows the
U.S. Secret Service to restrict access to areas during the president's
travels.
He faces up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine if convicted.
``We intend to find out from Mr. Ashcroft why and how the decision to
prosecute Mr. Bursey was reached,'' said Lewis Pitts, Bursey's lawyer.
Bursey has said he was arrested because he was carrying a sign that
read ``No War for Oil'' and contends others with pro-Bush placards
were allowed to stay in the area.
The U.S. attorney's office has said Bursey was arrested not for what
his sign said but for where he was carrying it.
Bursey, who began protesting war and inequities in the 1960s, attached
$400 checks to the subpoenas for fees and mileage.
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Go get 'em, Mr. Bursey!
Harry
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| User: "Clint" |
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| Title: Re: War Protester Subpoenas Karl Rove and John Asscroft. |
08 Nov 2003 07:32:19 AM |
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In article <hjfoqv48s7o0n67dn2ua9cddtho56hd052@4ax.com>,
Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From The Associated Press, 11/7/03:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Protester-Arrested.html
War Protester Subpoenas Bush Officials
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) --
A man charged with entering a restricted area during an October 2002
presidential visit has subpoenaed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft
and Bush political adviser Karl Rove to testify at his trial next
week.
Activist Brett Bursey, 55, said Thursday the men's testimony would
show that the Bush administration tries to ``sanitize'' areas of
dissent around the president during visits across the country.
Here's how it played out when Bu$h visited our little neck of the woods:
1. He stayed at the airport and gave his speech from a hangar.
2. In order to see him, people had to first get a "ticket" and use that
ticket to get on a bus to get to the airport.
3. NO SIGNS of any kind were permitted to be taken on the bus to the
airport.
4. SIGNS supporting Bush WERE provided to those at the airport, by the
local Republican committee.
Yeah, I'd say the rights to free speech were definitely violated.
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Clint
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"White, piano-playing heterosexuals over the age of 50.
There ain't a whole lot of us, but, uh, we do have a powerful lobby."
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