Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.

 

It was too late.

 

Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her molecular biology class.

 

The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when they questioned their daughter.

 

On Friday, the teenager said the agents' questioning led her to tears.

 

"I wasn't dangerous. I mean, look at what's (stenciled) on my backpack - it's a heart. I'm a very peace-loving person," said Wilson, an honor student who describes herself as politically passionate. "I'm against the war in Iraq. I'm not going to kill the president."

 

Her mother, Kirstie Wilson, said two agents showed up at the family's home Wednesday afternoon, questioned her and promised to return once her daughter was home from school.

 

After they left, Kirstie Wilson sent a text message to her daughter's cell phone, telling her to come straight home: "There are two men from the secret service that want to talk with you. Apparently you made some death threats against president bush."

 

"Are you serious!?!? omg. Am I in a lot of trouble?" her daughter responded.

 

Moments later, Kirstie Wilson received another text message from her daughter saying agents had pulled her out of class.

 

Julia Wilson said the agents threatened her by saying she could be sent to juvenile hall for making the threat.

 

"They yelled at me a lot," she said. "They were unnecessarily mean."

 

Spokesmen for the Secret Service in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., said they could not comment on the case.

 

Wilson and her parents said the agents were justified in questioning her over her MySpace.com posting. But they said they believe agents went too far by not waiting until she was out of school.

 

They also said the agents should have more quickly figured out they weren't dealing with a real danger. Ultimately, the agents told the teen they would delete her investigation file.

 

Assistant Principal Paul Belluomini said the agents gave him the impression the girl's mother knew they were planning to question her daughter at school. There is no legal requirement that parents be notified.

 

"This has been an ongoing problem," said Ann Brick, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco.

 

Former Govs. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis vetoed bills that would have required that parents give consent or be present when their children are questioned at school by law enforcement officers. A similar bill this year cleared the state Senate but died in the Assembly.

 

Julia Wilson plans to post a new MySpace.com page, this one devoted to organizing other students to protest the Iraq war.

 

"I decided today I think I will because it (the questioning) went too far," she said.

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I find nothing wrong with this case. Its better the Secret Service check out the people who make threats against our president then let them sit there and ponder up ways upon actually killing him. Even if this is a little girl no excuse, she knew what she was doing when writing this threat.

"They were unnecessarily mean."

Lyke, oMg!!!!1 They were lYke, tOTALLY mean and stuFF!!1

 

She makes death threats towards the President of the United States of America and thinks they're going to be nice to her?

Thats so stupid.

 

Did they have nothing better to do than to investigate a 14 year old girl who put something on mySpace?

It doesn't matter. The gov't searches key words, etc. all the time. You watch out for everyone and you question everyone. It's a federal offense for a reason.

 

Probably smart to focus on MySpace anyways considering how many people use it and '14-year old girl' could be Bubba da catfish killa who is 37 and builds pipe bombs in his free time.

Thats so stupid.

 

Did they have nothing better to do than to investigate a 14 year old girl who put something on mySpace?

 

 

When the President is dead and everything leads back to the 14 year old's MySpace with the clues she or whoever posing as an innocent little girl comes out will you be one of those saying "Why didn't they investigate that clue in MySpace?"

 

"I wasn't dangerous. I mean, look at what's (stenciled) on my backpack - it's a heart. I'm a very peace-loving person," said Wilson, an honor student who describes herself as politically passionate. "I'm against the war in Iraq. I'm not going to kill the president."

 

Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand.

 

 

Oh yeah she's peace-loving.

Oh yeah she's peace-loving.

 

Most peace loving people want Bush dead

Don't make death threats to the President and the Secret Service won't be mean to you jackass.

I find it laughable that anyone has any problem with this. Go vote out your lawmakers if you have a problem with the fact that your state requires no parental consent for questioning of those by law enforcement.

 

 

The secret service without a doubt is right in this case. Simply put, don't make stupid statements if you don't want consequences.

Well, I find the whole thing ridiculous and a waste of our tax dollars.

Thats so stupid.

 

Did they have nothing better to do than to investigate a 14 year old girl who put something on mySpace?

 

A 13 year old just shot up a school less than one week ago. You don't know what this 14 year old is capable of or how serious they are, so you take every threat seriously.

 

Well, I find the whole thing ridiculous and a waste of our tax dollars.

 

Why?

Because this is not the profile of an assassin. Adolescent girls do not sit around thinking of ways to make an attempt on Presidents' lives. And assassins do not announce their intentions on MySpace.

Because this is not the profile of an assassin. Adolescent girls do not sit around thinking of ways to make an attempt on Presidents' lives. And assassins do not announce their intentions on MySpace.

 

But without the interview the girl sat through, the Secret Service cannot be sure of who made the threat exactly. They knew the person that wrote it's name, location, etc. by MySpace.....but did they know who they actually were in real life?

 

The Secret Service does other things to school kids, mostly those who use scanners to print counterfeit dollars.

 

So if one agency knows how to do this drill, it's the Secret Service.

Because this is not the profile of an assassin. Adolescent girls do not sit around thinking of ways to make an attempt on Presidents' lives. And assassins do not announce their intentions on MySpace.

 

So because someone doesn't fit the profile of a stereotypical "assassin," the USSS should simply ignore the threat and not investigate? Timothy McVeigh did not fit the profile of a terrorist.

 

They made a trip out to the school to talk to the girl, that's it and I don't know how you can find it to be so ridiculous. In this day and age, you investigate every threat no matter what. The USSS would be doing a disservice to this nation if they did not take every threat seriously.

I'm not talking about terrorists. McVeigh fit the profile of a crazed gunmen. This girl doesn't fit the profile of a killer, period.

 

I do not want to spend my day arguing about this, so let's just agree to disagree.

Too many overreactions on both sides.

 

I don't really care either way.

 

If it doesn't fall under protected speech then *shrugs*.

I'm not talking about terrorists. McVeigh fit the profile of a crazed gunmen. This girl doesn't fit the profile of a killer, period.

 

I do not want to spend my day arguing about this, so let's just agree to disagree.

 

But how would the SS know she was 14 y.o. girl unless they went and interviewed her?

 

The law says what she did was wrong and the SS is in charge of making sure that law is enforced. They aren't chargin' her, that would be stupid, but they checked her out to make sure she was what we all now know she is.

Secret Service looked into someone thinking about killing the president. Big deal. There's probably a few of these every week, this one was just a 14 year old girl so it made the news.

Secret Service looked into someone thinking about killing the president. Big deal. There's probably a few of these every week, this one was just a 14 year old girl so it made the news.

 

 

Quoted for relevance.

 

:thumbup

Secret Service looked into someone thinking about killing the president. Big deal. There's probably a few of these every week, this one was just a 14 year old girl so it made the news.

 

Exactly.

The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents.

 

Oh yeah, they really put the screws to her!

Because this is not the profile of an assassin. Adolescent girls do not sit around thinking of ways to make an attempt on Presidents' lives. And assassins do not announce their intentions on MySpace.

 

 

I got it...

 

Lets investigate everyone who hasnt threatened the POTUS on myspace. :mischief2

The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents.

 

Oh yeah, they really put the screws to her!

:lol

I can't figure out quite where I stand on this... but I do know that the USSS couldn't have been too happy having to take a trip to a middle school to interrogate someone... the gist is, she learned not to threaten people on MySpace... and probably spread the word to her friends... if not, hooray for Social Darwinism...

Because this is not the profile of an assassin. Adolescent girls do not sit around thinking of ways to make an attempt on Presidents' lives. And assassins do not announce their intentions on MySpace.

 

 

Because all 14 year old girls think about is nsync and the dreamy guy on the basketball team.

 

Get real.

 

All 14 year old brats are not created equal. This was an honors student who didnt like the guy in charge.

 

Who knows, we could be looking at Cindy Sheenan v2, and nobody wants that. And maybe this one turns out violent.