KWTX Waco: CA Man Arrested Near Bush Ranch After Protesters Threatened

[DeepModem Mom]

California Man Arrested Near Bush Ranch After Protesters Threatened


Charges were pending Thursday morning against a California man who was arrested Thursday morning after protesters were threatened at “Camp Casey,” the site where anti-war demonstrators have gathered near the President’s Central Texas ranch.

The man told deputies he was a Secret Service agent, officials said, but he wasn’t.

Complaints including making a terroristic threat and impersonating a peace officer are pending.

It was the third incident involving protesters since Sunday, when a nearby landowner fired a shotgun blast that startled demonstrators and Secret Service agents alike.

The man told reporters he was simply preparing for the start of dove hunting season....


http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/1778137.html


UPDATE edit: Thanks to libertypilot, from an "Iconoclast" report --

....Last night (about 1 a.m.), an unidentified man showed up at the camp pretending to be newly arrived, which isn't unusual. He was met by Cindy Sheehan's private security people, Patrick Miller from southeast Kansas and Dave Jensen from Tyler, Texas. The man said he worked for Jeb Bush and told Diane Wilson, a camp coordinator, that he could have her arrested anytime he wanted. He indicated, said Wilson, that he knew Secret Service men that happened to drive by.

Tammara Rosenleas, whose husband is now at Ft. Hood and is expected to deploy within a year, said she knew immediately something was amiss. An attorney from Louisiana chased the man down the road. The man left his car when chased. The car was towed and, according to camp sources, the man is now apparently in custody. Sheehan's security personnel praised the law enforcement officers for their prompt attention to this matter and their patience during the entire stay at Camp Casey....

http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/31-40/33news17.htm

(Are they sure he DOESN'T work for Jeb???)

[Megahurtz]

1. Posing as a Secret Service Agent?

Smart!

:sarcasm:

[Rose Siding]

6. Maybe an over zealous staffer?- Bush campaign event redux

[Puzzler]

37. Yeah...

... it's not like they've done that kind of thing before ;)


-P

[Orion The Hunter]

2. Whackos coming out of the woodwork!

And notice which team they are playing for?

[johnfunk]

36. Please, sweet Jesus -- let the guy be exposed as a registered FReeper!

Now wouldn't THAT be a treat!!

[QuettaKid]

3. he must've been the advance team

for the freep troupe heading towards Waco from California. Maybe they will think twice about their little "Cindy BashFest"

[tanyev]

4. Third incident.

And none caused by the peaceful protestors. Who's got the moral high ground?

[Ian David]

5. "Dove hunting season..."

Yeah?

Well...

We're preparing for...

uhm...

Cracker Crumbling Season.

Yeah, we're making piecrusts...

[KansDem]

9. Actually, there is a "dove-hunting season" in Texas...

From the Houston Chronicle:

The addition of a wedge of country southwest of San Antonio to the Special White-winged Dove Area (SWDA) and a modification in the dove bag limit for the four-day September "whitewing" hunt will be the biggest changes dove hunters face.

Previously limited to a band of country along the Rio Grande from Del Rio to the mouth of the river, the SWDA is expanding by about 20 percent.

The area contained inside a line along U.S. Highway 90 from San Antonio to its intersection with U.S. Highway 83 in Uvalde, then along U.S. Highway 83 from Uvalde to its intersection with Interstate 35 in Encinal, then along U.S. 35 to Loop 1604 in San Antonio now will be included in the SWDA.

Bag limit increased

A four-day dove hunting season — Sept. 3-4 and 10-11 — will be held in the SWDA.

Daily bag limit during the four-day season will be 12 doves per day, up from the 10-dove limit in previous whitewing-area hunts.

But that bag can include no more than four mourning doves, down from the five mourning doves allowed in previous SWDA hunts.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/3277340

Whether or not this was the man's intent remains unseen. It could have very well been scarcasm considering the nickname given to anti-war activists.

[bperci108]

22. This post was a reminder...

That I'm still a bit of a hayseed.....:rofl:

I had never made the connection between "dove" in this context and "anti-war activist". (Maybe he was indeed making a sarcastic joke, but I doubt it; it was reported by one of the press at the scene that the man was stinking drunk at 10:00 AM. Sounds a little too erudite for this guy).

All I thought of was the real "dove season". Quite plentiful here in KS, (as I'm sure you already know.)

Take a dove breast, wrap a bit of bacon around it, secure with a toothpick and grill with butter on the BBQ.

That smell, as the late Jerry Clower put it, could "Make a puppy pull a freight train."

:evilgrin:

[Ian David]

25. When is Chickenhawk Season? (Photoshop, anyone?)

Dove Season!

Chickenhawk Season!

No, it's Dove Season!

Chickenhawk Season!

[progressivebydesign]

30. DOVE? Peace Protesters... get the connection????

I wouldn't want to know anyone that would actually SHOOT a dove.. for God's sake, they are so beautiful and peaceful.

[yorkiemommie1]

33. we have a permanent platform set up for their nests

and love to watch them every nesting season!

[bvar22]

34. I saw a TV interview with this man .

He was NOT capable of abstract thinking. I am 100% sure he was NOT making a reference to the protestors.
He lives in the sicks for a reason.

[Alizaryn]

35. Dove

dove (dŭv)
n.
1.)Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.
2.)A gentle, innocent person.
3.)A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

[Lerkfish]

7. ANOTHER "fake" Secret Service agent????

gee, now where have I heard that one before?

[spinbaby]

8. Where HAVE you heard that one before?

Doesn't ring a bell with me. But then, I've been out of the loop for a few days.

[Lerkfish]

13. going back aways to the fake Bush or Cheney town hall meetings,

and three people thrown out by a fake SS agent that the SS investigated but never named or charged, to protect him.

[underpants]

19. Denver

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/011687.html

Friday :: July 29, 2005
No Charges Against Imposter in Denver Three Case
The Secret Service has responded to an inquiry by Sen. Ken Salazar and Reps. Diana DeGette and Mark Udall as to whether criminal charges will brought against the unidentified Republican operative who posed as a Secret Service agent and ejected three Denver activists from President Bush's social security event at Wings Over the Rockies in March.

According to the letter, which you can read here, (pdf) the matter was presented to the U.S. Attorneys' office for investigation of a possible violation of this federal law making it a crime to impersonate a federal official. The U.S. attorneys' office declined the prosecution.

[meganmonkey]

10. How absurd

Some guy came from Cali to get himself arrested for impersonating an SS officer?

:wtf:

[Fridays Child]

11. It's another gift from Cindy--exposing the lunatic right wing.

nt

[Judi Lynn]

12. I hope there will be some kind of decent protection around.

This is starting to remind me of the Monsters from the Black Lagoon who populate the anti-abortionist movement: the ones who lay in wait in the woods behind doctors' houses and shoot them through their windows.

Or throw bombs into clinics.

[proud patriot]

14. I wonder if this was the guy who threatened Ed Schultz

a couple of days ago

[Dr Fate]

16. I heard that guy- hard to believe he was even serious. n/t

n/t

[PunkPop]

15. If the 'Three Strikes and You're Out' rule applies

then Cindy has won.

1st strike: Redneck shooting shotgun.
2nd strike: Republican driving over crosses
3rd strike: Dumbass posing as Secret Service agent.

[VegasWolf]

17. We have today's undisputed "Knuckle Dragging FR Contest Winner!" nt

[underpants]

20. Steady now.....the day is still young

they really seem to come out at night-from what I have read

[VegasWolf]

21. LOL!!! I may have been premature! nt

[Beetwasher]

18. Incredible. Cindy's Really Hitting A Nerve and Exposing The Hate Of These

freaks. The whole charade is being peeled back and man is it ugly, and the whole country is getting a rude awakening as to who it is exactly they are keeping company w/ in supporting Chimpy. The company you keep...

[Gregorian]

28. Yeah. How dare they be against war.

War is good fun. And besides, if W says it's good, then it's good. Don't question authority.

I can hardly wait for more, to be honest. Dare I say, bring it......Doh.

[lavenderdiva]

23. I'm glad to hear Cindy HAS security people with her....

the crazies seem to be coming out of the woodwork!!

[Cha]

40. That caught my

grateful eye, too!

[no_to_war_economy]

24. cindy is working unlike anything else before

a soldiers mom backed up by military veterans, bubye bubye georgie!

[mainer]

26. Local law enforcement seem to be good guys

A friend of mine just returned from Crawford, where she got a hug from Cindy. Talking to people at the Peace House, and to others with Sheehan, she said that everyone agreed that Crawford police were very supportive and protective of the protesters.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

42. They are doing the best they can under the circumstances

It's got to be hard on them having to deal with all the anti-Cindy idiots.

[Roy]

27. Quick Somebody bake another pie!!!!

Where are all the 'Misunderstood Frustrated Good Ole Boy' defenders?

[Javaman]

29. "would you believe, one angry boyscout?"

What a wanna-be boob. Another chickenhawk walking around in grownups pants pretending to be important.

Is it just me or do these repukes have a real identity problem?

[stanwyck]

31. I love these guys.

Publicize them. Show their faces. Broadcast their inane comments. Hang the so-called "moderate Republicans" with these people. When you sign on with the Republicans, you're giving these folks their "mandate". They'll bomb abortion clinics, blowup federal buildings, kill doctors, beat women, drag minorities behind their trucks...and do so with the idea that "real" Americans are behind them. Dubya has empowered the bullies who prey on others.
This is the legacy of the Bushies and hate-radio.
Make sure the "moderates" you know realize these guys are on their team.

[Mabus]

32. LOL, why do they like playing "dress-up"?

He's just following in the footsteps of Chickenhawk Gallagher, pretending to be something he isn't.

[Saphire]

38. three incidences, and all from freepers....makes me feel good

about being with DU. Given enough time, every leopard will show it's spots.

[freesqueeze]

39. Well...he proved one thing...

He was able to get someone arrested, alright.

[jsamuel]

41. is that a word? "terroristic"

[tanyev]

46. That's the official name for the criminal charge.

I worked in a county records office and they were charging people with that long before 9/11--even just for making threatening phone calls to someone, etc.

[Moosepoop]

43. Impersonating a peace officer??

Doesn't impersonating the Secret Service carry its own charge, a more serious offense than impersonating, say, the dog catcher or a patrol officer? I would think that when the impersonation is of someone at the federal level, it would be -- pardon the expression -- a federal offense.:shrug:

[Roland99]

44. A 23-year-old California man was arrested Thursday morning

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/08/19/20050819wacpolicereport.html

[geckosfeet]

45. Another whack job criminal in jail where he belongs. nt