China heckler at White House charged

[tuvor]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A heckler from the Falun Gong spiritual movement who disrupted a White House appearance by Chinese President Hu Jintao was charged in federal court on Friday with harassing, intimidating or threatening a foreign official.

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington said the misdemeanor charge carries a penalty of up to six months in jail.

The woman, who entered the White House grounds as a reporter, interrupted a formal arrival ceremony between Hu and President George W. Bush on Thursday and shouted: "President Hu, your days are numbered. President Bush, make him stop persecuting Falun Gong."

The embarrassing episode marred the South Lawn event and created a diplomatic stir. Bush personally apologized to Hu for the incident.

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(Freedom of Speech. Just watch what you say.)

[phusion]

1. Bush apologized?

If Bush is really the "Human rights" champion that he claims to be, he would have said "She's right, President Hu...What do you say about that?"

:rofl:

[brentspeak]

8. Bush would never apologize to the American people

but he does make sure to properly and quickly grovel to President Cheap Labor.

[dysfunctional press]

15. that's because bush is not beholden to the American people-

the Chi-coms tho...that's another story.

[Richard D]

2. "You're perfectly free to say whatever you want . . .

. . . as long as what you want to say is what we want to hear and when we want to hear it."

[Crazy Dave]

3. "No freedom of speech for you!"

So our soldiers dying in Iraq are fighting for what...democracy?

[951-Riverside]

4. How dare she challenge our Chinese masters!!!

[qanda]

5. How freedom-loving of them

[TheRealStranger]

6. Chinese Heckler

I understand Yahoo security wrestled her to the ground, handcuffed her, and put her on a plane to Peking for a more spirited interrogation.

TheRealStranger
http://ivangoldman.blogspot.com/

[Spinzonner]

7. With Disturbing George Bush's peace ?

Sounds like a bunch of Hu'y to me

[Rose Siding]

9. She and the army she brought with her must have been very intimidating

and threatening to those two defenseless men.

[Flubadubya]

10. Can't wait to hear Mike Malloy's reaction...

Man, he was all piss and vinegar last night over the way the woman was treated by the Presstitutes and how Bush apologized to Hu. Just wait til he gets onto this. He may have that aneurysm after all. :scared:

[Endangered Specie]

11. If Bush had his way, we would be calling ourselves the Peoples Republic

of America.

Birds of a feather...right?

[Raine]

12. "Freedom of speech"

:wtf: guess that freedom is now gone. :-(

[goforit]

13. Wouldn't be surprised if bush paid them to heckle Hu!!

[truthisfreedom]

14. this may be more serious than it seems. i really wish bush didn't create

such a wildly tense America.

[morgan2]

16. We are becoming like China

China is not becoming like us.

[rasputin1952]

17. I have to wonder, charge her for what? Ticking off Hu and bush?

She was admitted to the grounds w/a day pass, she could have been escorted off the site, but to charge her w/a crime is pretty mean-spirited to say the least.

So then, what is this? I think it is a shot across the bow for those who believe in Free Speech....bush and the neo-cons are making a point, "Don't speak out against what we don't want to hear". If bush were a man of conscience, he would just say "back off". But he is stupid, and now an issue comes of this, making him look all the more like a tyrant. No political skills at all...x(

I hate this miserable SOB...TR let people heckle him all the time, in fact he often encouraged it, knowing that the People would let him know when he was screwing up.

[still_one]

18. let's assume what she did was illegal

does anyone remember jeff gannon?

[LeftyMom]

19. Thankfully heckling an american politician is still legal

and * is gonna be here tomorrow. :D

[ckramer]

20. That's not free speech, that's called rude behavior

But we are talking about these flaky Fulong Gong cults here. But I do think letting her into the loop of reporters in the first place was intentional.