I told ya he was more Bushy than Bush.
On Jan 30, 1:52 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 'I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe': British pair
> arrested in U.S. on terror charges over Twitter jokes
>
> By Richard Hartley-parkinson
>
> Last updated at 2:38 PM on 30th January 2012
>
> Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on
> Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn
> Monroe'.
>
> Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell
> with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with
> pal Emily Bunting.
>
> The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when
> he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to
> Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go
> and destroy America'.
>
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>
> Leigh Van Bryan was due to go to Los Angeles with his friend Emily Banting
> but was stopped when he arrived in the U.S. over tweets he had sent
>
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>
> Offending tweet: Mr Bryan told security officials that 'destroy' is slang
> for party in the UK, but that was not enough to convince them
>
> After making their way through passport control at Los Angeles
> International Airport (LAX) last Monday afternoon the pair were detained by
> armed guards.
>
> Despite telling officials the term 'destroy' was British slang for 'party',
> they were held on suspicion of planning to 'commit crimes' and had their
> passports confiscated.
>
> Leigh was also quizzed about another tweet which quoted hit US comedy
> Family Guy which read: '3 weeks today, we're totally in LA p****** people
> off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up!
>
> THE WORDS THAT COULD LAND YOU IN HOT WATER
>
> The Department of Homeland Security was recently criticised over false
> accounts it set up on Twitter.
>
> These are then used to scan networks for 'sensitive' words and then for
> tracking the people who use them.
>
> Online privacy group, the Electronic Privacy Information Centre requested
> information on the DHS's scans, which it says the agency announced in
> February last year.
>
> The group claims that a request under the Freedom of Information Act to
> access the documentation has gone unanswered.
>
> The words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:
>
> Illegal immigrant
> Outbreak
> Drill
> Strain
> Virus
> Recovery
> Deaths
> Collapse
> Human to animal
> Trojan
>
> Federal agents even searched his suitcase looking for spades and shovels,
> claiming Emily was planning to act as Leigh's 'look out' while he raided
> Marilyn's tomb.
>
> Bar manager Leigh, from Coventry, and Emily, 24, from Birmingham, were then
> quizzed for five hours at LAX before they were handcuffed and put into a
> van with illegal immigrants and locked up overnight.
>
> They spent 12 hours in separate holding cells before being driven back to
> the airport where they were put on a plane home via Paris.
>
> Leigh, an Irish national, and Emily arrived at Birmingham Airport last
> Wednesday afternoon.
>
> Emily said: 'The officials told us we were not allowed in to the country
> because of Leigh's tweet. They wanted to know what we were going to do.
>
> 'They asked why we wanted to destroy America and we tried to explain it
> meant to get trashed and party.
>
> 'I almost burst out laughing when they asked me if I was going to be
> Leigh's lookout while he dug up Marilyn Monroe.
>
> 'I couldn't believe it because it was a quote from the comedy Family Guy
> which is an American show.
>
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>
> As a result of this message, the pair's luggage was searched for spades
>
> 'It got even more ridiculous because the officials searched our suitcases
> and said they were looking for spades and shovels. They did a full body
> search on me too.
>
> 'We just wanted to have a good time on holiday. That was all Leigh meant in
> his tweet. He would not hurt anyone.'
>
> Leigh posted the tweet on January 16 before the pair flew to LA last Monday.
>
> Leigh said: 'It's just so ridiculous it's almost funny but at the time it
> was really scary. The Homeland Security agents were treating me like some
> kind of terrorist.
>
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>
> Paperwork handed to Mr Van Bryan confirms that he was questioned by the
> Department for Homeland Security before entry to the U.S. was denied
>
> 'I kept saying to them they had got the wrong meaning from my tweet but
> they just told me "you've really f***** up with that tweet boy".
>
> 'When I was in the van I was handcuffed and put in a cage. I had a panic
> attack but the worse was yet to come.
>
> 'When we arrived at the prison I was shoved in a cell on my own but after
> an hour two huge Mexican men covered in tattoos came in and started asking
> me who I was.
>
> 'They told me they'd been arrested for taking cocaine over the border.
>
> 'When the food arrived on the tray they took it all and just left me with a
> carton of apple juice.'
>
> After 12 hours in custody they returned to the airport where they were
> handed documents which stated they had been refused entry to the US.
>
> Emily's charge sheet stated: 'It is believed that you are travelling with
> Leigh-Van Bryan who possibly has the intentions of coming to the United
> States to commit crimes.'
>
> Leigh's charge sheet, alongside a police mug shot and finger print, added:
> 'He had posted on his Tweeter website account that he was coming to the
> United States to dig up the grave of Marilyn Monroe.
>
> 'Also on his tweeter account Mr Bryan posted that he was coming to destroy
> America.'
>
> Leigh and Emily have now been told they must apply for visas from the US
> Embassy in London before flying to the US again.
>
> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/British-tourists-arre...
>
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> Mario Huet
> Libertarian Alliance Forum
> List Administrator
>
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