White House staff ordered ejection of "Denver Three"

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Just sent to our network:

Dear ProgressNowAction Member,

In March of 2005, we were forcibly removed from a publicly-funded "town hall" event in Denver at which President Bush promoted his privatization plan for Social Security.

We were removed from that event, along with another friend, simply because someone associated with the event observed that we had a "No More Blood for Oil" bumper sticker on our car. We did absolutely nothing to disrupt the event and had no intention of doing so.

Our Constitutional rights were violated, and we filed a lawsuit against the individuals involved. Our complaint asserted that the White House directed our removal, but the White House has insisted they had no involvement.

In sworn testimony today, however, we've learned that White House staff directly ordered our removal.

Please join us in demanding a public apology by President Bush:

http://www.ProgressNowAction.org/BushApologize

Thomas Jefferson said that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilence." We were deprived of our right to attend a publicly funded event, and we will not allow this to go unanswered.

Thank you for standing with us!

Sincerely,

Leslie Weise and Alex Young
Colorado Residents and ProgressNowAction Network Members

P.S. Click on the following link to read today's Denver Post article covering the testimony about White House involvement: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5341085