Man Held For Coming Within Feet of VP Cheney

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A 21-year-old Yale student, posing as a volunteer at the Republican National Convention, got within 10 feet of Vice President Dick Cheney and shouted anti-war statements before being dragged away, authorities said Tuesday.

Secret Service Agent Shannon Zeigler said Cheney "was never in any harm or danger" during the incident Monday night in Madison Square Garden. The suspect, Thomas Frampton, was charged with assaulting federal officers and impeding the operation of the Secret Service.

Frampton was released on $50,000 bail and told to stay 100 feet from Cheney and President Bush. He also was ordered to give back a red convention volunteer's shirt he used to get into the arena, along with any convention passes.

A complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said Secret Service agents spotted Frampton carrying a "Bush-Cheney '04" placard on the walkway behind Cheney's box at 9:30 p.m. Monday. One agent instructed him to keep moving.

Frampton began to move away, then turned back in the direction of Cheney's box and began shouting anti-Bush administration slogans. He then started to climb over a low wall separating Cheney's box from the walkway and got within 10 feet of Cheney before the Secret Service agents tried to restrain him.

As the agents grabbed him, Frampton swung his right elbow in the direction of one agent, the court papers said. He continued to struggle with the agents and shout at Cheney as he was dragged away and handcuffed, the complaint said.

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[RobertSeattle]

1. Frampton Comes Alive!

Sorry, it had to be said!

[prodigal_green]

2. so much for security, eh?

They'll have to keep themselves encased in plastic to avoid contact with their opponents pretty soon.

[Vickers]

3. Whoa, Tricky Dick rubbed one out of that fella using his FEET?

Kinky.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. "was never in any harm or danger"

The only danger he is in is due to his own activities. "I'm so scared I am going to build a bunker under my house"... how pathetic for such a "brave" individual. Just look at the example we can set for business practices in Iraq once we have a death grip on her. Don't forget Mr. Dick was Arther Andersen's poster boy, professing just how "good" they were at what they do. I'm telling you... money is our God, and we will reap the rewards of that being so. I pity the fool who cannot see this, by accident or by choice.

http://www.billionairesforbush.com/cheneydefense.php
Enron-Style Accounting at Halliburton

The Accusation: When Cheney was at the helm of Halliburton, the company improperly changed the way it calculated profits, adding $89 million in revenues to its books. The company recently paid $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) for these accounting maneuvers. Now four former finance employees at Halliburton contend that high-level and systemic accounting fraud occurred at the company during Cheney’s leadership that goes far beyond that outlined by the SEC in its civil suit.

[mongo]

5. I really feel sorry for this kid

His heart is in the right place, but he is going to be Fucked.

I wonder if they will actually make him do time over this.

[Mike Daniels]

7. Well if (as stated) he hit a federal agent while struggling against them

then he deserves whatever the penalty is for that offense.

[Eric J in MN]

11. That's not what it says. It says his elbow moved int he direction

of a secret servive officer when they grabeed him.

Not that contact was made.

[Zero Gravitas]

6. Held in Quarantine?

we don't want any reptilian diseases spreading into the human population.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. poor cheney!

he almost had contact with those dreaded peasants and commoners!

[blueknight]

9. they SAID

he hit a federal agent. the way they lie and violate people's civil rights, who knows?

[Eric J in MN]

12. It doesn't say hit. It says that as he was grabbed, his elbow

moved in the direction of one of them.

When a bunch of people grab you, of course you're going to move.

He didn't break any laws, so they're filing bogus assault charges agaisnt him.

[peacetalksforall]

10. It's a lesson to Cheney for coming out of his undercity.