Another entry to the “You cannot possibly make this up” file:

Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled “Kill Bush” across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.

It was too late.

Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her molecular biology class. The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents.

The Secret Service interpreted a drawing on some teenage girl’s MySpace as a credible threat to the president. Great. I wonder who pointed this out to them?
Oh yeah, there’s a policy angle to this…

Assistant Principal Paul Belluomini said the agents gave him the impression the girl’s mother knew they were planning to question her daughter at school. There is no legal requirement that parents be notified.

“This has been an ongoing problem,” said Ann Brick, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco.

Former Govs. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis vetoed bills that would have required that parents give consent or be present when their children are questioned at school by law enforcement officers. A similar bill this year cleared the state Senate but died in the Assembly. (emphasis mine)

Yes, all part of the ongoing trend in The New America: More restraints on the people, fewer on officers of the State. Eventually it’ll be considered an accomplishment when something like this happens and the SS agents don’t beat the hell out of the kid.

I swear, it’s enough to make you (this Unpatriotic Remark has been deleted by Echelon. God Bless America :) )