WA - Secret Service interrogates 7th grader

 

A Tacoma seventh grader faced federal interrogation at school for what he posted on his Facebook page.  His mom said it all happened without her knowledge or permission.

Timi Robertson said she had just finished lunch with a friend Friday when she got a phone call from her son's school.

"I answered it, and it's the school security guard who's giving me a heads up that the Secret Service is here with the Tacoma Police Department and they have Vito and they're talking to him," Robertson said.

After Osama bin Laden was killed, 13-year-old Vito LaPinta posted an update to his Facebook status that got the Feds attention.

"I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," says LaPinta.

A week later, while Vito was in his fourth period class, he was called in to the principal's office.

"A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service," LaPinta said. "He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the President."

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  • May 17, 2011 11:27 AM j r wrote:
    You gotta be the lowest of flunkies in the SS to get the assignment of interviewing 7th graders for nothing. I wonder if he gets a promotion if he tortures the kid?
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  • May 17, 2011 12:01 PM Knucklz wrote:
    I know, if I was that parent, I would file acomplaint and/or sue that school.

    Unbelievable
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  • May 17, 2011 10:25 PM WTH wrote:
    Really? What I would like to know is what kind of threat could a 13 year old kid be to the President. He lives on the other side of the country for pete's sake. Do these people not have even one shred ofcommon sense anymore? Didn't this guy that went to interview this kid feel the least bit stupid? I would.
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  • May 18, 2011 1:25 AM Pedro Brazilliano wrote:
    Just proves, that they are watching and monotering everything you post on facebook
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  • May 18, 2011 3:03 AM Smith wrote:
    Is any european country excepting refuges from USA. Could I be the first to fill out the application and start my way out of here?

    Australia?
    Denmark?
    Swiss?
    Even Germany?
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    1. May 18, 2011 5:37 AM Noir wrote:
      Could alwasy try Ireland, they helped a lot of deserters from the US military
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    2. May 19, 2011 11:57 AM chuck wrote:
      I moved to Egypt a few months ago. Oh what freedom I have.I have no regrets and no plans ever to return.
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