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angka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:19 PM
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Bush aides tied to Denver 3 case
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5341085

A former White House official who ordered three activists expelled from a 2005 Denver public forum with President Bush says it was White House policy to exclude potentially-disruptive guests from Bush's appearances nationwide.

The former official, Steve Atkiss, revealed the policy today in an interview after two volunteer bouncers identified him and a current White House staffer, Jamie O'Keefe, as the officials who ordered the so-called "Denver Three" activists sent away.

Atkiss is now a U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief of staff...

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5341085
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:25 PM
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1. gasp -- no -- bush wouldn't have people like THAT around him?!?
filthy disgusting tapeworms every one of them.
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joanmj Donating Member (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:48 PM
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2. It was their car.....
bumper sticker that caused all the commotion!:bounce:
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Mika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:54 PM
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3. Atkiss is now a U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief of staff
Yikes! :scared:

More facist discoveries every day. :(



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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:27 PM
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4. Bush Volunteer: Staff Ordered 3 Ousted
Saturday March 3, 2007 12:16 AM

By JON SARCHE

Associated Press Writer

DENVER (AP) - A volunteer said Friday he was acting on orders from White House staffers when he helped eject three people from a taxpayer-funded event President Bush was attending, according to the man's attorney.

The volunteer, Michael Casper, said in a deposition that two White House employees told him to throw out the three after Casper saw them behaving suspiciously, attorney Sean Gallagher said.

Gallagher was present for Casper's deposition in a federal lawsuit brought by Leslie Weise and Alex Young, two of the three people who were thrown out. They claim they were told to leave because of their political views, and that the White House had a policy of ejecting dissenters from the president's appearances ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6453543,00.html


Two ousted in Bush speech win point
By Ann Imse, Rocky Mountain News
February 20, 2007

Two people ousted from a Denver speech given by President Bush in 2005 over an anti-war bumper sticker have won their chance to find out whether someone from the White House gave the order ...

They sued Michael Casper, a General Services Administration employee, and Jay Klinkerman, then head of the Colorado Young Republicans, who worked the speech as White House volunteers ...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5364034,00.html


Lawsuit Filed By Pair Removed From Bush Visit
Federal Lawsuit Claims Free Speech Rights Were Violated

Nov. 22, 2005 — ... The suit is .... against the guard, identified as Michael Casper, who is a building manager in the General Services Administration in Denver. Also to be named, the head of the Colorado Federation of Young Republicans, and five unknown individuals involved in the decision to eject the trio ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1341041
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 07:41 AM
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5. "All your freedoms are belong to us." - BushCo christofascist republicons
"So shut up and sit down, you noisy proles. Let your rich republicon superiors run the nation in a way that benefits the 'elite.'"

- BushCo christofascist republicon America haters
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