Attached Link: http://www.2600.com/news/display/display.shtml?id=1441

"Amateur Photographer Harrassed and Arrested under Auspices of new Homeland Security An amateur photographer was seen taking pictures of an area of downtown Denver where VP Cheney was staying, and was subsequently arrested and harrassed, then discharged with and after some shady happenings." :P Careful out there!

I will refrane from my political opinions. Suffice to say, we no longer live in a democracy here in the US. Magick Michael aka zhounder

I saw this when it was first posted a couple of weeks ago. While interesting, I have some problems with the story as a whole. Whenever dealing with any story, you have to take into account the source and the outlet for the story. 2600 isn't exactly the most un-biased outlet for information that there is (especially when it comes to anything that has to do with the gov't).

That aside, the thing that bothers me most is that to my knowledge, no witnesses to this event have come forward to corroborate Maginnis' story or even say they saw him there. In an age where you can't get a traffic ticket without someone pointing a camera in your direction just in case something might happen, an incident involving the Denver police and Secret Service happens outside what is probably the single largest hotel and resort in Denver, in the middle of downton, and no one seems to have noticed. No other news outlet in the country seems to have even heard of Maginnis. There is no paper trail at the Denver PD. And because, as he says, 'he got his phone call, he tried to call the Denver Post and the police hung the phone up on him' there is no one who can say "Yeah..he called me from jail..." Maybe it's just me, but in that situation I call family or friends and let them know what the heck is going on...but that may just be me.

The last thing that bugs me, and I admit this is a statement with nothing to back it up but my own thoughts ... who in 2002 says things like "dirty pinko faggot"? Just sounds incredibly anachronistic, like something from the 70's or 80's.

Could the whole thing be true? Of course it can. Do I believe it's true, not as it stands. Need a little more than this guy's word. There is one piece of evidence that could help ... the lawyer needs to request the phone logs from the Denver PD for the time that Maginnis says he was in jail as well as the log from the Denver Post. Having the record show a call placed from the holding cells to the Denver Post at that time would immediately move this into the area of a story that needs to be seriously investigated.

-=>Donald

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

I was kind of wondering to the truth of this incident but it wouldn't surprise me that it could happen... Posted as an afterthought to Tasquah's "Interesting Thing Happened" below... snaps a quick shot & runs :P

Somebody grab her!!! Holy cow...I think there should be a new name added to that Axis of Evil ol' Dubya keeps talking about. :) I could see it happening too. There are a number of trainspotters (guys who like to watch and photograph trains) who have been stopped and questioned in the past few months. I guess those of us like trainspotters and street/situational photographers who do things that, in the light of 9/11 and the terrorist threat, appear suspicious (I am frequently in downtown Seattle at 2 and 3 in the morning taking photos) probably should ask ourselves if being detained for an hour or so is a fair price to pay for possibly catching one of these guys/groups before they can act? The flip-side is, of course, how far do we allow our civil rights/liberties to be bent (I hope NEVER broken - history shows us how hard it is to regain lost freedoms)? I think that is the true dilemna that each of us faces. That and what do we do if Bush ever comes on TV for a briefing wearing his cowboy hat. See ... don't you wish we were back talking about the duckies. :) -=>Donald

Thanks for posting the article Cynlee. It has opened up my eyes to things i hadnt thought about. I am pretty bad about just seeing something i like and start shooting photo's of it. With our current President in office and his daddys old staff we will all be lucky to not being arrested for taking photos's of duckies in the local ponds.

What kind of a fiend puts xmas hats on duckies?!! You, sir, are sick. :) -=>Donald

LOL MMHHHHahahahaha ( Fiendish cakkling )i spent all day chasing it , Darn thing wouldnt hold still. You should see what i would do if i had a photo of you to work with . :)

Image says it all! Magick Michael

Wouldn't it be nice if he was done... Unfortunately, he is still in the begining stages.

OMG!!! You guys!! LOL, LOL, LOL!! :D luv the duck! looks a bit suspicious though...

The duck or the dude with the hat?

http://www.bushorchimp.com/ Ofcourse, we europeans noticed it before he got elected....well....I rest my case. @Alpha, this aint no 'The Dude'. There's only one guy called The Dude and that's The Big Lebowski!

Welcome to the New World Order. Tyranny takes hold. People are waking up but is it too late? Please if you have a chance watch this documntary from Alex Jones site. It is called The Road To Tyrrany and its bang on folks. http://www.infowars.com/video_clips.html Let me know what you think.