{"id":883,"date":"2003-04-02T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2003-04-03T01:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogre.nu\/wp\/?p=883"},"modified":"2004-11-14T17:28:04","modified_gmt":"2004-11-15T01:28:04","slug":"voodoo-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendwavy.org\/wp\/?p=883","title":{"rendered":"voodoo security"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago I griped to you about hassle at the Federal Building<\/a>. I also wrote to the home office of US Marshals, as well as to the three relevant legislators: <\/p>\n

\nMonday, as a favor for a friend, I went to the Federal Building in San Francisco to drop off a paper. I was denied admission, not having thought to bring along a “photo I D”. I hurried home, picked up my passports both internal and external (just for good measure), and hurried back — nine minutes too late for my errand, though the building was still open.<\/p>\n

The Marshals at the metal-detector glanced at my document to verify that I had one, and that the face shown resembled mine, but did not make a note of my name nor check it against a list.<\/p>\n

I write in the hope that one of you can tell me what this harassment is meant to accomplish. If I get no reply other than platitudes, I will assume that the purpose is not security but obedience, assuring that the cattle are duly tagged.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At long last, patience was rewarded, in a form not entirely surprising:<\/p>\n

\nFrom: <senator@feinstein.senate.gov>
\nTo: <bronto@pobox.com>
\nSubject: Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message
\nDate: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 19:33:38 -0500<\/p>\n

April 1, 2003<\/p>\n

Mr. Anton Sherwood
\n41 Sutter Street #1143
\nSan Francisco, California 94104<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Sherwood:<\/p>\n

I am sending you a copy of my latest newsletter because you have written me recently about issues that concern you before the U.S. Senate. . . .\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I wrote back, pointing out that nothing in the newsletter relates in any way to the question that I had raised.<\/p>\n

There must be a new broom in DiFi’s office, because it took less than fifteen hours to zip me another copy of the damn newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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