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SECRET SERVICE INTERROGATES TWO OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

by CIA HACK
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On April 23, 2003, Secret Service agents visited Oakland High and interrogated two 16 year-old male students in connection with comments they had allegedly made during a classroom discussion concerning President Bush and the U.S. Government's role in Iraq.... When one of the students asked if he had to talk to the agents now, could he talk to them later with a lawyer present, the student said one of the agents told him, "We own you, if you don't talk to us now, and we find out you haven't told us everything, we'll put you MF's in federal prison. This is the beginning of the end for you."


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The following was passed nearly unanimously at
the Oakland Education Association's Representative
Council on Monday, May 5, 2003 denouncing the
Interrogation of Oakland High Students by the Secret Service.

The East Bay Educators Justice Network will be
addressing and organizing around this issue at
our meeting next Tuesday, May 13, at 4PM at Oakland
Tech, Room 205 (45th and Broadway, enter through the back doors).

On April 23, 2003, Secret Service agents visited
Oakland High and interrogated two 16 year-old
male students in connection with comments they had
allegedly made during a classroom discussion
concerning President Bush and the U.S.
Government's role in Iraq.

The Secret Service was called the day before
because the teacher felt the students' statements could be interpreted as threats to the President. The
students were each subjected to intimidating
interrogation for 45 minutes to an hour each and were told they had no rights because of what they had supposedly said.

When one of the students asked if he had to talk to
the agents now, could he talk to them later with a
lawyer present, the student said one of the agents told
him, "We own you, if you don't talk to us now, and we
find out you haven't told us everything, we'll put you
MF's in federal prison. This is the beginning of the
end for you." The students were asked all kinds of
questions about their home life as well as things
like, "Are you a terrorist?" And their families--Mien
& Vietnamese--were threatened with deportation if
the students didn't cooperate. All of this was in the
presence of the principal, who made no attempt to
contact parents or advise students of their right
to remain silent or seek legal counsel.

We deplore this blatant infrigement of students'
free speech & academic freedom .

Students have a right to discuss their opinions
on any subject without the fear of reprisal or threats
of arrest from law enforcement. We will not allow
the atmosphere of repression against dissent and
immigrants to pervade our schools and community.


The city of Oakland, along with 92 other cities
in the country, has passed a resolution against the
Patriot Act. Be it resolved that in the spirit of that
resolution and in opposition to the atmosphere of
repression against dissent, we call for any file
related to this event to be stricken from
students' records. We further call on the OEA to support these students in the spirit of academic freedom and upholding their human and civil rights.
And we call on the school district to honor the rights of
students at all times, including the right to remain silent, to have parental representation, and to have legal counsel.

Larry Felson & Cassie Lopez,
OEA reps, Oakland High


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