I mean, you know, what were the threats?
Were they, what do they say “specific” threats? Or was it “I’m going to get you” stuff?
Was it thought to be tea party related, like: you deserve to be rejected by the voters?
You’d think they might have checked these people out a little bit, to see if it seemed reasonable they were making the threats. Don’t they have an IT guy who could explain to them the postings might not have come from that exact location?
This is just off the top of my head, so I’m wondering why the professional crime investigators didn’t think of any of it.
Consider these items:
1. Since when do ‘threats’ justify this kind of an overreaction?
2. Would threats to one of the Hoi polloi be treated the same or would it be ignored?
Someone pointed out that the ‘S’ in SWAT is for Special – these days it seems like ‘special’ is everyday whenever the Government decides it is.