Some interesting facts:
-The boy and has family were at church, with witnesses, at the time the bomb threats were supposedly made by him.
-There is a previous history of some other teens hacking into his Skype account.
-The boy was denied his rights to an attorney of his choice, and forced to take a court appointed attorney. That attorney has not been extremely energetic in the boys defense as far as the mother can see.
Now, I do not know whether 16 year old Ashton Lundeby is innocent or not. But that is not the point. At the moment this home schooled, all American boy is being railroaded, and made an example for whatever reason. In the process, he is not receiving the benefits of his due process rights under the Constitution. He is being held incommunicado, without an attorney.
As Paul Valone writes:
Given governmental stonewalling, political pressure must be applied to the Department of Justice. Mrs. Lundeby has contact her Congressman – Brad Miller – and found him to be, at best, unresponsive. Not just North Carolinians, but anyone and everyone should contact members of the North Carolina delegation to Congress and demand an immediate investigation as to why a teenager without apparent connections to terrorism is being held under a law which gives the government sweeping powers of arrest and detention.
This is not an issue of conservatism or liberalism; it is a matter of fundamental human rights. Citizens should form a united front and immediately contact these United States Senators:
Senator Richard Burr http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
202) 224-3154
Senator Kay Hagan http://hagan.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
(202) 224-6342
Remember, we were promised when this Act was passed that this would not be used against United States citizens, and especially not on U.S. soil. Maybe it's time to sunset the Patriot Act.
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