April 28, 2005
Memo from The Denver Three
A Compilation of Information on the White House Excluding Citizens from Taxpayer-Funded Events
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by The Denver Three
In recent days, many new and important details have been revealed in the Denver and national media about the March 21 incident at a presidential event involving us.
In the interest of tying together many loose details reported in recent days and weeks, we compiled some documentation you may find useful.
As you know, there has been a pattern of the White House excluding citizens from taxpayer-funded events in CO, AR, ND, and NH because of their viewpoints and then blaming it on a "volunteer." The Secret Service has confirmed that the Mystery Man was not a rogue volunteer, but rather a staffer from the event's official host committee. The Secret Service has also confirmed that we were kicked out of the event solely because of the bumper sticker on the car in which we arrived.
The Secret Service now opened a criminal investigation.
But the big question that the White House refuses to answer is – who is the Mystery Man and who trained him and others like him in other states?
On Wednesday, a White House reporter asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, "I understand the White House knows who this person is. Will you tell us who this is? And will you, more importantly, explain what role the White House has in recruiting and training volunteers at these events? Is the White House encouraging people to screen or expel people from the President's events based on their point of view?"
The White House dodged the question. They are afraid of the answer.
Below is the documentation for your perusal. Please see our website www.denverthree.org or feel free to contact us by phone for more information.
Alex Young, 720-335-2594
Karen Bauer, 303-564-0740
Leslie Weise, 408-464-1344
DOCUMENTATION BELOW:
1) Question to Scott McClellan asked and unanswered at White House press briefing, 4/27/05
2) Columns summarizing the pattern of excluding citizens – EJ Dionne, The Hill
3) Secret Service opens criminal investigation
4) Secret Service confirming it was a "host committee staff person" not a volunteer
5) Secret Service confirming we were kicked out solely because of our bumper sticker
6) Investigative report: One event staffer's identity unearthed
7) McClellan, on defensive, urging reporters to stop asking about the "volunteer"
8) Articles about AZ, ND, NH
QUESTION AT WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING, 4/27/05
Q: Back on March 21st, the President was in Denver doing an event. At that event three Denver residents were removed by somebody working on behalf of the President who is now being investigated for impersonating a Secret Service officer. I understand the White House knows who this person is. Will you tell us who this is? And will you, more importantly, explain what role the White House has in recruiting and training volunteers at these events? Is the White House encouraging people to screen or expel people from the President's events based on their point of view?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050427-1.html
COLUMNS SUMMARIZING THE PATTERN OF EXCLUDING CITIZENS
Public forums are no place for Bush's thought police
The Hill (April 7, 2005)
E.J. Dionne Column - Washington Post (4/1/05)
Stepford Town Meetings
SECRET SERVICE OPENS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Rocky Mountain News (4/23/05)
Secret Service looks at charges
Man at Bush speech faces criminal inquiry
Washington Post (4/23/05)
GOP Volunteer Probed on Role at President's
Speech
3 Democratic Observers Were Ejected From Event
NBC-Denver 9 News (video link, 4/22/05 pm)
Trio that was tossed out of
social security event says they plan to sue
AP (4/22/05 PM)
Activists plan to sue over removal from Bush town hall
meeting
SECRET SERVICE CONFIRMS IT WAS A "HOST COMMITTEE STAFF PERSON" NOT A VOLUNTEER
AP 3/31/05
Secret Service: GOP operative removed 3 from Bush event
" It was somebody from the host committee," Secret
Service spokesman Tom Mazur said.
AP 4/1/05
Secret
Service spokesman Tom Mazur said it was a "host
committee staff person"
SECRET SERVICE CONFIRMS WE WERE REMOVED SOLELY BECAUSE OF OUR BUMPER STICKER
"The three did not stage any protest at the rally
and were later told by the Secret Service they were removed because their
vehicle displayed
an anti-Bush bumper sticker."
-- Washington
Post 4/23/05
"The Denver office of the Secret Service interviewed the unidentified
man shortly after President Bush's speech and discovered that he was
not a Secret Service agent, although he looked and acted like one. The
agency told the victims that the man was a Republican Party staffer who
admitted ousting them solely because of a "No more blood for oil" bumper
sticker on their car."
-- Rocky
Mountain News 4/23/05
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: ONE EVENT STAFFER'S NAME UNEARTHED
Rocky Mountain News (4/27/05)
Young Republicans chairman confronted
Woman bounced from Bush event recalls
Klinkerman
"The chairman of the Colorado Young Republicans was one of the people involved in a March 21 incident in which three Denver residents were forcibly removed from a speech given by President Bush because of a bumper sticker. Jay Bob Klinkerman…The Secret Service and the White House know the man's name [who actually kicked out the Denver residents and looked like a Secret Service agent] but have refused to reveal it… Klinkerman said he had never met the man before the event March 21."
MCCLELLAN, ON DEFENSIVE, URGES REPORTERS TO STOP ASKING ABOUT THE MYSTERY "VOLUNTEER"
Washington Post (4/23/05)
GOP Volunteer Probed on Role at President's Speech
3 Democratic Observers Were Ejected From Event
"I don't think it serves any purpose other than to further their political agenda to get into discussing the volunteer," McClellan said.
"I don't think it serves any purpose other than to further their political agenda to get into discussing the volunteer," McClellan said.
MCCLELLAN REFUSES TO RULE OUT "VOLUNTEER" CAME FROM WASHINGTON DC
"I don't think it serves any purpose other than to further their political agenda to get into discussing the volunteer," McClellan said.
Washington Post (4/23/05)
GOP Volunteer Probed on Role at President's Speech
3 Democratic Observers Were Ejected From Event
"And in terms of who this individual was, I don't think that really
serves any purpose to get into that publicly, other than to help advance
the political agenda of these three individuals."
-– McClellan, White
House Briefing, 4/27/05
ARTICLES ABOUT AZ & ND & NH
UA Young Democrat banned from forum
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Fargo Forum
March 31, 2005
N.D. delegation wants Fargo list investigation
Denver Post on New Hampshire Incident (4/26/05)
Bush's bouncer gets around
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS