Secret Service Searches Student
Columnist's Apartment

Guy Branum, a columnist for the Daily Californian, said agents searched his off-campus apartment Monday, the same day Chelsea Clinton's mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton, visited the university for a meeting on foster care. Branum wrote a satirical attack on Chelsea Clinton. The column, which appeared Thursday, was meant to be satirical. It was intended to rally spirit before the University of California- Stanford football game. The agents checked for weapons , Branum said Tuesday. They also had him sign a release giving them access to his medical records, he said. He said he gave two agents permission for the search after the agents threatened to detain him while getting a search warrant if he didn't. What would happen if the agents detained Branum? The possibilities are endless. 1) A chance for overzealous agents to plant false evidence in Branum's home. 2) An unauthorized search, after placing Branum into custody. 3) Loss of personal property through legalized theft. Any weapons surely would be confiscated. When a government agent steals a citizen's property, there is no recourse. See Official Immunities. 4) In the event weapons were found, Branum would most likely be charged with making threats against the President's family. American KGB at it's finest. If government agents can not get what they want legally, according to constitutional protections, the agents will resort to extortion and coercion or some judge-made rule or law, a phenomenon all to familiar in America's '90s.

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