Crazy But Real Secret Service Overreactions [List]

You are being watched. Everything you say, do or participate in online or over the phone is scrutinized by folks you will never see. Don't believe me? Here in the United States, we live under the constant and all-seeing eye of the government. This list is indisputable proof, from ClintonJake of Ranker.com.

#1 - Secret Service Interrogates 7th Grader for Facebook Post

Recently in Tacoma, WA, a 7th grader named Vito LaPinta was pulled out of class by an important-looking dude in a suit and sunglasses who, according to him "Makes this look good" (not really). It wasn't a coach, a principal, or even a superintendent. No, no, this was far more serious.

"A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service," LaPinta said. "He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the President."

That's right. After Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Armed Forces, LaPinta posted on Facebook that President Obama should be careful, because there may be some people who may want to avenge the terror leader's death.

Apparently, this was enough to raise eyebrows in the White House, and somehow a crew was dispatched in time to get ahold of the boy while he was in school and question him for awhile before his mother arrived and raised h**l.

Really? Like, really?

Regardless of how weird his name is, I seriously doubt this guy has any connections to Al Qaeda. The craziest part about this is that 7th graders are on Facebook now. Although at that age, you probably could get a girlfriend with a "poke" or two. Also, how many people are they visiting? Seriously? You know how many ultra right wing conservative bloggers out there that probably said FAR WORSE than this guy did are out there? Were all of THOSE guys visited? How many of the 9/11 hijackers were in 7th grade?

I'm missing the connection here almost entirely.

Anyway, check out the news report for the full story. There you'll see that the mother wasn't notified that anything was even going on until the boy had been questioned (and taken out of class) for over half an hour and that the agents said he wasn't in any trouble, but nonetheless... what do you do with your Facebook statuses at that point? Do you update when you have a new girlfriend? Do you make fun of celebrities anymore? The Secret Service is watching you... do you tell them what you had for lunch or ask what their preference is on Daft Punk singles?

I guess only this little kid would know.

Full list here.