Are tea partiers the new 'terrorists'?

Blogger claims he received visit from FBI after sending letters to lawmakers

By Chelsea Schilling
WorldNetDaily

Department of Homeland Security vehicle at Albuquerque, N.M., Tax Day tea party protest (photo: Infowars

A tea party protester claims he was investigated as a terrorist by the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI after he sent letters to his representatives criticizing the government

for spending money he says the U.S. does not have.

Steve Shirk, a Tea Party Patriots blogger who attended the Atlanta Tea Party, said he began a letter-writing campaign in September 2008 to representatives, senators and the White House to express his frustration with what he considers to be irresponsible spending. He said he sent his letters through the official government websites with identifying information and indicated that he was offering his political opinion about pending legislation or governmental policy.

"The tone of my correspondence has been that of a citizen who is fed up with the government for spending money we do not have, at a time when we are experiencing economic deflation, and taking control of private business, where I believe it is in violation of the constitutional rights of business owners, shareholders, and frankly every citizen of this country," he wrote.

Shirk said he will do anything in his power to make sure that elected officials who disregard the public's wishes and fail to govern according to the Constitution are removed from public office.

"I have also voiced my opinion that career politicians are the antithesis of the views of the framers, and called for single term limits of any elected office," he wrote. "In no way did I ever suggest anything other than our constitutional rights as citizens to control our government's actions."

But Shirk claims that on April 23 he was visited by the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI. He said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I, reported to the FBI that he was endangering the government and should be investigated as a suspected terrorist.

Shirk said he has specifically objected to TARP bailouts, the Economic Recovery Act, the omnibus spending bill and President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget, among other issues. He said the FBI agent was polite and respectful, explaining why he had been targeted and by whom.

"He agreed that I have the constitutional right to express my dissatisfaction with government policy," Shirk wrote. "The last thing he said to me was to advise that I keep expressing my opinions."

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