November 1, 2014
This morning my twelve year old daughter and I tried to fly to
Salt Lake City from Phoenix for a special event of a loved one. We had
to be there by 1:00 pm in order to be a part of the
occasion. Everything was going as planned until we came to the Gate B
check station and the first TSA agent looked at our boarding passes. He
seemed a bit alarmed
and asked me if my name was Ammon, I told him yes, he then circled my
name and sent me down the line. I could tell there was suspicion but
thought it may be because my daughter was a minor, or because my name is
unusual and sometimes taken as Arabic.
When we reached the actual check station the Second TSA agent saw
my boarding pass and immediately called for a Commanding Officer on the
radio. Over the coarse of several minutes he called multiple times for
assistance, meanwhile the line behind me was stopped and backing up.
When the Commanding Officer finally came the two agents conversed
privately as they looked at my barding pass and drivers license. The
Commanding Officer then directed me to an area and confiscated all of
our possessions along with the normal clothing checked, such as my boots, belt, jacket and so on.
By this time, we were feeling a bit scrutinized and those around
us were staring and talking among themselves of the matter. They then
escorted us to a back area where
they rummaged through our items, testing it with devices and inspecting
each article. The agent then began to check me physically and boy was
that uncomfortable, no cavity check was completed but everything else
was.
I asked the agent why we were being treated so differently and why
we were selected. He told me it was because my boarding pass was tagged
with the bold letters "SSSS". He also told me that this will happen
every time you fly because you are marked. Beyond that he did not
disclose of anything else. My daughter then asked him if she could put
her shoes back on. The agent said that she could, but that I was not to
touch my possessions. He then called for his Commanding Officer.
After a few minutes, the Level Three Officer showed up and asked
me several question and wrote the answers down on a yellow sticky note.
This Commanding Officer then went to a computer and began typing and
reading. The whole thing was very interesting to me. I thought to
myself, "WOW, Harry Reid really does have me tagged in the federal
database as a Domestic Terrorist". I have never been charged and
prosecuted with anything in my life, and yet Senator Reid, without due
process, has declared me, for life, a Domestic Terrorist. He
unilaterally named me, Ammon Bundy, a terrorist against the people of
this country, the people I love and would so willingly to give my life
for.
After the Commanding Officer typed a few things in the computer,
my boarding pass was written on and hole punched 5 times with stars
mostly over the SSSS (see picture). Our possessions were then returned
and we were free to go to the boarding gate. When we left the security
area many people were looking at us in curiosity. The entire process
took about an hour, and my daughter and I did not make our flight. We
knew we would not make it to the event even if we got on another flight
so we left the boarding gate area and went to ask for a refund from US
Airlines.
U.S. Airlines resisted to give us a refund at first, they insisted
that they could not be held accountable for what the government chose
to do. I showed them the boarding pass and the SSSS, then told them why I
believed I was marked and harassed. They immediately began to process
the refund request, one lady said "that sends chills up my spine that
they would do that to you". I thanked them and we left the airport.
This incident reaffirmed to me the danger that the American people
are in. When a very small group of elitist use the peoples power
without authority, and are willing to destroy the lives of those who
disagree or stand up to them, when this type of unlimited power is
commonly exercised without checks and balances the people are in danger.
Ammon Bundy
bundyranch.blogspot.com
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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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