[Keith]

http://www.zwire.com/site/10420026.html


Secret Service releases alleged stalker




By WILLIAM KAEMPFFER , Special to The Press 10/28/2003




NEW HAVEN -- Secret Service agents assigned to shadow the president’s daughter at Yale briefly detained a man with a gun, sources said Monday.

Law enforcement sources said the man was questioned late last week and later released without charges after authorities determined he had a permit to carry the weapon.

Beyond that, details about the incident are scarce, although sources said the situation initially created a great deal of alarm for the agents.

Barbara Bush, 21, daughter of President Bush, is a senior at Yale University. A contingent of Secret Service agents is assigned to protect her.

According to law enforcement sources, the episode happened downtown late last week, possibly in the area of Chapel and Park streets.

Bush was walking down the street, with the Secret Service escorts nearby, when agents noticed a man watching the president’s daughter, the sources said.

At some point, feeling the man had shown an unusual amount of interest in Bush, agents confronted and frisked him, discovering he was carrying a gun.

When he consented to let them search his car, agents grew even more alarmed, allegedly finding a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk.

After being questioned, he was released and there were more questions Monday than answers.

Authorities had said the man was cooperative with them, but it was not clear if he provided an explanation for the items in his trunk or his apparent interest in the president’s daughter.

Sean Gallagher, the resident agent in charge of the Secret Service in New Haven, said he had no comment about the incident and noted that no arrests had been made.

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Haven said he couldn’t "confirm or deny" that the episode even happened.

Yale spokeswoman Thomas Conroy said he had no information about the incident.

Since Bush arrived in 2000, the university has taken great pains to protect her privacy. Bush, by most accounts, has led an active collegiate life, frequently visiting the city’s nightclubs on Crown Street and other nightspots.

William Kaempffer can be reached at wkaempffer@nhregister.com, or 789-5727.

[CWL]

I wonder how many Texans with permits were routinely stopped when the Bush daughters attended Austin.

[El Tejon]

Attending nightclubs? Is she off probation now?:confused:

Is this the hot one or the flabby one?

[chevrofreak]

Both of the Bush daughters are pretty hot. I would probably be staring and drooling uncontrolably.

[TallPine]

Bush was walking down the street, with the Secret Service escorts nearby, when agents noticed a man watching the president’s daughter, the sources said.
Yeah, everybody walks down the street with an SS escort, so why would he possibly notice anything.:rolleyes:

So just looking at somebody amounts to stalking, now ...?


When he consented to let them search his car, agents grew even more alarmed, allegedly finding a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk.
A "cache" of ammunition ...?

"other items" ...? Oh my, this could be something terrible, like a jack handle and a lug wrench.

They should search his garage too ... probably find all sorts of evil things like cordless drills and chainsaws and assault shovels.

[DJJ]

I wasn't aware we are now required to avert our eyes when the King or members of his High Court ride by.

Someone on TFL had lyrics from Rush's "Bastille Day" in his sig:

"See them bow their heads to die
As we would bow when they rode by"

[Jesse H]

Heck, aren't most of us CHLers more observant of other folks? :)

[Kharn]

Barbara's the boney-looking brunette, Jenna's the "flabby" blond. I definitely wouldnt need beer goggles to chat with either of them during a night on the town.

I bet the guy was just looking at the SS guys, trying to figure out if they were carrying .357Sig or .40S&W in their Sigs.

Kharn

[BamBam]

Bush, by most accounts, has led an active collegiate life, frequently visiting the city’s nightclubs on Crown Street and other nightspots.
Nice of them to mention that important info.

How come I never read:
"Chelsea Clinton, by most accounts, has led an active collegiate life, frequently visiting the city's lesbian bars and other liberal gathering spots"