OK, Department of Justice, and Me

Hmmm. I wonder why the US Department of Justice visited this blog this morning to check out my article on the Oklahoma sovereignty issue.

Fascinating since I'm just 'nother nutjob nobody. Apparently, Attorney General Holder and his staff are scanning the internet looking for more "misinformation" and opposition.

Old feelings resurfaced momentarily when I discovered this. Many, many years ago, I got a knock on the door in the late evening hours. Feeling safe since my military police husband was home, I answered the door. There were two menacing-looking men-in-black flashing badges, who identified themselves as OSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigation), standing on the porch. All they said to me was, "Get out of the house, now!" I began to object. They repeated the demand more forcefully the second time. Being young and frightened, I moved as quickly as I could past them to get out even though I really didn't understand who they were or what they wanted.

About 10 minutes later, they came out with my husband--one of them on each side of him holding his arms, but he wasn't handcuffed. I could tell my young husband was frightened yet somehow defiant. I asked the men who brushed past me what was going on. They didn't answer. They put my husband in the back of an unmarked car and drove off into the night with no explanation.

Two days later, my husband suddenly reappeared coming through the front door of our home. I pleaded with him to tell me what was going on, questioning if he was in some sort of trouble. He didn't tell me much except to say that he had reported a drug ring on the military base as part of his job as a military policeman and "people" wanted to talk to him about it. Through all the years of our marriage, he refused to tell any more than that.

I felt the same gut-twisting twinge and my heart beating just a bit faster this morning. I hope this wasn't a preview of things to come in the future--another knock on the door some evening.