An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush.
The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday's edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It ended with the line, "I still believe they hanged the wrong man."
Tilli said the statement was not a threat. "I didn't say who — I could've meant (Osama) bin Laden," he said Friday.
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Here, I'll say it:
They should have hung Bush instead, he's the true terrorist.
If we start living our lives in fear of our government.. the terrorists truly have won. We are no longer a free nation. It's a disgrace. We are allowed to do as we want and say what we want. That's a free country.