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As some of you who know me are aware, for three years Holly WIlkerson and Brendan O' Brien have said again and again that we Americans have no right to a US passport, no right to return to the US. 
They say it is up to the State Department whether or not we are entitled to a passport. :mellow:
I have said no, we do have rights, as per the constitution, legal precedent and international law. Specifically, the US is bound by treaties it has signed, under which it is obligated to allow the return of its own citizens to their land of birth.
I say: if an American has a valid birth certificate, and better yet, a valid US passport, then the State Department must accept these documents regardless of race, color, religion or politics. And this applies to Muslims as well. The State Dept. must accept these documents as prima facie proof of identity and citizenship, even if they feel personal enmity towards the person holding the documents and even if that person exercises his first amendment rights as I am doing here.
Today, April 13, I met yet again with Holly WiIlkerson ( and Mark, who refuses to provide his last name) at the embassy and this time, she essentially challenged the validity of documents issued by the state of New York and the State Department itself. Such is her desperation. She would not let me speak. Instead, she wanted to interrogate me. When I tried to speak my mind, she closed the blinds and ordered me to leave as if she were my commanding officer in the Marine Corps.
Previously on February 23, Brendan O'Brien, head of American Citizen Services, refused me entry to our embassy even though I had an appointment. They had grown tired of seeing me inside.
Holly Wilkerson continues to refuse my passport renewal, in violation of US law.
At my request, the Justice Department is having a look into this affair. I will keep readers posted.
Remember those who said Obama was born in Kenya? The birthers. Donald Trump was one of those. And you thought I supported Donald Trump, didnt you?
Americans: Our liberty is under severe threat. A mentally ill, authoritarian police state has descended over our great country. It treats all of us, Democrat and Republican, Christian and Jew, Muslim and Buddhist.. like criminals and terrorists. We have lost our Bill of Rights and the rule of law itself. We have lost the presumption of innocence. :huh:
For all of its faults, Argentina has been, until now, a more democratic society than the US. That is a sad commentary.
Daniel Bruno
They say it is up to the State Department whether or not we are entitled to a passport. :mellow:
I have said no, we do have rights, as per the constitution, legal precedent and international law. Specifically, the US is bound by treaties it has signed, under which it is obligated to allow the return of its own citizens to their land of birth.
I say: if an American has a valid birth certificate, and better yet, a valid US passport, then the State Department must accept these documents regardless of race, color, religion or politics. And this applies to Muslims as well. The State Dept. must accept these documents as prima facie proof of identity and citizenship, even if they feel personal enmity towards the person holding the documents and even if that person exercises his first amendment rights as I am doing here.
Today, April 13, I met yet again with Holly WiIlkerson ( and Mark, who refuses to provide his last name) at the embassy and this time, she essentially challenged the validity of documents issued by the state of New York and the State Department itself. Such is her desperation. She would not let me speak. Instead, she wanted to interrogate me. When I tried to speak my mind, she closed the blinds and ordered me to leave as if she were my commanding officer in the Marine Corps.
Previously on February 23, Brendan O'Brien, head of American Citizen Services, refused me entry to our embassy even though I had an appointment. They had grown tired of seeing me inside.
Holly Wilkerson continues to refuse my passport renewal, in violation of US law.
At my request, the Justice Department is having a look into this affair. I will keep readers posted.
Remember those who said Obama was born in Kenya? The birthers. Donald Trump was one of those. And you thought I supported Donald Trump, didnt you?
Americans: Our liberty is under severe threat. A mentally ill, authoritarian police state has descended over our great country. It treats all of us, Democrat and Republican, Christian and Jew, Muslim and Buddhist.. like criminals and terrorists. We have lost our Bill of Rights and the rule of law itself. We have lost the presumption of innocence. :huh:
For all of its faults, Argentina has been, until now, a more democratic society than the US. That is a sad commentary.
Daniel Bruno
