DOJ: Logical Threat Investigation or Intimidation?

On Friday January 15, 2010 the U.S. Department of Justice sent two officers to interview me at my residence about a law enforcement matter.

I had posted on this blog a quotation of a statement made by a federal official; the official had said: "This case has been screaming for attention for years."

One of the officers had concerns about the word screaming; purportedly my use of the word screaming, a direct quote from a statement made by a public official, raised law enforcement concerns and suggested that I harbored ill will against or an intent to harm that official.

Were the officer's concerns genuine or did he have a hidden agenda: an intent to intimidate me to stop blogging posts about the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld -- the law firm where I used to work that just happens to be managed by Vernon Jordan, a friend of the Attorney General, Eric Holder?

I draw your attention to the following doctored photograph of Attorney General Holder armed with a rifle.  Does the photograph evidence ill will toward the attorney general or an intent to do him harm?   Does publication of the photo on a blog merit a threat investigation by the FBI?

Just what is the difference between a doctored photo of a federal official holding a rifle, on the one hand, and, on the other, an accurate quote of a federal official stating: "This case has been screaming for attention for years?"

Here is the photo in question, which was published in the following blog:

http://tipandwag.blogspot.com/2008/11/possible-new-attorney-general-of-cloud.html