He basically said 'I have some disagreements with the government and share this', and they said, 'You have to go with us."
Kathleen Thomas, Brandon Raub's mother A high-profile US Marine has been thrown behind bars for posting his critical views of US government on the social networking website Facebook.
According to his mother Kathleen Thomas, Brandon Raub - who has served his nation in two wars - was hauled off by authorities from the FBI, Secret Service and Chesterfield County PD, the Salemnews website reported.
FBI agent Sherry Grainger reportedly told Thomas her son was making “threats that were terrorist in nature”.
The writer of the story on the website described the affair as “Facebook Terrorism” stuff.
In reaction to her son's arrest, the decorated Marine’s mother has called into question the freedom of speech in the United States.
Her remarks followed the abrupt arrest of Raub whose posts on Facebook have been under scrutiny. The case, experts say, is a flagrant indication of the US government’s strict control over social networking websites, above all Facebook.
Thomas said her son was questioned about why he was writing comments critical of the government.
"He basically said 'I have some disagreements with the government and share this', and they said, 'You have to go with us'," Thomas noted.
She added, "He was handcuffed, not read his rights, put into a Chesterfield Police Department vehicle and taken to John Randolph Psychiatric Hospital in Hopewell, Virginia," Thomas said.
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