"kevenseven," the U.S. Secret Service, and HuffPost's perpetual protection of his rants

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The following is excerpted from the full documentation of "kevenseven," at:

April '08-present: User boasts about in-home interview by Secret Service re his threats against Bush on HuffPost (HuffPost: "Approved!!," protected!!)

Notes:

(1) See an overview of HuffPost's perpetual facilitation and protection of "kevenseven's" pathological, egregious violations of its policies here --- including his threats against other users' children, his homophobic insults, etc.

(2) HuffPost has been pre-moderating user comments on its news threads to some extent since October 2007, and totally since March 2008 --- meaning that the only comments that appear are those that it has reviewed, approved and decided to publish. This is all documented in detail here.

(3) HuffPost has enabled "kevenseven" to post an estimated 50,000 comments over four years --- despite repeated user complaints about him, and the fact that it has banned, then reinstated him, at least ten times. In short, and in addition to repeated user complaints, HuffPost knew exactly what kind of user it was enabling and protecting in "kevenseven," yet it allowed all of what you're about to see, and far more, to persist --- while repeatedly telling the news media that it valiantly works 24-7 to keep such users away from its pages.

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(4) Examples of "kevenseven's" explicit urgings for threats against, murder of protectees of the U.S. Secret Service

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We begin this section with the most graphic, explicit comment that "kevenseven" made in this regard, that --- according to his own admission* --- ended up getting him an in-home interview with the U.S. Secret Service (*see Section 5 and beyond, herein):

On December 4, 2007, HuffPost posted a news thread entitled:

Aides Give President Bush A Makeover For 2008

As an original response to the topic of the thread (not in reply to another user's comment), "kevenseven" posted:

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
The first step is to cut of his freaking head.
Reply | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 12:55 am on 12/04/2007

June 13, 2009 update: Despite the fact that HuffPost has known about this for more than a year, it never removed "kevenseven's" urging for the murder of President Bush, even though as shown in Section 5, HuffPost repeatedly approved and published his links to it, to show it off to his "friends": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/aides-give-president-bush_n_75209.html?page=12&show_comment_id=10583497#comment_10583497

June 8, 2010 update: KevenSeven's call for the murder of President Bush is still published:

Some things worth considering at this point:

• It is a felony to issue a threat against the President of the United States (18 U.S.C. 871)
  
  
• It is a felony to knowingly allow a website under one's control to be used for the commission of other felonies (47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(2))

As is documented below, the above "comment" was far from an isolated incident (sourced from PDF captures of "kevenseven's" comment archive, available upon request):

I would like to see Bush hanged from a lamppost in front of the WH.
But it is never going to happen.
Recognizing that is not the same thing as accepting the crimes that justify his hanging.
posted 03/16/2008 at 16:08:20

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
Call Obama and Clinton's offices and threaten them. Lie if you must. Tell them this is the most important thing they can do before you decide who you are voting for.
Log in | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 08:03 pm on 01/08/2008

Aside from urging the murder of President Bush, "kevenseven" also had a fetish for repeatedly expressing his desire for someone to murder Nancy Reagan --- a fetish which, as the documentation below shows, HuffPost not only facilitated, but actually protected. Keep in mind as you review this section that HuffPost's (supposed) Comment Policy prohibits:

• "Off-topic comments"
  
  
• "ad hominem attacks including comments that celebrate the death or illness of any person, public figure or otherwise"

See Section 2, here, for more information.

On January 30, 2008, HuffPost's top news thread was entitled: GOP Debate: Romney and McCain Attack Each Other's Conservative Credentials. As noted in the screen capture below, the story was accompanied by a picture showing Nancy Reagan with the debaters:


The following was an exchange that occurred between "kevenseven" and his "friends" (members of HuffPost's resident "gang" of raging, protected leftists) and another user --- as validated by the screen captures that follow, and other evidence that's available upon request:

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
I still wish someone would drop a house on Nancy.
Reply | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 10:14 pm on 01/30/2008

JohnCT (See profile | I'm a fan of JohnCT)
They already got her sister.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 10:16 pm on 01/30/2008

BeeCharmer1 (See profile | I'm a fan of BeeCharmer1)
NOT me, I want Nancy to out live me by a decade. I couldn't stomach the NATIONAL mourning for a month when she kicks it. They left my brothers dying in the street with AIDS and SAID NOTHING and DID NOTHING, I'll be damned if I'll be sad when she dies.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 10:22 pm on 01/30/2008

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
But if she goes first you can piss on her grave. You really need to open your mind to all the possibilities.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 10:26 pm on 01/30/2008

Note how "kevenseven" was being permitted to continue his urgings for the murder of Nancy Reagan, while another user, "WATCHINGowl," expresses his/her outrage at this. Note also how the latter is rebuked by another one of "kevenseven's" friends, "TVL," who implicitly warns him/her that HuffPost management will not tolerate his/her behavior:

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
Would somebody PLEASE drop a house on Nancy?
Reply | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 09:34 pm on 01/30/2008

WATCHINGowl (See profile | I'm a fan of WATCHINGowl)
fuck you. What has she done to you, for you to wish death upon her. You are sick you little faggot.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 09:37 pm on 01/30/2008

TLV (See profile | I'm a fan of TLV)
Sorry to sound like your Momma, but the Huffington Post monitors won't let you hang out here long with random ad hominem attacks like that.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 09:43 pm on 01/30/2008

WATCHINGowl (See profile | I'm a fan of WATCHINGowl)
Oh but he can wish death upon an elderly woman for no reason?
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 09:46 pm on 01/30/2008

kevenseven (See profile | I'm a fan of kevenseven)
My my. The indignation. And there is ample reason to detest Nancy, who was and is a horrible human being. An absolute dragon lady, according to people I know who know her.
Reply | Parent | Favorite| Flag as abusive | posted 10:08 pm on 01/30/2008

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(5) Starting on April 14, 2008, and continuing through July 2008, HuffPost reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" admissions --- and boasts --- that the U.S. Secret Service interviewed him in his home re his threatening statements on HuffPost

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It is vitally important to note, again, that as is documented in Section 5 here, on March 1, 2008, HuffPost announced that it would be pre-moderating comments on all its news threads from then on (also see Section 7). This means that only those comments that it had reviewed, approved and published would appear on its news threads.

On April 13, 2008, HuffPost's top news thread was entitled: Watch: Obama on Annie Oakley.

And it was on this thread that HuffPost reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" repeated admissions that the U.S. Secret Service conducted an unannounced, in-home interview with him, regarding the threatening comments he has been making on HuffPost, about its protectees.

Note also that HuffPost reviewed, approved and published his comments in which he "outed" --- and denounced --- these agents by name:

robtomorrow See Profile I'm a Fan of robtomorrow
PA voters I implore you, do the humanitarian thing and put Hillary out of her misery.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:10 AM on 04/14/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
And be careful suggesting the death of a Secret Service protectee. They may come to talk to you the way they did to me on Friday last.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:24 AM on 04/14/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Special agents Xxxxx Xxxx* and Xxxxxxx Xxx* of the Los Angeles office.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 AM on 04/14/2008
[*NOTE: We have concealed the names of these Secret Service agents, out of courtesy to them and their agency. In contrast, HuffPost reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" identification of them, by name, on multiple occasions.]

Newmoney See Profile I'm a Fan of Newmoney
wat do u mean they came for you?
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:40 AM on 04/14/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
The Secret Service came to my house and asked me probing questions due to a comment I posted on Huff.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:42 AM on 04/14/2008

JhNyc See Profile I'm a Fan of JhNyc
Are you serious?
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 AM on 04/14/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Deathly. I'll be calling the ACLU for advice tomorrow.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:55 AM on 04/14/2008


[NOTE: HuffPost then reviewed, approved and published "kevensevens" comment showing that HuffPost had still not removed his comment from back on December 4, 2007, which he claimed led to this interview. The screen capture taken at the time shows the page to which he was referring.]


kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Check page 7 of: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/aides-give-president-bush_n_75209.html
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 AM on 04/14/2008

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On April 15, 2008, HuffPost's top news thread was entitled: Obama: Clinton Using GOP Playbook.

As HuffPost management had not only still not banned "kevenseven," but was continuing to review, approve and publish his comments, he began insulting the Secret Service agents who interviewed him:

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Hey, you want to watch any suggestion of wishing premature mortality on a Secret Service protectee.
Two guys who looked like rejects from the Blues Brothers came to see me just last Friday for a comment I posted on Huff last Dec. Early last Dec.
They are definitely on the case....four and a half months later they want me to explain a snotty comment about the shrub*.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:03 AM on 04/15/2008
[*NOTE.: “Shrub” is leftist slang on HuffPost for President Bush.]

When asked by another user about the incident, “kevenseven” acknowledged his threat, further insulted the Secret Service agents, and even said he told them that he could offer “a Congressman” who would “vouch” for him.

Then, when still another user ("BreakingnewsJustintime") asked whether he was not being reckless by insulting the Secret Service agents who interviewed him, “kevenseven” indicated that he felt he was immune from consequences (which was proven true, as HuffPost still would not ban him --- and even when it did, it would fully reinstate him, several days later):

AdLib See Profile I'm a Fan of AdLib
That's messed up! What did you say originally (in general, without starting the wheels turning again) and what did you say to them?
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:21 AM on 04/15/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
There was a headline "WH aides makeover B**H". I wrote "The first thing to do is cut off his h**d." This, they took to be a threat worth investigating. 4 and a half months after it was written.
I told them that I could call a congressman and put him on the phone with them if they needed someone to vouch for me. And that they were just a bit hypervigilant.
Truly, the lead guy came off as if he has never so much as giggled once in his life. Probably never had sex with the lights on.
Six times this guy asked if I thought that that did not sound like a threat.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:31 AM on 04/15/2008

BreakingnewsJustintime See Profile I'm a Fan of BreakingnewsJustintime
What do you think they'll do when they read that you called them "rejects from the Blues Brothers"?
You're stuck on stupid.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:30 AM on 04/15/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
What the f**k do I care how they respond to this? It is not illegal to make light of SS agents. You are a fool.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:33 AM on 04/15/2008

Now, knowing all you do about HuffPost at this point, which user do you think it chose to ban, soon after this exchange --- "kevenseven," or "BreakingnewsJustintime?"

You got it: HuffPost banned "BreakingnewsJustintime," but left "kevenseven" free to continue posting at will.

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On April 17, 2008, HuffPost's top news thread was entitled: Clinton Emphatically Says Obama Can Win White House.

It was on this thread that HuffPost continued to review, approve and publish "kevenseven's" ongoing assault on the U.S. Secret Service agents who interviewed him:

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Hey! Don't do that! Do not even remotely suggest that you are advocating harm to a Secret Service Protectee! I'm not s**ting you.
I had a visit last Friday from two of the squarest guys you ever want to not meet over something I wrote in December.
The Secret Service. Right on the ball, four and a half months after a joke, they are interrogating me. The dopes.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:06 AM on 04/17/2008

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On April 19, 2008, HuffPost's top news thread was (still) entitled: Clinton Emphatically Says Obama Can Win White House.

It was on this thread that HuffPost continued to review, approve and publish "kevenseven's":

• Boasts of the in-home interview he received from the Secret Service for his activities on HuffPost
  
  
• Claims that he threw these agents out of his house
  
  
• Claims that his “cred” (credibility) with local activists was enhanced, as a result

It should also be noted that in the following comment, "kevenseven" admits that, at a minimum, he "pretended to threaten" a protectee of the Secret Service:

jeffp26 See Profile I'm a Fan of jeffp26
Clinton really has taught me to despise her. She cannot accept this loss, and is willing to destroy the party for the sake of her ego.
I'd like to give her a whoopdedo with a stickball bat.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:33 PM on 04/19/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Ohhhhhh. Not cool man.
Don't even half pretend to threaten a Secret Service protectee. Seriously.
They came to my house last week for a comment much like that from four months ago.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:47 PM on 04/19/2008

psfurlong356 See Profile I'm a Fan of psfurlong356
Keven: are you serious? they came to your house?
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:56 PM on 04/19/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Goddam right they came to my house. Sat in my living room for an hour badgering me with the same stupid question over and over.
At one point I told them to get the hell out of my house, they toned it down.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:07 PM on 04/19/2008

Given how quickly HuffPost bans non-violating users (e.g. "BreakingnewsJustintime") who dare to challenge or oppose its resident gang of maniacal violators, but keeps users like "kevenseven" active, it should come as no surprise that HuffPost decided to ignore the implicit threat that "JeffP26" expressed against Sen. Clinton. As shown below, as of June 14, 2009, it had not only not banned him, it had reviewed, approved and published an additional 2,800 comments from him:


Note also that HuffPost continued to review, approve and publish “kevenseven's" courteous directions to inquiring users, to find the original comment he made, that led to the interview --- which HuffPost still had not removed:

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Oh, you are free to say anything. Sometimes that freedom has consequences. This is the thread, the comment that drew their attention is on page 7.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/aides-give-president-bush_n_75209.html
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:37 PM on 04/19/2008

ohioangel See Profile I'm a Fan of ohioangel
You've gotta be kidding me, that was so obviously snarky...geez louise, I'd better censor myself then because I've made some comments. Hehehe. Sorry you had to endure that, although I'm sure it makes for great coffee table anecdotes.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:51 PM on 04/19/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Oh, my cred with the local activists is up.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:20 PM on 04/19/2008

Note also that HuffPost reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" comments containing his email address, for the purpose of inviting other users to a campaign rally that he was organizing for "Congressmen," and possibly Sen. Boxer (are these Congressmen and Senators aware of what kind of "activists" are "organizing rallies" for them?):

metropolitan See Profile I'm a Fan of metropolitan
hey keven, i see from your past comments you're looking to email with women you pick up on huffpost comment boards.
classy!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:41 PM on 04/19/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
She indicated that she lives near me, and crazy me, I want to invite her to the campaign rally that I am organizing featuring congressmen and if I get lucky, Barbara Boxer.
Any other Southern Californians who want to drop me a line may feel free to do so.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:12 PM on 04/19/2008

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On May 25, 2008, HuffPost reviewed, approved and published “kevenseven's” continued boasting about being interviewed by the Secret Service. Old and new "friends" began to call him their “hero,” and include themselves as being part of his “fan” list – which he then claimed gave him “importance” at HuffPost. The following are excerpts from the PDF of this comment thread.

Note that one of his "friends," "KQuarkSuperKollider," is also featured here at Huff-Watch --- due to the fact that HuffPost reviewed, approved and published his urgings for the murder of other VIPs on HuffPost, and hsi claims to have the weapons with which to do it.

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
[…]
A few of you may know that the Secret Service came to interrogate me for writing on this blog that the best way to achieve a makeover for Bush would be to cut off his head. They insisted that that was a threat. They put me thru it for an hour.
[…]
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:44 PM on 05/25/2008

KQuarksSuperKollider See Profile I'm a Fan of KQuarksSuperKollider
Kev you are my hero.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:58 PM on 05/25/2008

Illinoissuburbanvoter See Profile I'm a Fan of Illinoissuburbanvoter
WOW!! We've got your back too!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:21 PM on 05/25/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Feel free to become a fan. I get a kick at counting the number when some troll is telling me that I am of no importance here.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:28 PM on 05/25/2008

AnnieinOR See Profile I'm a Fan of AnnieinOR
wow, keven, you are a legend. our own Robin Hood in our midst. heart u.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:52 PM on 05/25/2008

paganmist See Profile I'm a Fan of paganmist
Dude. Are you serious? Like, came to your HOUSE? Okay, that must've been HEAVY. Sorry you had to go through that. That sounds seriously scary.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:50 PM on 05/25/2008

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Sat in my living room. When they asked me if I had ever attended a Bush rally, I told them they could get out of my home right then.
[…]
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:56 PM on 05/25/2008

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On July 19, 2008, HuffPost's top thread was entitled: McCain Leaks Details Of Obama's Iraq Trip.

While 29 other comments were "pending" (awaiting its review), HuffPost reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" further discussion of the in-home interview he received from the Secret Service, which he now admitted was due to a threat he made against President Bush. From the PDF of this comment thread:

kevenseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenseven
Dude.
Take it from somebody who has experienced a Secret Service interview. They are as interested in Ob ama's security as they are in Booooosh's. Ob ama is a Secret Service protectee.
If you want to experience a very uncomfortable hour, you should make a public threat against him.
Guys who look like they have never smiled will make you miserable. Not that you are not already.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:15 PM on 07/19/2008

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And as before, throughout this period and to the present day, HuffPost continuously reviewed, approved and published "kevenseven's" and his friends':

• Vulgar attacks on other users who dared to voice dissenting political opinions, let alone criticized him for his outrageous behavior
  
  
• Gloating over the fact that HuffPost management dutifully removes the comments from/bans non-violating users who stand up against them, and about whom they complain

And as before, HuffPost continued to protect "kevenseven" not only from criticism, but from being subjected to the same (supposed) Comment Policy and Terms of Service that other users are (supposedly) required to observe. One prime example is below: a user expressed a political opinion with which "kevenseven" disagrees --- and he suggested more physical violence:

Now, if you were in charge of an advertiser-supported political website, knowing all you do at this point, which user would you ban?

You got it: HuffPost chose to ban "Superbus," and to leave "kevenseven" free to post at will.

And as is shown in the next section, not only did HuffPost continue to review, approve and publish "kevenseven's" maniacal attacks on other users, it continued to protect him --- by removing the comments from another user who called him out on his explicit racism.


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