From: Adam Flinton 

John Cuccia wrote:
> From the "Truth is stranger than fiction" department:
>
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1906961
> Excerpt:
> "AUSTIN -- A group of Democratic lawmakers who threw the Legislature
> into turmoil when they went into hiding to block a Republican
> congressional redistricting plan turned up Monday evening in Ardmore,
> Okla.
>
> House Speaker Tom Craddick announced in the state Capitol that most of
> the missing Democrats were at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore and that
> officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety were sent to offer
> to escort them back to Austin, an offer that was rejected. He said the
> DPS officers did not have arrest authority in Oklahoma but he was
> seeking federal assistance to arrest the lawmakers."
>
>
> Aside from the obvious hilarity inherent in this situation, what
> possible grounds could the Feds use to get involved in this game
> between Texas juveni..., er, lawmakers?


It gets weirder:


http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=669

" The Department of Homeland Security's Air and Marine Interdiction
Division (AMID) says its mission is to "Protect the Nation's borders
and the American people from the smuggling of narcotics and other
contraband with an integrated and coordinated air and marine interdiction
force."

So it is easy to understand why Texans were scratching their heads when
they learned that the division's Air and Marine Interdiction and
Coordination Center in Riverside, California, played a critical role in
tracking down the Democratic legislators who went missing from the Texas
Capitol this week. "

Adam

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