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...This third degree has Nguyen hopping mad and complaining about how his right to free speech has been violated. His right? What happened to the mystery staffer who he said he fired and now wants to re-hire...
...letter came from the campaign office of Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant running against Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., in the Nov. 7 election. Nguyen at first blamed a rogue but unidentified staffer who, he said, had been dismissed. Later, he offered to re-hire the staffer, saying the letter was proper. Wrong. Whoever wrote that tactless missive is clueless about the law; while it's true that illegal immigrants can't vote, legal immigrants can vote if they've become naturalized citizens...
...Recently, state investigators have focused attention on an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who lives in the same house as Nguyen and who is believed to have played a key role in the mailing. Investigators also rifled through Nguyen's home and office, trying to determine whether the candidate himself is involved...
...That is the opinion of Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh. Calling the letter "grotesque and obnoxious," Baugh claims the postage house that distributed it told him that Tan Nguyen was personally engaged in the effort to the get the mailing out. The local GOP demanded that Nguyen resign his candidacy. But he refused...
...VoIP providers, including Skype, declined to comment for this story. But the technology's spread has clearly revitalized a dying democracy movement. Five years ago, the number of Vietnamese dissidents had dwindled to a few dozen aging stalwarts, says Hanoi-based human-rights essayist Nguyen Thanh Giang, and they found it hard to organize or gather more than a dozen signatures for petitions. But when activists created a new umbrella organization?dubbed "8406 Group" because it was formed on April 8, 2006?they trumpeted it on VoIP forums and quickly got 2,000 members, many under...