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Old 2008-08-26, 10:44 AM   #1
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At least three people have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, according to U.S. media reports.

Local TV station CBS4 reported on its website that one of as many as four people in custody told authorities that the group was "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point" with a rifle.
Looks the the low-hanging fruit has been easily picked off. From here on in I suspect it will only get more sophisticated and likely. Does anyone else see the sad irony here?
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Old 2008-08-26, 12:19 PM   #2
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It is thought the men may have ties to Sons of Silence, an outlaw biker group, with suspected connections with white supremacists. However, federal sources have said that the incident may have had more to do with drugs than with a plot to assassinate Mr Obama, despite local police claims.

The federal officials said that the verbal threats against Mr Obama were made during one of the arrests, but were not considered credible. "It could turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads," a US government source has claimed.
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Mr Obama has been under Secret Service protection for over a year after receiving credible death threats.
It seems that these particular turds...I mean, gentlemen may simply have been mouthing off. Nevertheless, the fact that Mr. Obama's been under S.S. protection "for over a year" is surprising.
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Old 2008-08-27, 12:42 AM   #3
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Nevertheless, the fact that Mr. Obama's been under S.S. protection "for over a year" is surprising.
Remember Robert Kennedy. Any serious presidential candidate, even in the primaries, probably gets S.S. protection nowadays.
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