Posted on 08/25/2008 4:37:29 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Law enforcement authorities have arrested two men in connection with a possible assassination plot against Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention in Denver, CBS station KCNC-TV reported Monday.
Police in Aurora, Colo. made a routine traffic stop at 2:38 a.m. Sunday, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office. Two rifles were found in the car, along with methamphetamine. Another law enforcement source says he was told at least one of the rifles was a "sniper rifle."
A second source told CBS station KCNC-TV reporter Brian Maass that authorities told officers they are concerned they may have come upon a possible "assassination plot."
That arrest then led authorities to a second man staying at the Cherry Creek Hotel in Glendale, Colo. When authorities knocked on the man's door, they say he jumped out of his sixth floor window, landing on an awning and running from the scene. They say they soon found him with a broken ankle. He too was arrested.
Its unclear precisely why authorities suspect the men were targeting Barack Obama, but one of the officer's who was briefed says he was told at least one of the suspects made statements to that effect.
The Secret Service, ATF and the FBI are all involved in the investigation. A Secret Service spokesman says the agency is concerned by the proximity to the Democratic National Convention and the items found in the man's car.
More Hillary fans...
Or Polosi fans...everything is called a “sniper rifle” by her and her ilk, including my Marlin .22 LR plinkin’ gun
This does not surprise me.
This does not surprise me.
Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged.
Note to self "don't go hunting in Colorado during the Democratic Convention or have a cold !"
I’m glad they caught these guys.
Sad to say, any pres. or pres. candidate is a target. There are enough nuts out there that we have to be concerned for their safety.
says a boatload that does.
Pro-Biden zealots.
The really serious assassins are usually the ones with meth
Probably just some drama planted by Obamabots.
It is a sniper rifle if you are a rat.
I find this report very strange. We have reports of suspected terrorist activity all the time in America and they always say immediately ‘no connection to terror is suspected’....blablahblah.
Now, when it comes to Obama and the dems, everything and everyone is immediately suspect and reported on by the dutiful media as a plot to assasinate the ‘Messiah’.
GIVE ME A BREAK!!
Any rifle is a sniper rifle if it looks like you can advance your career. It sounds a lot more like the Meth Trade in Arapaho, County. Then with the convention in town it could just be somebody riding shotgun while they make deliveries.
A setup by gun-control freaks? [/wildspeculation].
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