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Police Investigate Possible Plot To Kill Obama
WCCO.com ^
| 8/25/08
| CBS
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.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: dnc; obama; threat
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To: Ouderkirk
Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged. Bump
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posted on
08/25/2008 5:02:50 PM PDT
by
BARLF
Comment #42 Removed by Moderator
To: Kozak
Every town in the US already has several Martin Luther King streets...I don't think we can take several dozen Obama Barrack Streets in each city..Its hard enough with all of the MLK streets...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Don't let them kill him! We need to impeach him first.
44
posted on
08/25/2008 5:04:47 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Obama? Bye-den! |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
Comment #45 Removed by Moderator
Constitutionally speaking,
I have often wondered what would happen if:
in between the convention and the election,
a party’s candidate met with his demise, naturally or otherwise.
For instance, what would happen if a candidate for president
were killed in a plane crash the night before election day?
Is that why we do not “really” got to the polls to elect a president,
but actually we elect “electors” who must then elect a president?
To: Morgana
Jeezus, she looks like one of the sperm people in that old woody allen movie, Obamma looks like the....well
47
posted on
08/25/2008 5:06:43 PM PDT
by
Snurple
To: vetvetdoug
Every town in the US already has several Martin Luther King streets... But in Seattle they renamed what was first known as (the original!) Skid Road.
48
posted on
08/25/2008 5:06:59 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Obama? Bye-den! |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
this is rich...
Just before the RATs' Convention in Denver.....
seems kinda "convenient"...likely staged by O'Bambi & O'Biden.
Popcorn, anyone! ..drinks...
49
posted on
08/25/2008 5:07:21 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(If you aren't "advancing" your arguments,your losing "the battle of Ideas"...libs,hates the facts 8^)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
It is kinda ridiculous. You know there have been many ‘plots’ to assassinate President Bush over the last 8 years. The media never reports on them though and they are not leaked to the media!
Don’t get me wrong, if it was a legit threat to Obama, I am glad they caught them.
Look...if this dude wants to be President of the United States...he had better grow some stones and the media had better get a grip. He is going to be threatened and he is going to have to get on airplanes...(eye roll)
What ever became of the breathless reporting on his ‘plane’ incident?
50
posted on
08/25/2008 5:07:31 PM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: Snurple
did I leave anything out? As a matter of fact you did leave something out...they were driving a gas guzzling Hummer loaded with Coors beer and KY bourbon.
51
posted on
08/25/2008 5:07:48 PM PDT
by
politicalwit
(AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
To: vetvetdoug
Yeah but as Chris rock has said, at least you know what streets to avoid....
52
posted on
08/25/2008 5:08:08 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: ninergold3
They made a routine traffic stop, found a couple rifles and some meth. Was there something else that leads them to believe there was an assassination plot or is it 100% speculation and hype??
A second-hand source quoted in the article said one or more of the suspects said something that lead the police to be concerned about an assassination plot. Of course, a guy jumping out of a 6th floor window is going to raise some suspicion as well. I am glad they caught these guys. For those who don't live here...Aurora is the suburb due east of Denver. It starts roughly 10 miles east of downtown. Glendale, where they caught up with the second guy, is about 6/7 miles southeast of downtown. Glendale is entirely surrounded by Denver. So...neither of these guys were anywhere near the Pepsi Center which is at the northwest corner of the downtown area.
To: doug from upland
I guess they were worried about a sniper rifle. Thats not something that most people have.Don't be so sure. Many ordinary bolt-action scoped rifles could be considered "sniper" rifles by anti-gunners, and probably soon will be.
To: jackv
The article posted mentions that an officer states one of the suspects made a statement the the effect of a possible plot against Obama. The phrasing of the sentence is awkward but it’s in there.
Maybe we’ll learn that this is mistake as early reports often are, but it really is news if a suspect pulled over in a car with rifles blurts out something suspicious re: Obama and the convention.
To: Ouderkirk
"Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged."
I agree.
56
posted on
08/25/2008 5:09:37 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
57
posted on
08/25/2008 5:10:28 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: matthew fuller
"Perhaps the associated suspect that jumped out of a sixth floor window?"
Or tried to escape with a broken ankle.....
58
posted on
08/25/2008 5:12:02 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("There is no civility, only politics.")
To: doug from upland
Thats not something that most people have.
Just every hunter in the country.
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posted on
08/25/2008 5:12:17 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
What took you so long??
;-)
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