Posted on 02/27/2009 6:31:43 AM PST by mnehring
A Camp Lejeune Marine has been charged with threatening Barack Obama before the president was sworn into office last month.
Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech from the base in Jacksonville today.
Kody Ray Brittingham, 20, faces up to five years in prison and three years of supervised release if convicted of threatening the president-elect, according to U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding.
Brittingham also could be fined up to $250,000.
According to a news release, Brittingham told people in November that he intended to shoot Obama, among other things.
“We take all threats against the president and other high officials of the United States very seriously,” Holding said. “The threat itself represents a disruption of the United States government, even if no actual attempt is made to carry out the threat.”
In today’s speech, Obama is expected to unveil his plans to withdraw combat troops from Iraq. He is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air station in the morning, according to a White House news release.
Obama will speak from the Goettge Memorial Field House about 11:45 a.m., the release said.
The act of threatening is stupid.. that is my comment- not that this has been determined guilty.
Plus, what part of the word ‘alleged’ I used is so hard to understand. I was responding to the question what was he charged with saying..
I would agree, yet how many times did libs threaten Bush with immunity. Either the law is applied equally or not at all. I am just sick and tired of the unequal application of the law due to political ideology and correctness.
Rules for radicals clearly dictates how socialists use the law for themselves and against the opposition - just dont be so easily played.
Here is a little more information.
http://www.jdnews.com/articles/brittingham_62276___article.html/marine_service.html
“Naval investigators discovered a journal allegedly written by Brittingham in his barracks after his arrest by civilian authorities in December. The journal contained plans on how to kill the president, as well as white supremacist material, a federal law enforcement official said.”
Just a note: He is no longer a Marine. He was discharged after the robbery charges were brought against him.
Im not defending someone who would threaten the pres, my point is be careful what you read, the source and the apparant information. The Govt. is NOT your friend. Dont be a tool for the left, be logical, think critically and assume individuals to be innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Remember for the left govt is the source of good, the liberal news media the source of truth and the public education system the source of knowledge. Do you really trust what you read, watch and hear from these leftists?
That determination is made by the consent of the governed and is not determined by the government in any of its branches.
I suspect you are either a liar or you never listen to your wife.
Can you honestly say that your wife has never once uttered this phrase... "Ok, I'm going to kill you now."
Agreed. And if people are sick of the messiah-like treatment he's getting now, imagine what it would do to his historical reputation if somebody shot him.
Just thinking about it makes me willing to take a bullet for him.
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