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N.C. Marine charged with threatening Obama
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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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: marine; obama; threat
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To: LottieDah

Probably stated that he did not vote for him.


61 posted on 02/27/2009 7:11:14 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: Texas Fossil
They see that Southern states have been more driven together because of past events than the rest of the nation. They intend to divide us (the nation) and conquer us.


62 posted on 02/27/2009 7:11:31 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Texas Fossil
I will die opposing that.

I have already accepted that ... that may be my fate as well.

63 posted on 02/27/2009 7:12:35 AM PST by clamper1797 (FUBO ... The Kenyan Lincoln)
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To: P-Marlowe

>>>Gee what happened to the first amendment?

The First Amendment is not an absolute right. There have been limits placed on it. For example, laws against defamation, libel and slander; it is illegal to incite crowds to violence; obscenity can be regulated.


64 posted on 02/27/2009 7:12:36 AM PST by NC28203
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To: ex91B10
This POS is an enemy of the US, just as is Bin Laden.

And there was people on the left who thought the exact same thing about GW Bush. But both Bush and Obama were elected according to our Constitution and the office should be respected- especially by people in the military. If this guy really threatened the president's life, I'm totally lacking in sympathy for his behavior.

65 posted on 02/27/2009 7:14:06 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: mnehrling
sigh.

He is their commander in chief. Can't have that. I hate it, but (going on what little bit is in the article), the prosecution is correct.

I might even agree with him in principle, but he needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself.

66 posted on 02/27/2009 7:15:18 AM PST by wbill
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To: strider44

Careful Major. I advise maintaining the utmost in low profiles, even being on this site.


67 posted on 02/27/2009 7:15:26 AM PST by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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To: wbill
but he needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself.

Very soon we all will be required to do that

68 posted on 02/27/2009 7:16:24 AM PST by clamper1797 (FUBO ... The Kenyan Lincoln)
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To: ex91B10
This POS is an enemy of the US, just as is Bin Laden.

He was still legitimately elected as President of the United States, whether we like it or not. Don't believe he should be President - fine. Impeach him or force him to step down. Defeat him at the ballot box in 2012. Killing him or threatening to kill him should not be an option in a civilized society.
69 posted on 02/27/2009 7:18:20 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Let the 2nd American Revolution begin!)
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To: NC28203
The First Amendment is not an absolute right. There have been limits placed on it. For example, laws against defamation, libel and slander; it is illegal to incite crowds to violence; obscenity can be regulated.

I'm sorry, but expressing the opinion that you like to kill the president should be a protected right.

A conspiracy to kill the president, or a threat followed by some action towards accomplishing that goal is and should be illegal.

But merely stating (in this case probably in reaction to something the president had just said) that you'd like to kill the bastard is a right that all Free Men should enjoy.

The first amendment protects our right to say stupid things. Expressing what is in our hearts, no matter how vile those thoughts might be, should NEVER be a crime. NEVER!

70 posted on 02/27/2009 7:19:07 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
...both Bush and Obama were elected according to our Constitution...

Prove it.

71 posted on 02/27/2009 7:19:55 AM PST by ex91B10
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To: ex91B10

Prove that Bush and Obama were not elected according to the Constituion.


72 posted on 02/27/2009 7:23:21 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: cripplecreek
"I just saw on the news that an Ethiopian has also been charged with threatening Zero."

The Ethiopian's case will be dismissed, he will receive a free home and will soon have his own reality show.

The Marine will be offered a final cigarette with or without blindfold.

Leni

73 posted on 02/27/2009 7:29:03 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: mnehrling
Yes, this guy was a POS before this happened. He was previously charged with armed robbery and the threats came out while they were investigating the first offenses.

http://www.jdnews.com/news/five_61191___article.html/armed_robberies.html

Though I don't understand how he is a white supremacist while running around committing robberies with several black accomplices.

74 posted on 02/27/2009 7:31:59 AM PST by silly.kerry.trix.are.for.kids
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To: mnehrling

I guess since Lee Harvey Oswald was a former Marine, and is believed to have shot Camelot Kennedy, that this guy would have been seen as a threat, especially since he blabbed about it. Maybe he never had plans to do anything, and his actions were done just to get himself out of the service. Even though he’d end up being tagged with a dishonorable discharge and possible criminal record, some people will do anything to get out of a situation.


75 posted on 02/27/2009 7:35:14 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

See 74


76 posted on 02/27/2009 7:36:24 AM PST by mnehring
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To: SampleMan

So, where would that place me?/Just Asking - seoul62......


77 posted on 02/27/2009 7:37:50 AM PST by seoul62
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To: P-Marlowe

It’s never been legal to threaten to kill anyone.


78 posted on 02/27/2009 7:51:07 AM PST by Melas
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To: mnehrling

Thanks for the Ping to that link.


79 posted on 02/27/2009 7:53:55 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: seoul62
So, where would that place me?/Just Asking - seoul62......

A. Your minority part is Asian, and that doesn't really count as a minority in their book (too successful, not whiny enough).

B. Forgetting "A", the Liberal term now for minority conservatives is "self-hater under the influence of Stockholm syndrome".

80 posted on 02/27/2009 7:56:09 AM PST by SampleMan (Socialism and Liberty are mutually exclusive.)
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