Posted on 10/18/2009 7:53:10 AM PDT by Ronbo1948
WASHINGTON - The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agencys overall mission.
The Secret Service is tracking a far broader range of possible threats to the nations leaders, the officials said, even as it also investigates financial crimes such as counterfeiting as part of its original mandate.
The new demands are leading some officials, both inside and outside the agency, to raise the possibility of the service curtailing or dropping its role in fighting financial crime to focus more on protecting leaders and their families from assassination attempts and thwarting terrorist plots aimed at high-profile events.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I'm throwing the BS flag.
You know how you can look for a goverment informent in a militia or conservative blog?
You look for the person who wants to kill the president or overthrow the goverment and is vocal about it. Chances are he is the one offering to make bombs or sell illegal weapons.
If the goverment was concerned about terrorists, they would go after Eco Terrorists like ELF or ALF. Most polictal violence comes from the left.
Yep, that’s the case. I’d hide under the bed, but the dust bunnies are mean.
someone needs to throw a show at Obama.... You are right. How about “Cats” ?
government officials? As in reports from the Obama White House? I don't believe this story for a minute.
I'm thinking "Springtime for Hitler".
Provocations?
Yes, I would imagine that most of the real threats against Obama are made by Leftards with the express purpose of providing rationalization for Administration “Czars” who want to create a STASI style secret police force charged with suppression of free speech and armed with the force of the federal government.
Come to think of it: Maybe Obama himself is behind the campaign?
After all, Hitler ordered the burning of the Reichstag in order to crush the communists.
Come on now, George Soros would never bankroll a Broadway satire about Obama and if a conservative tried to, he’d be run out of the country as a, “RACIST!”
I think the stats on turnover in the SS since January would be interesting.
How many agents have resigned, how many have been transferred out of D.C. and how many New Black Panthers have been added.
That might be an interesting subject for Andrew Breitbart's people to delve into.
Eric Holder: Bloggers and People I Pick are Hate Group Members
Follow the links on Alcee Hastings Amendment ...
the civilian security force!!
Just as strong, just as powerful, just as well-funded as the miltary!
/S
That was my first thought, too. Prepare in the next week or two for Chairman Obama to announce exactly this.
Note: no /S
I read, or heard, Friday that the “quotes” from Rush’s Wikepedia profile (all lies and made up) came from an ISP from the White House.
There was this guy however that seems to qualify ...
Del Norte man indicted for allegedly threatening to kill Obama
The list, ping
Why is it we are hearing more about Obama being in danger than any other POTUS?
“...Hitler ordered the burning of the Reichstag in order to crush the communists.”
Anti-communists in America = As bad, if not worse than Hitler?
A friend of mine in San Francisco reported hearing several SS agents from Obama’s protective detail talking in bar recently, and they were full of complaints about not being paid for overtime, being overworked and stressed out.
When the agents finally departed after about five rounds of drinks, the bar girl complained that they didn’t leave a tip.
Don’t forget the ACLU, this list could get really long.
Probably needed the money to pay for their own transportation back home.
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