Obama Assassination Attempt Foiled!
I'd like to be able to say that this isn't indicative of what we can expect, especially if he does become our next president... but I don't think I can, unfortunately. Suffice it to say he'll need triple the protection than any previous president ever received!From HuffPo (NewsWeek also posted an entry on this):
Mainstream media are now confirming, and going beyond, the initial reports this evening of a possible assassination plot against Barack Obama and the arrest of two men. Following up an earlier TV report, NBC in Denver is now reporting, "Sources tell NBC the two men had tattoos and jewelry popular with white supremacists."
It also notes that an unidentified source tells NBC, "There is no reason for someone [with a criminal record] to have rifles with scopes." The Denver Post has just led its Web piece with: "Federal authorities have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday afternoon amid reports that a fortunate traffic stop by Aurora Police may have disrupted an assassination attempt against Barack Obama."
Firearms and methamphetamine were seized.
The earlier TV report from KUSA-TV in Denver kicked off with, "Federal authorities have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday afternoon amid reports that a fortunate traffic stop by Aurora Police may have disrupted an assassination attempt against Barack Obama. The first man, identified by the station as Tharin Gartrell, 28, was charged with suspicion of being a felon in possession of a weapon after police found two rifles, a high-powered scope and methamphetamine in his car after the traffic stop. TMZ.com now has his mug shot.
When police accompanied Gartrell to his hotel in Glendale, a second man jumped from a window and was injured in a four-story fall, according to the station. That man was then arrested, but has not been identified by police.
"The Secret Service, ATF and the FBI are all involved in the investigation.
SOURCE: NewsWeek; Huffington Post
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