Police Investigate Possible Plot To Kill Obama

WCCO.com ^ | 8/25/08 | CBS

[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.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Didn't see this posted.....

[Doomonyou]

Are they from Arkansas?

[proudpapa]

More Hillary fans...

[shalom aleichem]

Or Polosi fans...everything is called a “sniper rifle” by her and her ilk, including my Marlin .22 LR plinkin’ gun

[navygal]

This does not surprise me.

[navygal]

This does not surprise me.

[golfisnr1]

I don't like Obama but I am glad they caught these idiots.
Assassination is a horrible act.

[Ouderkirk]

Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

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.

Note to self "don't go hunting in Colorado during the Democratic Convention or have a cold !"

[Dilbert San Diego]

I’m glad they caught these guys.

Sad to say, any pres. or pres. candidate is a target. There are enough nuts out there that we have to be concerned for their safety.

[ninergold3]

Did I miss something?

They made a routine traffice stop, found a couple rifles and some meth. Was there something else that leads them to believe there was an assasination plot or is it 100% speculation and hype??

[steveo]

along with methamphetamine.

says a boatload that does.

[inkling]

Pro-Biden zealots.

[woofie]

The really serious assassins are usually the ones with meth

[clintonh8r]

Probably just some drama planted by Obamabots.

[mad_as_he$$]

It is a sniper rifle if you are a rat.

[penelopesire]

I find this report very strange. We have reports of suspected terrorist activity all the time in America and they always say immediately ‘no connection to terror is suspected’....blablahblah.

Now, when it comes to Obama and the dems, everything and everyone is immediately suspect and reported on by the dutiful media as a plot to assasinate the ‘Messiah’.

GIVE ME A BREAK!!

[Steamburg]

Any rifle is a sniper rifle if it looks like you can advance your career. It sounds a lot more like the Meth Trade in Arapaho, County. Then with the convention in town it could just be somebody riding shotgun while they make deliveries.

[rfp1234]

Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged.

A setup by gun-control freaks? [/wildspeculation].

[jackv]

Ok they have rifles, what leads them to believe they were going to assassinate obama?????

[itsthejourney]

Pro-Biden zealots.

Well, Barry did introduce him as the next POTUS.

[mojito]

Meth and rifles don't mix.

I'm glad these creeps were busted, because they were up to no good.

I want Obama trounced at the polls. Killing him is absolutely abhorrent.

[Sacajaweau]

Maybe they were after Hillary?

Have been saying that Hillary wants her name in the nomination process as insurance arising from an "Anything can happen" scenario. Bet the rules say it would go to her automatically.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Now, when it comes to Obama and the dems, everything and everyone is immediately suspect and reported on by the dutiful media as a plot to assasinate the ‘Messiah’.

If it was that they would be carrying a large wooden cross and a Craftsman nailgun wouldn't they ?

[rfp1234]

We have reports of suspected terrorist activity all the time in America and they always say immediately ‘no connection to terror is suspected’....blablahblah. Now, when it comes to Obama and the dems, everything and everyone is immediately suspect and reported on by the dutiful media as a plot to assasinate the ‘Messiah’.

Democrat SOP. After all, the Clintonites used more firepower against the Branch Davidians than against al-Qaeda, and spent more $$$ to screw Bill Gates than they did to fight all forms of terrorism combined.

[kallisti]

Thanks, I needed to laugh.

[ConservaTexan]

Were their DNC delegate credentials pulled?

Maybe they were going to use the rifles to shoot the meth.

[Jane Austen]

LOL

I was reminded of Hillary & Bill.

[Snurple]

Let me guess, they are white, have KKK tattooed across their foreheads, a car loaded with guns and bibles, voted republican in the last election were home schooled and are against abortion....did I leave anything out?

[Spirochete]

Another law enforcement source says he was told

Hearsay journalism.

at least one of the rifles was a "sniper rifle."

"Sniper rifle" in the context of modern reporting, it could mean any firearm.

[matthew fuller]

"Was there something else that leads them to believe there was an assasination plot or is it 100% speculation and hype?? "

Perhaps the associated suspect that jumped out of a sixth floor window?

[TornadoAlley3]

Majid Al-Bahadli, a delegate from Seattle wearing a shirt that says, 'Iraqi Americans for Obama,' cheers at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

[Kozak]

Oh no. Then we would have to deal with “St Barack th Martyr”.
It would make the JFK beatification look like an offhand comment.

[doug from upland]

I guess they were worried about a sniper rifle. That’s not something that most people have.

[TommyJoe]

In the words of Jeremiah Wright, GDAMM Arapaho Joe!

[penelopesire]

Good point!

[Snurple]

Sniper rifle" in the context of modern reporting, it could mean any firearm.

A .22 single shot with a daisy scope. lol

[Deo volente]

Maybe they were after Hillary?
Have been saying that Hillary wants her name in the nomination process as insurance arising from an "Anything can happen" scenario. Bet the rules say it would go to her automatically.


Well, I don't know what the rules say. But I'll bet anything that the Clintons know, and have them memorized.

[highpockets]

The really serious assassins are usually the ones with meth

Of course. Only serious minded assassins seek the calming and relaxing benefits of meth.

[BARLF]

Something about this has the BS-o-meter pegged.

Bump

[Morgana]

I don't suppose it was this woman????

[vetvetdoug]

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...

[sionnsar]

Don't let them kill him! We need to impeach him first.

[Morgana]

There is something scary about this picture and I am not sure what!

[Repeal The 17th]

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?

[Snurple]

Jeezus, she looks like one of the sperm people in that old woody allen movie, Obamma looks like the....well

[sionnsar]

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.

[skinkinthegrass]

this is rich...
Just before the RATs' Convention in Denver.....seems kinda "convenient"...likely staged by O'Bambi & O'Biden.

Popcorn, anyone! ..drinks...

[penelopesire]

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?