Secret Service Looking Into Potential Threat Against Obama

[kpete]

The Secret Service is following up on media reports today that someone in the crowd at a McCain/Palin event suggested killing Barack Obama, according to Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. The shout of "kill him" followed a Sarah Palin rant on Obama's relationship with radical Chicagoan Bill Ayers.

Wiley says the Secret Service did not begin looking into the matter until press reports, namely Dana Milbank's article in the Washington Post, surfaced today, because no agents at the event heard anything. "The Secret Service did not hear any threatening statements directed at targets under its protection and no threatening statements were reported to us by law enforcement or citizens at the event," Wiley told Radar. Also unclear: whether the remark was directed at Obama or Ayers if the words were actually "kill" and "him."

Wiley said that the Secret Service had tried to get in touch with Milbank to get his account of the event but was unsuccessful. Were the they able to confirm the remark they'd "be looking to talk to that person," Wiley said. "We investigate everything because we take all threats seriously."

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/10/secret-service-looking-into-potential-threat-on-obama.php

[valerief]

1. The candidates could take from those Popemobile clear capsules.

I don't want PNAC to take out our man!!!

[Kajsa]

2. They need to double the number of Secret Service

men for Obama and his family.

Thanks for posting this, Kpete.

[Curtland1015]

3. ...no, the guy said fill him.

He wants to cook Obama a large meal.

:sarcasm:

[City of Mills]

10. I thought he yelled "Drill here!"

Thought someone might've been overexcited about McPalin's energy policy.

[Cha]

4. Maybe they'll have more radar on at the

coming up mcain and palin riot inciters?

[lisa58]

5. Good - I hope they warn McCain and Palin to knock it off...

...if this continues they should be arrested for inciting violence against a presidential candidate. It'll be hard to campaign from jail!

[loudsue]

6. It was also that damned cop that said Barack HUSSEIN Obama

The whole rally was designed to build the hate mongers into a lynch-mob mentality. Sarah Palin saying that Obama was hanging out with terrorists was just more of what the cop had started.

They need to start jailing people like that.

[Joe Chi Minh]

7. That is absolutely what responsible authorities would do.

[KingFlorez]

8. It's about time

They should have been on this right away.

[Essene]

9. damn straight. good to know this is at least being acknowledged

[Clio the Leo]

11. this gives me some reassurance that incident didn't actually happen....

...... I have more faith that the Secret Service heard nothing because nothing was shouted than the possiblity that something was misreported.

My ex is a professional body guard ..... a BOYSCOUT compared to the secret service .... guys that do this for a living simply do NOT miss stuff.

[stillcool]

12. Roll the tape..and then ask John

case closed.

[NightWatcher]

13. next go after McLimp and Failin for incitement or conspiracy to commit terroristic threats