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ramonajim 08-26-2008 02:58 PM
My question - why isn't this getting any US news coverage?
 
Quote:
The FBI is investigating claims of an assassination plot against Barack Obama after four people were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver in the possession of high-powered rifles.
UK Times article

Credible threat or not, I am surprised that CNN and the other big guns here seem to have ignored this story.

Brian Carlton 08-26-2008 03:51 PM
It was on at least one of the major networks last night.

Dee8go 08-26-2008 03:57 PM
Seems like that would have been a great ratings booster. I can't imagine why they wouldn't run that story.

iwrock 08-26-2008 03:58 PM
It was on my google homepage this morning, via Reuters...

G-Benz 08-26-2008 04:03 PM
AOL picked it up too...

LaughingGravy 08-26-2008 04:57 PM
It's probably not being shown because there's nothing to show.
It's much easier to talk about potential problems with HRC supporters.

I doubt the FBI or any enforcement agency is willing to become more open about any findings at this point.

Nothing to see here... move along....move along.

We may see more, but I'm not surprised we're not seeing much, now.

G-Benz 08-26-2008 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LaughingGravy (Post 1948601)
...We may see more, but I'm not surprised we're not seeing much, now.
If he gets elected President, it'll be the tip of the iceberg!

riorust 08-26-2008 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by G-Benz (Post 1948623)
If he gets elected President, it'll be the tip of the iceberg!
I'm afraid you are correct.

PaulC 08-26-2008 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by G-Benz (Post 1948623)
If he gets elected President, it'll be the tip of the iceberg!
Hopefully the Secret Service has wised up and retired Kennedy's old convertible.

jlomon 08-26-2008 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulC (Post 1948649)
Hopefully the Secret Service has wised up and retired Kennedy's old convertible.
That's been in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI for a while. Along with the chair that Abraham Lincoln was sitting in at the Ford Theatre when he was assassinated. Kind of a macabre collection.

Also oddly, LBJ opted to use the same vehicle for his limo for a while. He did have a hard top installed.

MS Fowler 08-26-2008 06:56 PM
How many plots against GWB do you imagine that are uncovered, and dealt with, and all so quietly?
Is an assassination plot against any politician really news, or is it news because it makes Obama seem more Presidential?

tankdriver 08-26-2008 09:29 PM
It was on CBS last night during the wait for Michelle Obama's speech. I think it's not a bigger deal simply because of the convention, few details, and it's not the first assassination plot.

compress ignite 08-27-2008 01:29 AM
America
 
You live here... 'It's a given that the "Filtration SYSTEM" for information is astounding!
LOOK at the CONTENT of what Masquerades as the "NEWS".

'Lucky they tell us what day it is.

GTStinger 08-27-2008 07:17 AM
Wait until the NY Times covers it. Then every media outlet will follow along.

SwampYankee 08-27-2008 08:18 AM
I've seen this show before. Sounds like "24".

Anyone seen Keiffer Sutherland running around Denver?


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