Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Tweakergate and Right-Wing Hate

No credible threat, huh? A few furriners with plans to disassemble the Brooklyn Bridge with a blowtorch merit an Orange Alert, but ofay meth heads in Denver with a Texas Tower Toolkit and Nazi credentials are nothing to worry about.


Nazi link in 'plot to assassinate Obama' - Scotsman.com News
THE three men arrested over a reported plot to kill the US Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, have ties to the white supremacist group Aryan Nations, police said last night.

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It is said the group planned to shoot Mr Obama during his convention acceptance speech, to be delivered outdoors at a football stadium tomorrow night – the anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" address. While federal agents are downplaying the plot as being of "no credible threat" to Mr Obama, the discovery of such a plan – and the way it was discovered – are certain to raise security concerns over the man who could be the next president of the United States.

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In the back of the vehicle, officers found two high-powered rifles, one with telescopic sights, a spotting scope, a flak jacket, camouflage clothing, a bulletproof vest, boxes of ammunition, three fake identity cards, two wigs, two walkie-talkies and a quantity of the drug methamphetamine, a form of speed known as crystal meth.

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The evidence suggests a well-planned assassination attempt, with weapons assembled, a truck rented and hotel rooms booked in a town where most accommodation was full months before the convention.
Remember this guy?


He was a tweaker too, you know.


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