Possible Obama Assisination Plot Foiled By Police In Denver

[RocketFoot]

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08...possible-plot/

Three men arrested in Aurora, Colo., on methamphetamine and firearms charges may have been plotting to assassinate Barack Obama, FBI authorities told FOX News late Monday, although local officials are still pondering the intent of the suspects.


Aurora Police Detective Marcus Dudley identified Tharin Gartrell, 28, as one suspect pulled over for a routine traffic stop Sunday and found to be wanted on numerous warrants. Two rifles, including a sniper rifle, and methamphetamines were found in the car.


KCNC in Denver reported that Gartrell led police to a hotel in Glendale, where a second man, who police did not identify, tried to jump out a six-story window. He landed on an awning and took off, but broke his ankle. He was eventually taken into custody and a third man was also arrested.
The men may have ties to Sons of Silence, an outlaw biker group, and are believed to have connections with white supremacists. Federal sources said this incident may have had more to do with methamphetamine than with any plot to assassinate Obama, but local police did not say why they connected the men to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Federal officials said verbal threats against Obama were made, but were not considered credible.


“This is a methamphetamine and firearms case that arose from a traffic stop made by an Aurora Police officer,” said Paul Bresson, an FBI national spokesman assigned to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. “Firearms and methamphetamine were seized and a number of individuals are in state custody. The matter continues to be under investigation. We’ll provide more information as it becomes available.”
“It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads,” a U.S. government official said.


Gartrell was being held at the Arapahoe County jail on $50,000 bail on a felony charge of special offender, drug violations. The jail said he did not have a lawyer yet but was due in court Thursday.


U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said in a statement that federal charges were anticipated. Eid did not elaborate, but officials with the FBI; Secret Service; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Aurora police set a news conference for Tuesday afternoon.
Aurora is located about 25 minutes from Denver.

Seems like they are either covering up a plot or grasping at straws to make a plot materialize...gotta love the media!

Another article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_121293.html

[Shawn.L]

Gartrell was being held at the Arapahoe County jail on $50,000 bail

anyone else got a $5 on it ?

(joking, just joking, come on now.... it was funny)

[Pa. Patriot]

Sounds like typical gang-like scummies.

The media has NOTHING from police to suggest that this was an assassination plot.
gun+meth does not = plot to assassinate Obama

BUT, the media will still lie and report it that way. They're as much vermin as the suspects, IMO.

[chugger95]

Plus I thought I heard on the radio somewhere they were caught with a .22 rifle. I don't know where they get sniper rifle from, the rifle must have been that evil black color.

[adymond]

They had some body armor and white supremicist material (dunno what that means). Also one of the douchebags said "We want to kill Obama." <--Great! Now I'm going to get a damn knock on my door for even typing that. Anyway I don't know what the deal is, but there was a guy from Africa who had a pound of cyanide who accidentially inhaled enough to kill him. WTF was that about? How come that's not in the news?

[PocketProtector]

The media is trying to bolster Osama's poll numbers, since he's getting no bump, so now they're trying for the sympathy vote.

[fingers80002]

Originally Posted by PocketProtector

The media is trying to bolster Osama's poll numbers, since he's getting no bump, so now they're trying for the sympathy vote.

no sympathy here.

[King 5.45]

What the hell is an "assisination" anyway?

I think I have an idea, but it's terrifying!