Secret Service Stops Security Screening at Obama Rally

something smells fishy...

If I were obama- I'd be spending all my money on security guards

UPDATE:

OK, the Secret Service has issued a very bizarre response:



So in other words, there was no deviation from the plan, because the plan didn't require 100% of the screening.

A nice technical answer, huh?



[edit on 22-2-2008 by loam]

Well, I've been doing some additional reading...

The more you look, the more interesting this gets:



The Cybercast News Service source article also states:



Chertoff's leaked letter also provides this information:



The source article indicates:



Obama apparently is the earliest candidate in history to receive Secret Service protection. This Washington Post article describes:



I'm quite sure the mere mention of Chertoff's name at the apex of this process runs chills down the spine of many tin-foil hat wearers.

Fascinating.

reply to post by loam

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So the security protocols for the event in question Did Not include a practice that is Common for most other major events (ie football, baseball and hockey games), many concerts, and even Required to enter Federal office buildings and the boarding gates of every major airport?


I wonder if events featuring Sen. Clinton include having guests skip the metal detectors?


If not, Hmmmmm...!

Well dang it! I guess one of us will have to take a pot shot at him in order to get the security beefed up. Any takers?

Thank God nothing happened, and hopefully nothing does. Also, it might not be Dubya, it could be Bill Clinton...

Why would they want Obama gone? It doesn't matter who gets in the White House - they'll be serving their masters ... just as they always have.

Long Live the CFR, Bilderburg Group, & Trilateral Commission!

They've made sure that the one person that doesn't serve them has been ostracized from the race. If someone gets assassinated it'll be from a single person with an agenda of hate. Not the NWO.

reply to post by Rotoplooker

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Hey, I submitted this to Drudge last night!!! LOL

Though, im sure im not the only one.

Fox just talked about it and expressed SHOCK over it. I, however, got interrupted and missed the interviews they had in regards to it.

My different conspiracy spin on this is that maybe this is how Hillary still "wins" the nomination - by default if "something happens" to Obama.

Any sympathy vote would help her in the general election, as well.

Wouldn't be the first or only dead body left behind in the Clinton's ruthless quest for power.

[edit on 2/22/2008 by centurion1211]

Yahoo's headline reads "Many blacks voice concerns over Obama's safety"

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"Obama received Secret Service protection last May — the earliest ever for any presidential candidate. At the time, federal officials said they were not aware of any direct threats to Obama, but Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin — who was among those recommending the Secret Service deployment — acknowledged receiving information, some with racial overtones, that made him concerned for Obama's safety."

UPDATE, AGAIN

The newspaper that broke the story now reports more:

I am starting to think Obama may still stand for true freedom and yes even "liberty". I hope anyway, BUT I am not sure.

lol....Yikes........If this is true than it had to be some kind of mistake. Dallas of all places

Maybe they figured that Obama's biggest assassin was sitting next to him and she was firing blanks anyway ?

reply to post by loam

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The last three paragraphs speak volumes, albeit, between the lines, firstly:



So if an "incident" takes place in the future, it won't be due to their failure to check everyone who enters the venue, it'll be due to the public release and knowledge of their curiously flawed and secretive security precautions?

I mean, WTF??

And secondly:



In other words, he's been directed by the feds to erect the "Blue Code of Silence."

And, "success from a police standpoint" means they dodged a bullet this time.

But Obama may not be so lucky in the events to come, if this is to be the "standard" operational procedure.

I went to the Huckabee rally that same night (for work). Outside of the campus police, there was NO security there, not even the local cops. No one was screened. No one was challenged.

I was at the Phoenix stump, it was the same there. You could have brought anything in. I was close enough to get a hand shake. I was worried the whole time about it.

My husband said, "You listen to too much Coast to Coast".

The event was in late January, they didn't really seem to be too worried. I was. The SS was right next to him as he shook hands, but anyone could have done anything. I just said a prayer for him.

I think #2 is what is going on though.

Windy in Phoenix

I can debunk this angle. I was at the rally. There was not one bit of scrutiny that I saw applied to anyone. They had 4 metal detectors, all of which were pushed to the side as people were herded in. Bags were not checked, and people were not screened. I did not watch the entire time, but at least with me and the approx. 200 people that entered in front of and behind me, nobody was even pulled aside and spot checked.

Also, concerning the point that SS agents made about screening people at the front of the line. I was probably in the first 10% of people to enter Reunion Arena that day (I base this on the fact that A LOT of people were seated after me.) I am not sure when they stopped screening, but it was prior to me entering, as I was not screened. Even if they stopped immediately before me entering (which was not the case) then that leaves 90% of the arena un screened.

Basically the people who were screened had been waiting in line since 4:30 A.M. I know this because news reports indicated that the first person in line arrived at that time to wait. I don't know about you, but I think someone who is going to assassinate a presidential candidate is not going to be so obvious as to get in line with an "I LOVE OBAMA" sign and wait...Just a hunch...

Something else to consider is that they may be making a story of this to make ill intentioned people aware that security at Obama rallies is lax. This would be "the powers that be" assassinating Obama by proxy. That is, wanting him out of the way, and making the situation conducive to where an unrelated person with completely unrelated motives could carry out their dirty work. Any thoughts?

All things aside, I think it is a sad day when we expect to see someone get assassinated because of the state of our country.

How is it we expect this to happen? This is the legacy that those that started this coup has left us with.

If Barack survives, then most will suspect he is IN with the PTB. If he is assassinated, then it will be 1963/1968 all over again.

As an optimist, I hope for the best, and don't think it will happen. If it did, I suspect that not only will a great candidate not survive, neither will the government.

Hey guys Im sort of new to ATS i have been reading the posts for a while now and decided to join in the fun. I doubt that this was anything more than just a security lapse. I mean why go through all the trouble of doing this? There are other much less dramatic ways of taking a canidate out of the picture ie everyone has skeletons in the closet. Heres also something new i didnt know, and guess what i found out today doing some research into barrack obama because i was thinking of voting for him.... hes actually a relative of Dick Cheney! here is the link!

www.thesequitur.com...

i guess that put an end to the assisination theory!