FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No

[EV_Ares]

We noticed last week that it was awfully peculiar that Colorado’s U.S. Attorney, Troy Eid, had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three white-supremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:

KUSA - 9Wants to Know has learned three men in Denver planned to assassinate U.S. Senator Barack Obama during the Democratic National Convention in Denver by sneaking into one of his events and shooting him with a gun hidden inside of a camera, according to federal court records.

Nathan Johnson's girlfriend, whom 9NEWS is not naming because she's a juvenile, said it would have to be a suicide mission.

The plot is similar to that in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard" starring actors Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. In the movie, Costner stops an assassination attempt against Houston by spotting a weapon hidden inside a gutted-out TV camera.

Johnson, Shawn Adolf and Tharin Gartrell all thought that Obama had a suite in the third floor of the Hyatt hotel, where they were staying. In fact, the Senator was staying in another Denver Hotel.

Link to entire blog article: http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2008/09/fbi-wanted-obama-plotters-charged-but.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Nevermind...

[atreides1]

4. Just because he resigned...

...doesn't mean that he still doesn't have contacts within the government.

Look at all the retired generals, they seem to have access to information about current operations!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. dupe. system hiccup

[atreides1]

3. But The Experts here at DU

Poo-pooed it as just some meth heads who would've had a hard time shooting themselves in the foot. Now it turns out that the FBI wanted to bring charges but Rove's friend U.S. Attorney Troy Eid didn't agree with the FBI.

So, who was better qualified to make the call, the FBI or a Bush hack who never practiced criminal law!

I guess the Bush hack was more qualified.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. So anyone who makes a threat to McCain won't be charged either, right?

x(

[Wilms]

6. k&r n/t